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1. Fern of rain forests of tropical Australia and New Zealand and South Africa
   - crepe fern, Todea barbara
    
2. Large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds
   - royal fern, royal osmund, ditch fern, French bracken, Osmunda regalis

Derived forms: king ferns

Type of: fern, flowering fern, osmund

Part of: genus Todea, Todea

Encyclopedia: King fern