MONILOPHYTES: Ferns and Horsetails

Class Equisetopsida

Family Equisetaceae Michaux ex DeCandolle – Horsetail Family

    1. Equisetum giganteum L.– Giant tropical horsetail – (Mexico to Brazil)
    2. Equisetum hyemale L. - Horsetail - (North America)
    3. Equisetum myriochaetum Schltdl. & Cham. – Giant tropical horsetail – (Mexico to Colombia and Peru)

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Class Marattiopsida

 

Family Marattiaceae

  1. Angiopteris angustifolia C. Presl – Turnip fern - (Japan to Polynesia, Madagascar)
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Class Psilotopsida

Family Psilotaceae Kanitz. – Whisk-fern Family
  1. Psilotum nudum L. – Whisk fern – (Subtropical North & South Hemisphere, New Zealand)
  2. Psilotum nudum 'Bunryii' – Appendageless psilotum – (Japan) Bunryu-zan
Family Ophioglossaceae C. Agardh – Adder’s-tongue Family
  1. Ophioglossum pendulum L. – Ribbon fern – (Polynesia, Queensland, Philippines, Ceylon, Madagascar)
  2. Ophioglossum petiolatum Hooker - Adder's Tongue – (South America, Asia, Pacific Islands)

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Class Polypodiopsida

Family Anemiaceae Link

  1. Anemia x para phyllitidis – Flowering fern – (Central & South America)
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Family Aspleniaceae Newman – Spleenwort Family

  1. Asplenium bulbiferum G. Forster - Mother fern - (Australia)
  2. Asplenium viviparum (L. f.) Presl – (Mauritius)
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Family Azollaceae C. Chr.

1. Azolla caroliniana Willdenow - Mosquito fern - (Mass. to Wisc. south to West Indies)
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Family Blechnaceae C. Presl – Chain Fern Family

1. Blechnum moorei C. Chr. - Dwarf tree fern - (New Caledonia)
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Family Davalliaceae Reichenbach

1. Davallia Sm. - Rabbit's foot fern - (south Asia)
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Family Dryopteridaceae Herter – Wood Fern Family

  1. Cyrtomium falcatum (L.) C. Presl - Holly fern - (China, India)
  2. Polystichum acrostichoides (Michaux) Schoot - Christmas fern - (North America)

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Family Lygodiaceae C. Presl – Climbing Ferns

1. Lygodium japonicum (Thunberg ex Murray) Swartz. – Japanese climbing fern – (east Asia)
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Family Marsileaceae Mirbel – Water-clover Family

  1. Marsilea fimbriata – Water-clover - (West Africa, Ghana, Guinea)
  2. Marsilea drummondii A. Braun - Nardoo - (Australia)

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Family Polypodiaceae Bercht & J. Presl. – Polypody Family

  1. Aglaomorpha cornonans (Wal. ex Mett.) Copel. - (Tropical Asia)
  2. Microgramma lycopodioides (L.) Copel. - (West Indies, Tropical America)
  3. Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C. Chr. - Common staghorn - (Australia)
  4. Polypodium appalachianum Haufler & Windham – Appalachian polypody – (eastern North America)
  5. Polypodium aureum L. - Hare's foot - (West Indies to Brazil, Australia)

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Family Pteridaceae Reichenbach – Maidenhair Fern Family
  1. Adiantum chilense Kaulf. – Maidenhair fern – (Peru, Chile)
  2. Adiantum hispidulum Swartz. – Rosy maidenhair – (Australia, New Zealand)
  3. Adiantum pedatum L. – Northern maidenhair – (North America)
  4. Pellaea rotundifolia - Button fern - (New Zealand)
  5. Pteris cretica L. 'Albo-lineata' Hooker – White-lined cretan brake - (Tropical)
  6. Pteris ensiformis 'Victoriae' Baker - (Himalayas to Ceylon)
  7. Quercifelix zeylanica - Oak leaf creeper - (Ceylon)

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Family Salviniaceae Reichenbach – Floating Fern Family

  1. Salvinia minima Baker - Floating fern - (Tropical America)
  2. Salvinia rotundiflora Willd. – Floating moss – (Tropical America)

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Family Woodsiaceae - Cliff Ferns

  1. Diplazium esculentum (Retz.) Sw. - Edible dwarf tree fern - (India, Polynesia)
  2. Diplazium proliferum (Lam.) - (Malaya, Tropical Africa)

 

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