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Herbarium specimen: Polystichum aculeatum

Taxon:Dryopteridaceae: Polystichum aculeatum (L.) Roth ("Hard Shield-fern")
Filed in taxon folder:Dryopteridaceae: Polystichum aculeatum (L.) Roth ("Hard Shield-fern")
Collected by:Thomas K Holden
Collection date:11/8/1890
Locality:Great Britain, VC69 Westmorland, Rothay Bridge, NY371038
Institution:Bolton Museum (BON)
Accession number:272-1982-13
Image:Polystichum aculeatum herbarium specimen from Rothay Bridge, VC69 Westmorland in 1890 by Thomas K Holden.
notes:Museum label notes "Either misidentified or label not origional" referring to earlier label detailing " Ceterach officinarum DC. Rusty back fern". in confirmation specimen is bipinate while C. officinarum is pinate.

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