Pteridophyta

Osmundaceae - Royal fern family

Literature

Burrows, J.E. (1990) Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton.

Roux, J.P. (2001) Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13

Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970) Pteridophyta FZ

Description of the family

Terrestrial ferns with rhizomes erect or procumbent, enclosed by a mass of persistent stipe-bases which are winged at the base. Fronds 2-pinnate or deeply 2-3-pinnatifid. Sporangia large, borne either on both surfaces of narrow fertile pinnules or on the under surface of undifferentiated pinnae.

Worldwide: 3 genera and 22 species occurring in both tropical and temperate regions

Osmunda regalis

Links to genera: (2)    View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family

GenusContent
Osmunda L.Description, Image
Todea Willd. ex Bernh.Description, Image

Other sources of information about Osmundaceae:

Flora of Mozambique: Osmundaceae
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Osmundaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar


Copyright: Mark Hyde and Bart Wursten, 2002-10

Hyde, M.A. & Wursten, B. (2010). Flora of Zimbabwe: Family page: Osmundaceae.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=162, retrieved 3 September 2010

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