Lygodiaceae is included in
SchizaeaceaeEnglish: Climbing ferns.
Clades:
Schizaeales;
Polypodiidae;
Pteridophyta;
Plants.
Region: tropical, few temperate species in eastern Asia and eastern North America.
Genus: 1, Lygodium; 40 species.
BotanyFerns; climbing; vines; ferny look.
Leaves: dimorphic, fertile and sterile fronds; lack well-defined sori; with indeterminate growth; rachis is long, thin, flexible, twining around supports; 3 to 12 m long.
Sporangia: with a horizontal annulus that lies below and completely encircles the top of the sporangium.
TaxonomySchizaeaceae,
Anemiaceae and
Lygodiaceae form a monophyletic clade, named
Schizaeales in the Ppg1 classification.
Plant theoryIn the
Plant theory Anemicaeae and
Lygodiaceae is included in
Schizaeaceae.
Schizaeaceae is placed in
Subphase 7.