For instance, the model organism " Hydra " and the jellyfish " Craspedacusta sowerbii " are both exclusively fresh-water hydrozoans . " Hydra " and " Craspedacusta sowerbii " are distantly related and they are not closely related to " Polypodium ".
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In 1768, Dutch botanist Nicolaas Laurens Burman acquired the two specimens and published names, descriptions and illustrations of them in his " Flora Indica " . " S . spinulosa " was wrongly identified as a Javanese fern, and named " Polypodium spinulosum "; " A . truncata " was similarly misidentified and misnamed.
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Polypodies have some use in herbalism, but are today most important in horticulture where several species, hybrids, and their cultivars like " Polypodium "'Green Wave'are commonly used as ornamental plants for shady locations . " Polypodium " have a bitter-sweet taste and are among the rather few ferns that are used in cooking; in this case as a spice e . g . for nougat.
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Polypodies have some use in herbalism, but are today most important in horticulture where several species, hybrids, and their cultivars like " Polypodium "'Green Wave'are commonly used as ornamental plants for shady locations . " Polypodium " have a bitter-sweet taste and are among the rather few ferns that are used in cooking; in this case as a spice e . g . for nougat.
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""'Polypodium glycyrrhiza " "', commonly known as "'licorice fern "', "'many-footed fern "', and "'sweet root "', is an evergreen fern native to western North America, primarily in a narrow strip in southern Alaska, southwestern Yukon Territory, western British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and California, though two highly disjunct populations are known from Idaho and Arizona.
