''Stegnogramma burksiorum'',

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''Thelypteris burksiorum'', the Alabama maiden fern, is a

fern The ferns (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta) are a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. They differ from mosses by being vascular, i.e., having specialized tissue ...

species in the family

Thelypteridaceae Thelypteridaceae is a family of about 900 species of ferns in the order Polypodiales. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is placed in the suborder Aspleniineae. Alternatively, the family may be submerged in a ...

. It is closely related to ''

Stegnogramma pilosa ''Stegnogramma pilosa'', synonym ''Thelypteris pilosa'', is a fern species in the family Thelypteridaceae. It is closely related to '' Stegnogramma burksiorum'' (syn. ''Thelypteris burksiorum''); the two have been treated as a species complex. '' ...

'' (syn. ''Thelypteris pilosa'') and has been treated as the variety ''alabamensis'' of that species; the two have also been treated as a species complex. ''Stegnogramma burksiorum'' is native to

Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

in the United States.

References

Thelypteridaceae Flora of Alabama {{Polypodiales-stub