| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Bikonta |
| Corticata | |
| Archaeplastida | |
| kingdom | Plantae Haeckel, 1866 - plants |
| divisio | Polypodiophyta - ferns |
| class | Polypodiopsida |
| subclass | Polypodiidae Cronquist |
| order | Polypodiales |
| family | Thelypteridaceae Pichi-Sermolli |
| genus | Thelypteris Schmidel - maiden fern |
| species | Thelypteris cyatheoides (Kaulfuss) Fosberg - Lacy Maiden Fern |