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Nephrolepidaceae
plant family
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annotated classification
- In fern: Annotated classification
Family Nephrolepidaceae Plants widely distributed in tropical regions and sometimes cultivated as ornamental sword ferns; 1 genus (Nephrolepis) with about 30 species; formerly placed in Lomariopsidaceae. Family Oleandraceae Plants in soil, on rock, or climbing (hemiepiphytic); rhizomes long-creeping, sometimes with elongate, ascending, or
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former classification of genus
- In Lomariopsidaceae
…placed in their own family, Nephrolepidaceae. According to the 2016 Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group (PPG I), the family comprises Cyclopeltis, Dracoglossum, Dryopolystichum, and Lomariopsis.
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