Didymochlaena truncatula
Didymochlaena is a genus of ferns. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is the only genus in the family Didymochlaenaceae. Alternatively, the family may be placed in a very broadly defined family Polypodiaceae sensu lato as the subfamily Didymochlaenoideae.
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassPolypodiopsida
- OrderPolypodiales
- FamilyDidymochlaenaceae
Native toBorneo, Jawa, Sulawesi, Sumatera
via GBIF · Kew POWO
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Didymochlaena is a genus of ferns. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is the only genus in the family Didymochlaenaceae. Alternatively, the family may be placed in a very broadly defined family Polypodiaceae sensu lato as the subfamily Didymochlaenoideae.
==Description== Members of this genus are terrestrial, evergreen plants growing tall. The fronds arise from upright, scaly rhizomes. The leaves are bipinnate and imparipinnate.