Dryopteris affinis var. affinis (Lowe) Fraser-Jenk., 1979

🇬🇧 Scaly Male Fern

🇫🇷 Dryoptéride affine, Dryoptéride écailleuse, Dryoptéris écailleux, Fausse fougère mâle

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Monilophytes
Class: Polypodiopsida
Subclass: Polypodiidae
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Subfamily: Dryopteridoideae
Genus: Dryopteris
Species: Dryopteris affinis var. affinis

Presence

Present.

Notes

Type variety with joint pinnules having parallel edges and a straight apex, and reduced basal pinnae.

Hybridizes with D. filix-mas (L.) Schott, 1834 to produce D. × complexa nothovar. complexa Fraser-Jenk., 1987, P (hom. syn. D. × complexa Fraser-Jenk., 1987).

Photographs

img/dryopteris-affinis-affinis-affinis.webp — *Dryopteris affinis* var. *affinis*

img/dryopteris-affinis-affinis-affinis-2.webp — *Dryopteris affinis* var. *affinis*

img/dryopteris-affinis-affinis-affinis-3.webp — *Dryopteris affinis* var. *affinis* - Pinnae

img/dryopteris-affinis-affinis-affinis-4.webp — *Dryopteris affinis* var. *affinis* - Black spots at the junction of the pinnae with the rachis

img/dryopteris-affinis-affinis-affinis-5.webp — *Dryopteris affinis* var. *affinis* - Basal pinnae

img/dryopteris-affinis-affinis-affinis-6.webp — *Dryopteris affinis* var. *affinis* - Petiole showing reddish-brown scales

img/dryopteris-affinis-affinis-affinis-7.webp — *Dryopteris affinis* var. *affinis*

img/dryopteris-affinis-affinis-affinis-8.webp — *Dryopteris affinis* var. *affinis*

img/dryopteris-affinis-affinis-affinis-9.webp — *Dryopteris affinis* var. *affinis* - Pinnae

img/dryopteris-affinis-affinis-affinis-10.webp — *Dryopteris affinis* var. *affinis* - Basal pinnules of median pinnae

img/dryopteris-affinis-affinis-affinis-11.webp — *Dryopteris affinis* var. *affinis* - Basal pinnae

Sources

Frasen-Jenkins, C.R. (2007). The species and subspecies in the Dryopteris affinis group. The Fern Gazette, 18(1), 1-26.