Pteridaceae
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Pteridaceae is a family of ferns in the order Polypodiales, including some 1150 known species in ca 45 genera, divided over five subfamilies. The family includes four groups of genera that are sometim
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Adiantum lunulatum
Curtis's botanical magazine, Argyrochosma nivea var. tenera
Adiantum
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Adiantum, the maidenhair fern, is a genus of about 250 species of ferns in the subfamily Vittarioideae of the family Pteridaceae, though some researchers place it in its own family, Adiantaceae. The g
Pteridaceae
…dichotomously branching; sori relatively small and discrete with sporangia born on the false indusium rather than the leaf blade proper; only one genus: Adiantum L. – maidenhair ferns Cheilanthoid ferns; primarily epipetric in semiarid habitats; leaves mostly with well-developed scales or trichomes, often bipinnate…
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Rough Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum hispidulum)
Adiantum cunninghamii showing characteristic inrolled leaf margin containing sori
Adiantum lunulatum in Goa, India.