Clades:
Equisetales;
Equisetidae;
Equisetanae;
Pteridophyta;
Plants.
Members: 6 genera: Angiopteris, Christensenia, Danaea, Marattia, Eupodium, Ptisana; 110 species.
Habitat: tropical.
TaxonomyIn the Ppg1 classification
Marattiaceae is part of
Marattiales, in the subclass Marattiideae, in the Leptosporangiate ferns.
Plant theoryIn the
Plant theory Marattiaceae is a family in the order
Equisetales.
Marattiaceae is placed in subphase 5, fitting their tropical habitat. The placement is confirmed by cases.
BotanyFerns.
Root: fleshy rootstocks.
Leaves: large fronds, largest known fronds of any fern; stipules.
Reproduction: polycyclic siphonostele often synangia, annulus sporangia open by longitudinal slit or pores.
Stages Remedies1
Ptisana salicina12
Ptisana smithii13
Angiopteris evecta15
Angiopteris fokiensis15
Angiopteris madagascariensisx
Christensenia aesculifoliax
Danaea kalevalax
Eupodium cicutifolium