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    NCBI Taxonomy · November 5, 2026. Missing ranks leave empty columns. Animalia is the recorded synonym of Metazoa; green plants use Viridiplantae. Full source ancestry is available in Advanced classification.

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    Pteridium aquilinum

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    common bracken

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    1. LifeLife
    2. DomainEukaryota
    3. KingdomViridiplantae
    4. PhylumStreptophyta
    5. ClassPolypodiopsida
    6. OrderPolypodiales
    7. FamilyDennstaedtiaceae
    8. GenusPteridium
    9. SpeciesPteridium aquilinum
    Advanced classification

    Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.

    1. cellular organisms cellular root
    2. Eukaryota domain
    3. Viridiplantae kingdom
    4. Streptophyta phylum
    5. Streptophytina subphylum
    6. Embryophyta clade
    7. Tracheophyta clade
    8. Euphyllophyta clade
    9. Polypodiopsida class
    10. Polypodiidae subclass
    11. Polypodiales order
    12. Dennstaedtiineae suborder
    13. Dennstaedtiaceae family
    14. Pteridium genus
    15. Pteridium aquilinum species

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