Dipteris

fern genus

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annotated classification

  • tree fern
    In fern: Annotated classification

    …or slightly oblique; 2 genera, Dipteris, with about 11 species distributed mostly in the Paleotropics, and Cheiropleuria, with 1 species (Cheiropleuria bicuspis) in the Paleotropics. Family Matoniaceae Plants in soil; leaves either fanlike, with lobed, narrow segments, or climbing, with long midribs; sporangia with oblique annuli, the simple sori covered…

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Dipteridaceae

  • In Dipteridaceae

    …contains only two extant genera, Dipteris (11 species) and Cheiropleuria (1 species).

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