?Diplazium esculentum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pteridophyta Class: Pteridopsida Order: Athyriales Family: Athyriaceae Genus: Diplazium Species: D. esculentum
Binomial name
Diplazium esculentum (Retz.) Sw.

Vegetable fern (Diplazium esculentum) is an edible fern found throughout Asia and Oceania. It is probably the most commonly consumed fern, and is quite tasty, giving it the name "vegetable". It is used in many oceanian recipes, and made into salads and stir fry. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae Chlorophyta Charophyta Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) †Rhyniophyta - rhyniophytes †Zosterophyllophyta - zosterophylls Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses †Trimerophytophyta - trimerophytes Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta... Classes Marattiopsida Osmundopsida Gleicheniopsida Pteridopsida A fern, or pteridophyte, is any one of a group of some twenty thousand species of plants classified in the Division Pteridophyta, formerly known as Filicophyta. ... Subclasses Subclass: Cyatheatae Subclass: Schizaeatae Subclass: Pteriditae Subclass: Polypoditae The Pteridopsida is a class of plants in the Division Pteridophyta that includes the modern ferns. ... Families Athyriaceae - Lady Fern Family Blechnaceae - Chain Fern Family Onocleaceae - Sensitive Fern Family Woodsiaceae - Cliff Fern Family Cystopteridaceae - Fragile Fern Family Thelypteridaceae - Female Fern Family The Athyriales is one of the largest fern orders, including not only tropical ferns but many of the temperate ferns. ... Athyriaceae Alston 蹄蓋蕨科 Woodsiaceae (Diels) Herter 岩蕨科 Hypodematiaceae Ching腫足蕨科 Onocleaceae Pichi Sermollib球子蕨科 Description Terrestrial ferns. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Classes Marattiopsida Osmundopsida Gleicheniopsida Pteridopsida A fern is any one of a group of about 20,000 species of plants classified in the phylum or division Pteridophyta, also known as Filicophyta. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... For the fictional superstate in George Orwells novel, see Oceania (Nineteen Eighty-Four). ...