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Antrophyopsis
''Antrophyopsis'' is a genus of vittarioid ferns, a member of subfamily Vittarioideae and family Pteridaceae. Like other vittarioids, ferns in the genus are epiphytes with simple, straplike leaves. They are native to tropical Africa and islands of the Indian Ocean. The presence of a midrib in their leaves, the shape of their spores, and the shape of cells at the tip of their paraphyses (minute hairs on the spore-bearing structures) help to distinguish members of the genus from other vittarioids. The group was raised to the level of genus in 2016. Description Like most other vittarioid ferns, members of the genus have simple, straplike leaves. The rhizome has a distinct upper and lower side, lacking radial symmetry. Leaves are borne in two ranks in a single plane and lack a costa (midrib), unlike ''Scoliosorus''. The leaves have netlike venation, with three or more rows of areolae ("gaps" in the net of veins) on either side of the midline, with the exception of '' A. bivi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antrophyopsis Boryana
''Antrophyopsis'' is a genus of vittarioid ferns, a member of subfamily Vittarioideae and family Pteridaceae. Like other vittarioids, ferns in the genus are epiphytes with simple, straplike leaves. They are native to tropical Africa and islands of the Indian Ocean. The presence of a midrib in their leaves, the shape of their spores, and the shape of cells at the tip of their paraphyses (minute hairs on the spore-bearing structures) help to distinguish members of the genus from other vittarioids. The group was raised to the level of genus in 2016. Description Like most other vittarioid ferns, members of the genus have simple, straplike leaves. The rhizome has a distinct upper and lower side, lacking radial symmetry. Leaves are borne in two ranks in a single plane and lack a costa (midrib), unlike ''Scoliosorus''. The leaves have netlike venation, with three or more rows of areolae ("gaps" in the net of veins) on either side of the midline, with the exception of '' A. bivi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antrophyopsis Bivittata
''Antrophyopsis'' is a genus of vittarioid ferns, a member of subfamily Vittarioideae and family Pteridaceae. Like other vittarioids, ferns in the genus are epiphytes with simple, straplike leaves. They are native to tropical Africa and islands of the Indian Ocean. The presence of a midrib in their leaves, the shape of their spores, and the shape of cells at the tip of their paraphyses (minute hairs on the spore-bearing structures) help to distinguish members of the genus from other vittarioids. The group was raised to the level of genus in 2016. Description Like most other vittarioid ferns, members of the genus have simple, straplike leaves. The rhizome has a distinct upper and lower side, lacking radial symmetry. Leaves are borne in two ranks in a single plane and lack a costa (midrib), unlike ''Scoliosorus''. The leaves have netlike venation, with three or more rows of areolae ("gaps" in the net of veins) on either side of the midline, with the exception of '' A. bivi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antrophyopsis Manniana
''Antrophyopsis manniana'' is a species of the genus '' Antrophyopsis'', a vittarioid fern occurring in the African rain forest and montane forest of East Africa and the Albertine Rift. History The type specimen was first collected by Gustav Mann in 1860 on the island of Bioko (Equatorial Guinea), formerly known as Fernando Po, at 3000 ft above sea level. William Jackson Hooker described the species in his book "A second century of ferns" in 1861, placing it in the genus ''Antrophyum''. It was reclassified into the genus ''Scoliosorus ''Scoliosorus'' is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Vittarioideae of the family Pteridaceae with a single species, ''Scoliosorus ensiformis''. The species is native to Mexico and Central America. References Pteridaceae Monotypic fern ...'' by E.H. Crane in 1997, but a molecular phylogeny by Eric Schuettpelz ''et al.'' in 2016 found that it belonged to a small group of species sister to the rest of ''Antrophyum'', which wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vittarioid
Vittarioideae is a subfamily of the fern family Pteridaceae, in the order Polypodiales. The subfamily includes the previous families Adiantaceae (adiantoids or maidenhair ferns) and Vittariaceae (vittarioids or shoestring ferns). Description The subfamily includes two distinct groups of ferns: the adiantoids, consisting of the single genus ''Adiantum'', and the vittarioids, several genera, including ''Vittaria'', which typically have highly reduced leaves, usually entire, and an epiphytic habit. The ferns historically considered as ''Adiantum'' include both petrophilic and terrestrial plants. The vittarioid ferns are primarily epiphyte, epiphytic in tropical regions and all have simple leaves with sorus, sori that follow the veins and lack true indusium, indusia; the sori are most often marginal with a false indusium formed from the reflexed leaf margin. The family also includes a species, ''Vittaria appalachiana'', that is highly unusual in that the sporophyte stage of the life c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vittarioideae
Vittarioideae is a subfamily of the fern family Pteridaceae, in the order Polypodiales. The subfamily includes the previous families Adiantaceae (adiantoids or maidenhair ferns) and Vittariaceae (vittarioids or shoestring ferns). Description The subfamily includes two distinct groups of ferns: the adiantoids, consisting of the single genus ''Adiantum'', and the vittarioids, several genera, including ''Vittaria'', which typically have highly reduced leaves, usually entire, and an epiphytic habit. The ferns historically considered as ''Adiantum'' include both petrophilic and terrestrial plants. The vittarioid ferns are primarily epiphytic in tropical regions and all have simple leaves with sori that follow the veins and lack true indusia; the sori are most often marginal with a false indusium formed from the reflexed leaf margin. The family also includes a species, '' Vittaria appalachiana'', that is highly unusual in that the sporophyte stage of the life cycle is absent. This spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pteridaceae
Pteridaceae is a family of ferns in the order Polypodiales, including some 1150 known species in ca 45 genera (depending on taxonomic opinions), divided over five subfamilies. The family includes four groups of genera that are sometimes recognized as separate families: the adiantoid, cheilanthoid, pteridoid, and hemionitidoid ferns. Relationships among these groups remain unclear, and although some recent genetic analyses of the Pteridales suggest that neither the family Pteridaceae nor the major groups within it are all monophyletic, as yet these analyses are insufficiently comprehensive and robust to provide good support for a revision of the order at the family level. Description Members of Pteridaceae have creeping or erect rhizomes. The leaves are almost always compound and have linear sori that are typically on the margins of the leaves and lack a true indusium, typically being protected by a false indusium formed from the reflexed margin of the leaf. Taxonomy Tradi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antrophyum
''Antrophyum'' is a genus of ferns in the family Pteridaceae.''Antrophyum'' USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) 14 Jan 2012 They are commonly known as lineleaf ferns. Description Like most other vittarioid ferns, members of the genus have simple, straplike leaves. Most species lack a (midrib), although a few have a partial one, and the leaves are generally more than wide. The leaves have netlike venation, with three or more rows of areolae ("gaps" in the net of veins) on either side of the midline. Linear sori< ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scoliosorus
''Scoliosorus'' is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Vittarioideae of the family Pteridaceae with a single species, ''Scoliosorus ensiformis''. The species is native to Mexico and Central America. References Pteridaceae Monotypic fern genera {{Pteridaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stipe (botany)
In botany, a stipe is a stalk that supports some other structure. The precise meaning is different depending on which taxonomic group is being described. file:Helicteres-Yucatán-Flowers.jpg, The long stipe of a '' Helicteres'' flower. file:Helicteres-Yucatán-Fruits.jpg, remains as each flower forms a fruit. In the case of ferns, the stipe is only the petiole from the rootstock to the beginning of the leaf tissue, or lamina. The continuation of the structure within the lamina is then termed a rachis. In flowering plants, the term is often used in reference to a stalk that sometimes supports a flower's ovary. In orchids, the stipe or caudicle is the stalk-like support of the pollinia. It is a non-viscid band or strap connecting the pollinia with the viscidium (the viscid part of the rostellum or beak). A stipe is also a structure found in organisms that are studied by botanists but that are no longer classified as plants. It may be the stem-like part of the thallus of a mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorus
A sorus (pl. sori) is a cluster of sporangia (structures producing and containing spores) in ferns and fungi. A coenosorus (plural coenosori) is a compound sorus composed of multiple, fused sori. Etymology This New Latin word is from Ancient Greek σωρός (''sōrós'' 'stack, pile, heap'). Structure In lichens and other fungi, the sorus is surrounded by an external layer. In some red algae, it may take the form of depression into the thallus. In ferns, the sori form a yellowish or brownish mass on the edge or underside of a fertile frond. In some species, they are protected during development by a scale or film of tissue called the indusium, which forms an umbrella-like cover. Lifecycle significance Sori occur on the sporophyte generation, the sporangia within producing haploid meiospores. As the sporangia mature, the indusium shrivels so that spore release is unimpeded. The sporangia then burst and release the spores. As an aid to identification The shape, arrangemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhizome
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (; , ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow horizontally. The rhizome also retains the ability to allow new shoots to grow upwards. A rhizome is the main stem of the plant that runs underground horizontally. A stolon is similar to a rhizome, but a stolon sprouts from an existing stem, has long internodes, and generates new shoots at the end, such as in the strawberry plant. In general, rhizomes have short internodes, send out roots from the bottom of the nodes, and generate new upward-growing shoots from the top of the nodes. A stem tuber is a thickened part of a rhizome or stolon that has been enlarged for use as a storage organ. In general, a tuber is high in starch, e.g. the potato, which is a modified stolon. The term "tuber" is often used imprecisely and is sometimes applied to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa (botany)
This glossary of botanical terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to botany and plants in general. Terms of plant morphology are included here as well as at the more specific Glossary of plant morphology and Glossary of leaf morphology. For other related terms, see Glossary of phytopathology, Glossary of lichen terms, and List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names. A B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
