Marattia
Marattia is a small genus of basal, large, fleshy eusporangiate ferns, found in the Americas.
Species
King fern
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassPolypodiopsida
- OrderMarattiales
- FamilyMarattiaceae
Native toBelize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast
Observations829
Common Name: tree fern
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Marattia is a small genus of basal, large, fleshy eusporangiate ferns, found in the Americas.
Formerly considered to be a much larger genus, genetic analysis has shown that Marattia in the broad sense was paraphyletic, and subsequently the genera Ptisana and Eupodium were split off. Except for one species in Hawaii, the genus is neotropical.