Gleichenia

Gleichenia is a genus of ferns. Its closest relative is the genus Stromatopteris, restricted to New Caledonia.

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GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassPolypodiopsida
OrderGleicheniales
FamilyGleicheniaceae

Native toAmsterdam-St.Paul Is., Angola, Borneo, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Eswatini, Free State, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho

Gleichenia es un género con 165 especies de plantas vasculares perteneciente a la familia Gleicheniaceae. Es originario de América y África tropical.[1][2] Algunas especies Gleichenia abscida Rodway Gleichenia alpina R.Br. Gleichenia bolanica Rosenst. Gleichenia brassii C.Chr. Gleichenia dicarpa R.Br. Gleichenia erecta C.Chr. Gleichenia mendellii S.B.Andrews Gleichenia rupestris R.Br. Gleichenia venosa (Copel.) Holttum Gleichenia vulcanica Blume Referencias ↑ a b «Gleichenia». Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Consultado el 23 de julio de 2010. ↑ «Genus Gleichenia». PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Consultado el 26 de enero de 2009.

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Gleichenia is a genus of ferns. Its closest relative is the genus Stromatopteris, restricted to New Caledonia.

== Description == These ferns have creeping rhizomes. The compound eaves fork multiple times, with the final leaf lobes ending in a pinnate arrangement. The sori are found at the bottom of the leaves and are made of a few sporangia. They are not covered by an indusium (protective covering). The sori occur in a unique chamber in the laminar pits - a feature found only in this genus.