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Dictymia
Sign in to saveDictymia is a small genus of ferns. They are found growing on rocks, or hanging from branches in Malesia, Australia and islands of the Pacific Ocean. ==Species== Species include: {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Image !! Name !! Distribution |- |120px||Dictymia mckeei, ||New Caledonia, Fiji (Viti Levu) |- |120px ||Dictymia brownii. || eastern Australia |- |}
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassPolypodiopsida
- OrderPolypodiales
- FamilyPolypodiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 133
- With media
- 133
- Family
- Polypodiaceae
- Collections
- ANSP, BPBM, MNHN
- Recorded in
- New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nouvelle-CaléDonie
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Dictymia is a small genus of ferns. They are found growing on rocks, or hanging from branches in Malesia, Australia and islands of the Pacific Ocean. ==Species== Species include: {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Image !! Name !! Distribution |- |120px||Dictymia mckeei, ||New Caledonia, Fiji (Viti Levu) |- |120px ||Dictymia brownii. || eastern Australia |- |}
The word Dictymia is from the ancient Greek language. It refers to the "net" like veiny patterns.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dictymia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.