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Thelypteridaceae (Female ferns)

Synonyms: Polypodiaceae tribe

Wikipedia Abstract

Thelypteridaceae is a family of about 900 species of ferns in the eupolypods II clade of the order Polypodiales, in the class Polypodiopsida. The ferns are terrestrial, with the exception of a few which are lithophytes (grow on rocks). The bulk of the species are tropical, although there are a number of temperate species.
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Genus

Abacopteris (14)
Amauropelta (239)   (2)
Amblovenatum (7)
Ampelopteris (1)
Chingia (25)
Chrinephrium (3)
Chrismatopteris (1)
Christella (98)
Coryphopteris (70)
Cyclogramma (9)
Cyclosorus (25)
Glaphypseudosorus (1)
Glaphyropteridopsis (11)
Goniopteris (145)   (1)
Grypothrix (14)
Hoiokula (2)
Leptogramma (29)
Macrothelypteris (macrothelypteris) (12)
Menisciopsis (7)   (2)
Meniscium (26)
Menisorus (6)
Mesophlebion (17)
Mesopteris (6)
Metathelypteris (17)
Oreopteris (3)
Pakau (1)
Pelazoneuron (19)   (1)
Phegopteris (beechfern) (25)
Plesioneuron (60)
Pneumatopteris (32)   (1)
Pronephrium (46)
Pseudocyclosorus (16)
Pseudophegopteris (27)
Reholttumia (28)
Sphaerostephanos (194)
Stegnogramma (9)
Steiropteris (28)
Strophocaulon (2)
Thelypteris (maiden fern) (30)
Trigonospora (7)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0