Pteridium
"Pteridium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A plant genus of the family DENNSTAEDTIACEAE. Members contain ptaquiloside, braxin A1, and braxin B. The name is similar to brake fern (PTERIS).
| Descriptor ID |
D032498
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.940.900.500.750.199.666
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| Concept/Terms |
Pteridium- Pteridium
- Pteridiums
- Fern, Bracken
- Bracken Fern
- Bracken Ferns
- Ferns, Bracken
- Brackenfern
- Brackenferns
Pteridium aquilinum- Pteridium aquilinum
- Pteridium aquilinums
- aquilinum, Pteridium
- aquilinums, Pteridium
- Pteris aquilina
- Pteris aquilinas
- aquilina, Pteris
- aquilinas, Pteris
- Pteris esculentum
- Pteris esculentums
- esculentum, Pteris
- esculentums, Pteris
- Pteridium esculentum
- Pteridium esculentums
- esculentum, Pteridium
- esculentums, Pteridium
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