Didymochlaena | |
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Didymochlaena truncatula | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
Family: |
Didymochlaenaceae Ching ex Li Bing Zhang & Liang Zhang |
Genus: |
Didymochlaena Desv. |
Type species | |
Didymochlaena sinuosa Desv.
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Species | |
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Synonyms [1] | |
Didymochlaena is a genus of ferns. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is the only genus in the family Didymochlaenaceae. [2] Alternatively, the family may be placed in a very broadly defined family Polypodiaceae sensu lato as the subfamily Didymochlaenoideae. [3]
Members of this genus are terrestrial, evergreen plants growing 0.8–3 m (2 ft 7 in – 9 ft 10 in) tall. The fronds arise from upright, scaly rhizomes. The leaves are bipinnate and imparipinnate. [4]
This genus includes the following species: [1]
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