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Encyclopedia > Davalliaceae
How to read a taxoboxDavalliaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Pteridopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Davalliaceae
Genera

Davallia
Davallodes
Leucostegia
Humata
Rumohra
Scyphylaria This article explains how to read a taxobox. ... For other uses, see Scientific classification (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Plant (disambiguation). ... Classes Marattiopsida Osmundopsida Gleicheniopsida Pteridopsida A fern, or pteridophyte, is any one of a group of some twenty thousand species of plants classified in the Division Pteridophyta, formerly known as Filicophyta. ... Subclasses Subclass: Cyatheatae Subclass: Schizaeatae Subclass: Pteriditae Subclass: Polypoditae The Pteridopsida is a class of plants in the Division Pteridophyta that includes the modern ferns. ... Families see text The order Polypodiales encompasses the major lineages of polypod ferns, which comprise more than 80% of todays fern species. ... Genera was an operating system and development environment for Lisp machines developed by Symbolics. ... Davallia is a genus of plants in the Davalliaceae family. ...

Davalliaceae is a family of polypod ferns, which includes seven genera, the species of which grow mostly in the old world tropics or subtropics. In some treatments the genera of the family Olandraceae are included in this family. They are small to moderate-sized epiphytes or are otherwise casually terrestrial and sometimes grow on rocks. Classes Psilotopsida Equisetopsida Marattiopsida Polypodiopsida A fern is any one of a group of about 20,000 species of plants classified in the phylum or division Pteridophyta, also known as Filicophyta. ... Near Orosí, Costa Rica Epiphytes on a tree near Santa Elena in Costa Rica An example of an epiphyte assemblage of orchids and bromeliads in a garden setting in Hawaii An epiphyte is any plant that grows upon or attached to another living plant. ...


The genus Rumohra is treated in Dryopteridaceae by some botanists. Genera Arachniodes Bolbitis Ctenitis Cyrtomium Dryopteris Phanerophlebia Polystichum Rumohra The Dryopteridaceae includes many ferns prized as ornamentals, including the wood ferns, holly ferns, florists fern, and others. ...


References

  • Davalliaceae entry from the Australian National Herbarium


 
 

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