- Vittariaceae
Taxobox
name = Pteridaceae
regnum =Plant ae
divisio =Pteridophyta
classis =Pteridopsida
ordo =Pteridales
familia =Vittariaceae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
*"Vittaria "
*"Anetium "
*"Hecistopteris "
*"Monogramma "
*"Anthrophyum "Vittariaceae is a family of
fern s in the orderPteridales . Members of the family are primarily epiphytic in tropical regions and all have simple leaves with sori that follow the veins and lack true indusia; the sori are most often marginal with a false indusium formed from the reflexed leaf margin. The family also includes a species, "Vittaria appalachiana ", that is highly unusual in that thesporophyte stage of the life cycle is absent. This species consists solely of photosyntheticgametophyte s that reproduce asexually.Genetic analyses based on
chloroplast gene s suggest that "Adiantum " is the closest relative of Vittariaceae.ources
*Lindsay, Stuart (2003) [http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/72711/Tel10Lin099.pdf Considerations for a revision of the fern family Vittariaceae for Flora Malesiana] . "Telopea" 10(1) : 99-112.
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