Talk:Dryopteris filix-mas

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[edit] aka Lastroea Filix-mas

Apparently this was once also known as Lastroea filix-mas, judging by Cooley's Cyclopaedia of Practical Receipts 6th ed. (1880), entry Extract of Male Fern. Google also finds another reference, in The Retrospect of Medicine v. 33 (1856), article 47: "Treatment of Taenia, by the Oil of Male Fern", p. 159.

I don't know whether this is a name change for this one plant or for the family, but I thought it worth recording somewhere. Hv (talk) 10:58, 8 February 2008 (UTC)