''Actinostachys'' is a genus of small ferns originally included in the genus ''
Schizaea
''Schizaea'' is a small genus of specialized ferns in the family Schizaeaceae. Common names include curlygrass fern and comb fern. Some species are very small and inconspicuous, and so may often be overlooked in nature. The genus is distinctive ...
''. The genus was segregated on the basis of the flabelliform (fan-shaped) laminae. The genus is colloquially called the ray ferns.
Species
, World Ferns accepted the following species:
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Actinostachys balansae''
( Fourn.) C.F. Reed
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Actinostachys confusa''
( Selling) C.F. Reed
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Actinostachys digitata''
( L.) Wallich ex C.F. Reed
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Actinostachys inopinata
''Actinostachys'' is a genus of small ferns originally included in the genus ''Schizaea''. The genus was segregated on the basis of the flabelliform (fan-shaped) laminae. The genus is colloquially called the ray ferns.
Species
, World Ferns acc ...
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( Selling) C.F. Reed
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Actinostachys intermedia
''Actinostachys'' is a genus of small ferns originally included in the genus ''Schizaea''. The genus was segregated on the basis of the flabelliform (fan-shaped) laminae. The genus is colloquially called the ray ferns.
Species
, World Ferns acc ...
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(Mett.
Georg Heinrich Mettenius (24 November 1823 – 18 August 1866) was a German botanist born in Frankfurt am Main. He was son-in-law to botanist Alexander Braun (1805–1877).
In 1845 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Heidelbe ...
) C.F. Reed
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Actinostachys laevigata
''Actinostachys'' is a genus of small ferns originally included in the genus ''Schizaea''. The genus was segregated on the basis of the flabelliform (fan-shaped) laminae. The genus is colloquially called the ray ferns.
Species
, World Ferns acc ...
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(Mett.
Georg Heinrich Mettenius (24 November 1823 – 18 August 1866) was a German botanist born in Frankfurt am Main. He was son-in-law to botanist Alexander Braun (1805–1877).
In 1845 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Heidelbe ...
) C.F. Reed
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Actinostachys macrofunda
''Actinostachys'' is a genus of small ferns originally included in the genus ''Schizaea''. The genus was segregated on the basis of the flabelliform (fan-shaped) laminae. The genus is colloquially called the ray ferns.
Species
, World Ferns acc ...
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Bierh.
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Actinostachys melanesica
''Actinostachys'' is a genus of small ferns originally included in the genus ''Schizaea''. The genus was segregated on the basis of the flabelliform (fan-shaped) laminae. The genus is colloquially called the ray ferns.
Species
, World Ferns acc ...
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( Selling) C.F. Reed
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Actinostachys minuta
''Actinostachys'' is a genus of small ferns originally included in the genus ''Schizaea''. The genus was segregated on the basis of the flabelliform (fan-shaped) laminae. The genus is colloquially called the ray ferns.
Species
, World Ferns acc ...
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Amoroso & Coritico
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Actinostachys oligostachys''
Bierh.
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Actinostachys pennula
''Actinostachys pennula'', the ray spiked fern or tropical curly-grass, is a fern native mainly to Southern Florida and is an endangered plant species.
Names
''S. germanii'' (Fée) Prantl; ''Actinostachys germanii'' Fée; ''Actinostachys pennul ...
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(Sw.
Olof Peter Swartz (21 September 1760 – 19 September 1818) was a Swedish botanist and taxonomist. He is best known for his taxonomic work and studies into pteridophytes.
Biography
Olof Swartz attended the University of Uppsala where he st ...
) Hook.
Sir William Jackson Hooker (6 July 178512 August 1865) was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as a botanic garden. At Kew h ...
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Actinostachys plana
''Actinostachys'' is a genus of small ferns originally included in the genus ''Schizaea''. The genus was segregated on the basis of the flabelliform (fan-shaped) laminae. The genus is colloquially called the ray ferns.
Species
, World Ferns acc ...
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( Fourn.) C.F. Reed
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Actinostachys simplex
''Actinostachys'' is a genus of small ferns originally included in the genus ''Schizaea''. The genus was segregated on the basis of the flabelliform (fan-shaped) laminae. The genus is colloquially called the ray ferns.
Species
, World Ferns acc ...
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Amoroso & Coritico
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Actinostachys spirophylla
''Actinostachys'' is a genus of small ferns originally included in the genus ''Schizaea''. The genus was segregated on the basis of the flabelliform (fan-shaped) laminae. The genus is colloquially called the ray ferns.
Species
, World Ferns acc ...
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( W. Troll) C.F. Reed
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Actinostachys subtrijuga
''Actinostachys'' is a genus of small ferns originally included in the genus ''Schizaea''. The genus was segregated on the basis of the flabelliform (fan-shaped) laminae. The genus is colloquially called the ray ferns.
Species
, World Ferns acc ...
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(Mart.
Carl Friedrich Philipp (Karl Friedrich Philipp) von Martius (17 April 1794 – 13 December 1868) was a German botanist and explorer.
Life
Martius was born at Erlangen, the son of Prof Ernst Wilhelm Martius, court apothecary.
He graduated PhD f ...
) C. Presl
Carl Borivoj Presl ( cs, Karel Bořivoj Presl; 17 February 1794 – 2 October 1852) was a Czechs, Czech botanist.
Biography
Presl lived his entire life in Prague, and was a professor of botany at the Charles University in Prague, University of P ...
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Actinostachys tenuis''
( Fourn.) C.F. Reed
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Actinostachys wagneri''
( Selling) C.F. Reed
References
*World species list of ''Actinostachys'': https://web.archive.org/web/20090908034926/http://homepages.caverock.net.nz/~bj/fern/actinostachys.htm
Schizaeales
Fern genera
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