Pteridaceae
Myriopteris tomentosa (Link) Fée
Myriopteris tomentosa (Link) Fée
Myriopteris tomentosa (woolly lipfern) is a small drought-tolerant evergreen fern native to Mexico and the United States.
Notholaena californica D.C.Eaton
Notholaena californica D.C.Eaton
Notholaena californica D.C.Eaton is a Cheilanthoid fern with two farina color chemotypes rarely found growing together.
Notholaena standleyi (Kümmerle) Maxon
Notholaena standleyi (Kümmerle) Maxon
Notholaena standleyi is a perennial desert fern native to southwestern US and northern/central Mexico, with four distinct farina chemotypes.
Oeosporangium pteridioides (Reichard) Fraser-Jenk. & Pariyar
Oeosporangium pteridioides (Reichard) Fraser-Jenk. & Pariyar
Oeosporangium pteridioides is a fern species in Pteridaceae native to Macaronesia, the Mediterranean, and the Sahara.
Pellaea andromedifolia (Kaulf.) Fée
Pellaea andromedifolia (Kaulf.) Fée
Pellaea andromedifolia is a drought-tolerant fern found in rocky, dry California habitats with variable leaf color and reproduction.
Pellaea atropurpurea (L.) Link
Pellaea atropurpurea (L.) Link
Pellaea atropurpurea is a purple-stalked fern that grows in rocky crevices, listed as endangered in three US states.
Pellaea breweri D.C.Eaton
Pellaea breweri D.C.Eaton
Pellaea breweri is a fern with a scaled branching rhizome, variably shaped leaflets with rolled edges holding sporangia underneath.
Pellaea bridgesii Hook.
Pellaea bridgesii Hook.
Pellaea bridgesii, or Bridges' cliffbrake, is a fern native to rocky areas of the western United States.
Pellaea calomelanos (Sw.) Link
Pellaea calomelanos (Sw.) Link
Pellaea calomelanos is a fern found in Africa and nearby islands, with disjunct populations elsewhere, used by two southern African peoples to calm frightened children.
Pellaea falcata (R.Br.) Fée
Pellaea falcata (R.Br.) Fée
Pellaea falcata, the sickle fern, is a common eastern Australian fern grown as an ornamental garden plant.
Pellaea glabella Mett.
Pellaea glabella Mett.
Pellaea glabella is a North American epipetric fern distinguishable from Pellaea atropurpurea by its smooth stipe and rachis.
Pellaea mucronata (D.C.Eaton) D.C.Eaton
Pellaea mucronata (D.C.Eaton) D.C.Eaton
Pellaea mucronata, bird's foot cliffbrake, is a California-region native fern that grows in rocky habitats.
Pellaea rotundifolia (G.Forst.) Hook.
Pellaea rotundifolia (G.Forst.) Hook.
Pellaea rotundifolia, the button fern, is a New Zealand endemic fern grown as a popular cultivated garden and house plant.
Pellaea truncata Goodd.
Pellaea truncata Goodd.
Pellaea truncata Goodd. is a fern with distinct fertile and sterile leaves that bears sporangia under rolled fertile segment edges.
Pentagramma triangularis (Kaulf.) Yatsk., Windham & Wollenw.
Pentagramma triangularis (Kaulf.) Yatsk., Windham & Wollenw.
Pentagramma triangularis is a North American west coast fern with traditional Indigenous medicinal and decorative uses.
Pityrogramma calomelanos (L.) Link
Pityrogramma calomelanos (L.) Link
Pityrogramma calomelanos, the silver fern, is a rhizomatous fern native to the Americas, widely introduced to Asia, Africa, and Pacific islands.
Pteris cretica L.
Pteris cretica L.
Pteris cretica L. is a widely cultivated fern with two subspecies, native across Eurasia, Africa, and introduced to many regions.
Pteris ensiformis Burm.
Pteris ensiformis Burm.
Pteris ensiformis Burm. is an ornamental Pteris fern found in Asia and the Pacific, grown as a garden or house plant.
Pteris macilenta A.Rich.
Pteris macilenta A.Rich.
Pteris macilenta is a terrestrial fern species endemic to New Zealand, found across both main islands and the Chatham Islands.
Pteris semipinnata L.
Pteris semipinnata L.
Pteris semipinnata L. is a Pteridaceae fern distributed across South, East, and Southeast Asian tropical areas, growing below 900m elevation.
Pteris tremula R.Br.
Pteris tremula R.Br.
Pteris tremula R.Br. is a terrestrial fern native to Australasia and Oceania, cultivated in gardens worldwide.
Pteris vittata L.
Pteris vittata L.
Pteris vittata L. is a widespread paleotropical fern, an arsenic hyperaccumulator used for phytoremediation.
Vittaria lineata (L.) J.E.Sm.
Vittaria lineata (L.) J.E.Sm.
Vittaria lineata, the shoestring fern, is an epiphytic fern from genus Vittaria found in wet New World tropics, subtropics, and Florida.
Pellaea brachyptera (T.Moore) Baker
Pellaea brachyptera (T.Moore) Baker
Pellaea brachyptera is a fern that grows on igneous rocky slopes and cliffs, with characteristic segmented leaves and rolled leaf edges holding sporangia underneath.
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