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Cystopteris tenuis is sometimes known as Mackay’s bladder fern or Mackay’s fragile fern. It was long considered to be a part of the superspecies for fragile ferns as Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. var. mackayi Lawson.This species is an allotetraploid of hybrid origin (see Cystopteris hybrid complex). The parent diploid species are Cystopteris protrusa and the hypothesized Cystopteris hemifragilis believed to be an extinct species.C. tenuis is known to hybridize with C.

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