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Hecistopteris
Sign in to saveHecistopteris is a fern genus in the Vittarioideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae.
Species
moss fern
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassPolypodiopsida
- OrderPolypodiales
- FamilyPteridaceae
Native toBelize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador
Observations25
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 33
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Collections
- F, NY, MO, ANSP, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), JBRJ
- Recorded in
- Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Colombia, Guatemala, Brasil, Trinidad And Tobago, Costa Rica
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Encyclopedic overview
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Hecistopteris is a fern genus in the Vittarioideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae.
==Species== The genus Hecistopteris contains the following species: Hecistopteris kaieteurensis Kelloff & G.S.McKee Hecistopteris pinnatifida R.C.Moran & B.Øllg. Hecistopteris pumila (Spreng.) J.Sm. – moss fern
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