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Actinostachys
Sign in to saveActinostachys 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
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassPolypodiopsida
- OrderSchizaeales
- FamilySchizaeaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 43
- With media
- 15
- Family
- Schizaeaceae
- Collections
- F, MO, RSA, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), MICH, FURB
- Recorded in
- Bolivia, New Caledonia, Venezuela, Brazil, Brasil, Puerto Rico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Schizaeaceae
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- Commons category
- Actinostachys
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Actinostachys
- topic's main category
- Category:Actinostachys
- taxon common name
- actinostachys
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Encyclopedic overview
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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.
==Phylogeny== , World Ferns accepted the following species:
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