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Osmunda regalis
Osmund Os"mund, n. (Bot.) A fern of the genus Osmunda, or flowering fern. The most remarkable species is the osmund royal, or royal fern (Osmunda regalis), which grows in wet or boggy places, and has large bipinnate fronds, often with a panicle of capsules at the top. The rootstock contains much starch, and has been used in stiffening linen.

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- Osmunda is a genus of primarily temperate-zone ferns of family Osmundaceae. Five to ten species have been listed for this genus. They have existed since...
- Osmunda regalis, or royal fern, is a species of deciduous fern, native to Europe, Africa and Asia, growing in woodland bogs and on the banks of streams...
- Osmunda ****onica (syn. Osmunda nipponica Makino), also called Asian royal fern or fiddlehead, is a fern in the genus Osmunda native to east Asia, including...
- Osmunda lancea is a fern in the genus Osmunda, section Euosmunda. It is found in ****an. It often hybridizes with Osmunda ****onica to produce O. × intermedia...
- because of the striking aspect of the ripe sporangia in Claytosmunda, Osmunda, Osmundastrum, and Plensium (subtribe Osmundinae). In these genera the...
- fern. It has only one extant species, Claytosmunda claytoniana (synonym Osmunda claytoniana), the interrupted fern, native to Eastern Asia, Eastern United...
- Osmunda × intermedia is a semifertile hybrid between Osmunda ****onica and Osmunda lancea. Yatabe, Yoko; Yamamoto, Kaoru; Tsutsumi, Chie; Shinohara, Wataru;...
- Osmunda claytoniites is an extinct fern in the genus Osmunda, very similar to the extant fern Osmunda claytoniana. It has been found in the Upper Tri****ic...
- down Linnaeus was the first to describe this species with the binomial Osmunda zeylanica in his Species Plantarum of 1753. Ethnobotanical Leaflets Archived...
- true Osmunda. This is borne out by the fact that it is known to hybridize with the American royal fern, Osmunda spectabilis to produce Osmunda × ruggii...