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Danaea
Sign in to saveDanaea is a fern genus of approximately 80 species in the eusporangiate fern family Marattiaceae. They are small to intermediately large ferns with erect or creeping rhizomes and usually once-pinnate leaves with opposite pinnae. The fertile leaves are contracted, acrostichoid and covered below with sunken, linear synangia. The genus Danaea has a neotropical distribution, occurring from southern Mexico through Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America to Bolivia, Paraguay and the Mata Atlantica in Brazil and Northern Argentina. There is also a population on Isla del Coco (Cocos
Species
Genus
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassPolypodiopsida
- OrderMarattiales
- FamilyMarattiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 595
- With media
- 569
- Family
- Marattiaceae
- Collections
- ANSP, BRIT, VT, CAS, UCMP
- Recorded in
- Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, Jamaica, United States
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Danaea is a fern genus of approximately 80 species in the eusporangiate fern family Marattiaceae. They are small to intermediately large ferns with erect or creeping rhizomes and usually once-pinnate leaves with opposite pinnae. The fertile leaves are contracted, acrostichoid and covered below with sunken, linear synangia. The genus Danaea has a neotropical distribution, occurring from southern Mexico through Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America to Bolivia, Paraguay and the Mata Atlantica in Brazil and Northern Argentina. There is also a population on Isla del Coco (Cocos Island) in the Pacific.
The genus name of Danaea is named after the Greek mythology, Danaë, an Argive princess and mother of the hero Perseus by Zeus.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Danaea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.