Pteridophyta

Pteridaceae

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 scaly rhizomes. Stipe not articulated, often dark-coloured, smooth and shiny. Fronds 1-4-pinnate. Sori variously arranged. Sporangia often mixed with paraphyses.

Worldwide: 35 genera and 825 species, cosmopolitan but mainly tropical

Links to genera: (10) View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family

Genus	Content
Acrostichum L.
Actiniopteris Link	Description
Adiantum L.	Description
Aleuritopteris Fée	Description
Anogramma Link
Cheilanthes Sw.	Description, Image
Doryopteris J.Sm.
Pellaea Link	Description, Image
Pityrogramma Link	Description
Pteris L.

Other sources of information about Pteridaceae:

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