Author:
Qjure
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-433.17.00
Lygodiaceae
English: Climbing ferns.
Clades: Schizaeales; Polypodiidae; Pteridophyta; Plants.
Region: tropical, few temperate species in eastern Asia and eastern North America.
Genus: 1, Lygodium; 40 species.
Botany
Ferns; 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.