bracken family
Dennstaedtiaceae
Dennstaedtiaceae is one of fifteen families in the order Polypodiales, the most derived families within monilophytes (ferns). It comprises 10 genera with ca 240 known species, including one of the world's most abundant fern, Pteridium aquilinum (bracken). Members of the order generally have large, highly divided leaves and have either small, round intramarginal sori with cup-shaped indusia (e.g. Dennstaedtia) or linear marginal sori with a false indusium formed from the reflexed leaf margin (e.g. Pteridium). The...
13 branches of this family, most-observed first
brackens
genusPteridium
Dennstaedtia
genusDennstaedtia
Microlepia
genusMicrolepia
Histiopteris
genusHistiopteris
Beadferns
genusHypolepis
Paesia
genusPaesia
Monachosorum
genusMonachosorum
Hiya
genusHiya
Leptolepia
genusLeptolepia
Blotiella
genusBlotiella
Sitobolium
genusSitobolium
Oenotrichia
genusOenotrichia
Mucura
genusMucura
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52682.