Niphidium
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Niphidium is a genus of fern
s in family Polypodiaceae
. They are native to the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.
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 in family Polypodiaceae
Polypodiaceae
Polypodiaceae is a family of polypod ferns, which includes more than 60 genera divided into several tribes and containing around 1,000 species. Nearly all are epiphytes, but some are terrestrial.-Description:...
. They are native to the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.
Species
- Niphidium albopunctatissimum, Lellinger.
- Niphidium anocarpos, (Kunze) Lellinger.
- Niphidium carinatum, Lellinger.
- Niphidium crassifoliumNiphidium crassifoliumNiphidium crassifolium commonly known as the graceful fern is a species of fern in the Polypodiaceae family found in Central and South America. It is predominantly an epiphytic, growing on other plants for example in the canopies of trees, but is occasionally grows on rocks or on the ground,...
, (L.) Lellinger, Graceful Fern. - Niphidium longifolium, (Cav.) C. Morton & Lellinger.
- Niphidium macbridei, Lellinger.
- Niphidium mortonianum, Lellinger.
- Niphidium nidulare, (Rosenst.) Lellinger.
- Niphidium rufosquamatum, Lellinger.
- Niphidium vittaria, (Mett.) Lellinger.