Matteuccia

Matteuccia
	Ostrich fern in Stouffville (Ontario, Canada).
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Aspleniineae
Family:	Onocleaceae
Genus:	Matteuccia; Tod.
Species:	M. struthiopteris
Binomial name
	Matteuccia struthiopteris; (L.) Tod.
Synonyms
	18 Synonyms Pteretis Rafinesque 1818 nom. rej. ; Struthiopteris Willdenow 1809 non Scopoli 1760 non Bernhardi 1801 non Weiss 1770 non Hall. ; Matteuccia pensylvanica (Willd.) Raymond ; Matteuccia pubescens (Terry) Clute ; Matteuccia struthiopteris f. pubescens (Terry) Clute ; Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica (Willd.) C.V.Morton ; Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pubescens (Terry) Clute ; Onoclea struthiopteris (L.) Hoffm. ; Onoclea struthiopteris var. pubescens (Terry) Clute ; Osmunda struthiopteris L. ; Pteretis nodulosa f. pubescens (Terry) Fernald ; Pteretis pensylvanica (Willd.) Fernald ; Pteretis pensylvanica f. pubescens (Terry) Fernald ; Pteretis struthiopteris (L.) Nieuwl. ; Pteretis struthiopteris subvar. pubescens (Terry) Clute ; Pterinodes struthiopteris (L.) Kuntze ; Struthiopteris germanica f. pubescens Terry ; Struthiopteris pensylvanica Willd. ; Struthiopteris pensylvanica f. pubescens (Terry) Clute ; Struthiopteris pubescens (Terry) Clute ;

Matteuccia is a genus of ferns with one species: Matteuccia struthiopteris (common names ostrich fern, fiddlehead fern, or shuttlecock fern). The species epithet struthiopteris comes from Ancient Greek words στρουθίων (strouthíōn) "ostrich" and πτερίς (pterís) "fern".