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	Pteridium aquilinum  (L.) KUHN

APG-Fam.: Dennstaedtiaceae / Bracken Fam.       Fam. tradit.: Pteridopsida / True Ferns

Genus:  Pteridium  SCOP.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	KUHN:		Friedrich Adalbert Maximilian Kuhn (1842 - 1894), German botanist
	SCOP.:		Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723 - 1788), Tyrolian physician and naturalist

Etymology:
	Pteridium:		pteris = fern, eidos = appearance
	aquilinum:		eagle-like

Fig. 1:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken D Eberbach-Gaimühle 2.6.2023

Fig. 2:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken D Eberbach-Gaimühle 2.6.2023

Fig. 3:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken D Eberbach-Gaimühle 2.6.2023

Fig. 4:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken D Eberbach-Gaimühle 5.7.2015

Fig. 5:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken D Eberbach-Gaimühle 5.7.2015

Fig. 6:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken D Eberbach-Gaimühle 5.7.2015

Fig. 7:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken D Eberbach-Gaimühle 5.7.2015

Fig. 8:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken D Eberbach-Gaimühle 5.7.2015

Fig. 9:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken D Eberbach-Gaimühle 5.7.2015

Fig. 10:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken D Eberbach-Gaimühle 5.7.2015

Fig. 11:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken D Eberbach-Gaimühle 5.7.2015

Fig. 12:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken D Odenwald, Erbach 16.10.2018

Fig. 13:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken D Odenwald, Erbach 16.10.2018

Fig. 14:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken D Odenwald, Erbach 16.10.2018

Fig. 15:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken D Odenwald, Erbach 16.10.2018

Fig. 16:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken D Odenwald, Erbach 16.10.2018

Fig. 17:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken D Zwingenberg am Neckar 30.9.2022

Fig. 18:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken D Neu-Isenburg 30.5.2023

Fig. 19:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken D Neu-Isenburg 30.5.2023

Fig. 20:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken D Neu-Isenburg 30.5.2023

Fig. 21:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken D Neu-Isenburg 30.5.2023

Fig. 22:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken D Black-Forest, Eyachtal 29.10.2016

Fig. 23:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken D Black-Forest, Eyachtal 29.10.2016

Fig. 24:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken D Black-Forest, Eyachtal 29.10.2016

Fig. 25:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken D Bad Orb 20.6.2020

Fig. 26:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken (young plant) D Hanhofen 14.4.2018

Fig. 27:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken D Babensham 14.8.2024

Fig. 28:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken I Liguria, Moneglia 26.9.2023

Fig. 29:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken I Liguria, Moneglia 26.9.2023

Fig. 30:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken F Bretagne, Ste. Anne 10.7.1984

Fig. 31:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken La Gomera, NP Garajonay 5.8.2015 (Photo: Markus Schrade)

Fig. 32:  Pteridium aquilinum / Bracken La Gomera, NP Garajonay 5.8.2015 (Photo: Markus Schrade)

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