Lomariopsidaceae
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The Lomariopsidaceae is a family of fern
s with a largely tropical distribution. The family is here restricted to the cladistic grouping determined by the paper cited below.
Some are cultivated as ornamental plant
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Fern
A fern is any one of a group of about 12,000 species of plants belonging to the botanical group known as Pteridophyta. Unlike mosses, they have xylem and phloem . They have stems, leaves, and roots like other vascular plants...
s with a largely tropical distribution. The family is here restricted to the cladistic grouping determined by the paper cited below.
- Cyclopeltis
- LomariopsisLomariopsisLomariopsis is the type genus of the family Lomariopsidaceae of the ferns.One economically important species exists only as an aquatic gametophyte form, commonly known as süsswassertang...
- NephrolepisNephrolepisNephrolepis is a genus of about 30 species of ferns in the family Nephrolepidaceae or Lomariopsidaceae .-Selected species:* Nephrolepis biserrata Schott. Nephrolepis is a genus of about 30 species of ferns in the family Nephrolepidaceae or Lomariopsidaceae (included in Davalliaceae in some...
Some are cultivated as ornamental plant
Ornamental plant
Ornamental plants are plants that are grown for decorative purposes in gardens and landscape design projects, as house plants, for cut flowers and specimen display...
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