Dicranopteris

Dicranopteris
Dicranopteris linearis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Gleicheniales
Family: Gleicheniaceae
Genus: Dicranopteris
Bernh.
Type species
Dicranopteris dichotoma
(Thunb. 1784) Bernhardi 1805
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Hicriopteris Presl 1851 non Copeland
  • Mertensia Willdenow 1804 non Roth 1797
  • Mesosorus Hasskarl 1856

Dicranopteris (forkedfern) is a genus of tropical ferns of the family Gleicheniaceae. There are about 20 described species.

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