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Angiopteris
Sign in to saveAngiopteris is a genus of huge evergreen ferns from the family Marattiaceae, found throughout the paleotropics from Madagascar to the South Pacific islands.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Angiopteris is referenced by 12 other articles, and connects out to fern, Rhodophyta and rhizome.
It is catalogued under topics including Fern genera, Marattiidae and Taxa described in 1796.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassPolypodiopsida
- OrderMarattiales
- FamilyMarattiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 583
- With media
- 510
- Family
- Marattiaceae
- Collections
- BRIT, VT, MEL, RSA, CAS, ANSP
- Recorded in
- Philippines, China, New Caledonia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Marattiaceae
- Image
- Angiopteris evecta Coffs Harbour.jpg
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- taxon common name
- 观音座莲属
- taxon name
- Angiopteris
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Angiopteris
- Commons category
- Angiopteris
- taxonomic type
- Angiopteris evecta
- chromosome count
- 80
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Species
- References
Angiopteris is a genus of huge evergreen ferns from the family Marattiaceae, found throughout the paleotropics from Madagascar to the South Pacific islands.
They feature a large, erect, woody rhizome with a wide base supported by thick roots. The fronds are deltoid, pinnate, long, with spreading leaflets. At the base of the fronds is a pair of thick, leathery stipules — in the case of A. canaliculata, measuring up to long and wide. Species of smaller stature with elongate synangia and creeping rhizomes are sometimes segregated into the genus Archangiopteris, and a once-pinnate monotypic segregate genus has been called Macroglossum, but molecular data supports inclusion of these taxa within a broad concept of Angiopteris.
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