View source for Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis

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|accepted_name=Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis
|accepted_authority=(Willdenow) A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Manual ed. 2
|place=600. 1856
|year=1856
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Osmunda spectabilis
|authority=
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=5(1): 98. 1810
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Osmundaceae;Osmunda;Osmunda regalis;Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Osmundaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Osmunda]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Osmunda regalis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>variety</small>[[Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>2-pinnate; petioles ± length of blades, winged, with light brown hairs, glabrate at maturity. <b>Sterile</b> leaves broadly ovate, ca. 0.75–1 m; pinnae lanceolate, lacking tuft of hairs at base; pinnules short-stalked, base oblique to somewhat truncate, margins subentire to remotely dentate, apex acute to rounded. <b>Fertile</b> leaves with greatly reduced sporangia-bearing pinnae at apex. <b>Sporangia</b> greenish, turning red, then rusty brown. <b>2n</b> =44.</span><!--

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|phenology=Sporulation early spring–midsummer.
|habitat=0–2300 m
|distribution=St. Pierre and Miquelon;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|discussion=<p>The chloroplasts within the spores give the young sporangia their green color. As the spores mature and are shed, the sporangia change color to a distinctive rusty brown.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis
|authority=(Willdenow) A. Gray
|rank=variety
|parent rank=species
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Osmunda spectabilis
|family=Osmundaceae
|phenology=Sporulation early spring–midsummer.
|habitat=0–2300 m
|distribution=St. Pierre and Miquelon;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Manual ed. 2
|publication year=1856
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
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|genus=Osmunda
|species=Osmunda regalis
|variety=Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis
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