Polystichum Roth. Holly Fern.
A genus of about 500 species, nearly cosmopolitan in distribution.
Ref: Kramer & Green (1990); Wagner (1993) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1993b); Zhang & Barrington (2013). Show full citations.
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