familyGleicheniaceae
genusDicranopteris
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Dicranopteris
Neues J. Bot. 1(2): 38. 1805.
Common names: Forking ferns
Etymology: Greek dikranos, twice-forked, and pteris, fern, derived from pteron, feather, in reference to the leaf architecture
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.
| Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
|---|---|---|
 | Schizaea pusilla Dicranopteris flexuosa Actinostachys pennula | John Myers John Myers John Myers |
Stems long-creeping; hairs many celled, rigid to lax. Leaves usually separated several centimeters, of apparently indeterminate growth; pinnae opposite, in 1–several pairs, each pinna 1–many times forked, equal, each fork bearing arrested apex (bud) covered with tuft of hairs (all other axes glabrous) and pair of stipulelike appendages. Penultimate segments pectinate, in ± equal pairs, usually ascending. Veins 2–4-forked. Sori with 6–15 or more sporangia, not paraphysate. Spores trilete.
Distribution
Nearly worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions
Discussion
Species 8–12 (1 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
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... more about "Dicranopteris"
complete +
dehiscent +
transverse +
medial +
stipule-like +
Forking ferns +
Nearly worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions +
Greek dikranos, twice-forked, and pteris, fern, derived from pteron, feather, in reference to the leaf architecture +
green +
aboveground +
obcordate;elongate +
indeterminate +
celled +
stellate +
many +
rigid +
absent +
monomorphic +
separated +
scrambling +
trailing +
forked +
equal +
ascending +
pectinate +
not articulate +
equal +
Neues J. Bot. +
1805 +
elevated +
round +
sessile;subsessile +
trilete +
bilateral +
whitish;yellowish +
120;800 +
globose +
alike +
protostelic +
long-creeping +
forked +
ornamented +
Dicranopteris +
Gleicheniaceae +
genus +
free +
2-4-forked +
terrestrial +
coarse +