Schizaea
| Schizaea | |
|---|---|
| |
| Schizaea pectinata showing crozier, fertile fronds, and grass-like barren fronds | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Schizaeales |
| Family: | Schizaeaceae |
| Genus: | Schizaea Sm. |
| Species | |
|
See text | |
Schizaea is a small genus of specialized ferns in the family Schizaeaceae. Common names include curlygrass fern[1] and comb fern. Some species are very small and inconspicuous, and so may often be overlooked in nature. The genus is distinctive and not at all like the common conception of a fern, though it is still considered a true fern (leptosporangiate). The sterile fronds (trophophylls) are grass-like, and the spore-bearing fertile frond (sporophyll) is similar, but with a small, pinnate fertile segment at its apex. The upper surface of the pinnules bear the sessile capsules.[2] Various of the roughly two dozen species have been reported from widely separated regions, including much of the tropical Old and New World, parts of the Eastern USA, Chile, the Falkland Islands, and various Pacific islands, including several islands of New Caledonia, as well as Australia and New Zealand.[3] In Africa at least two species are endemic to South Africa.[2]
Species
- Schizaea amazonica (Christ) Takeuchi
- Schizaea australis Gaudich. -- Southern comb fern
- Schizaea bifida Willd. -- Forked comb fern
- Schizaea boninensis (Nakai) H. Ohba
- Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm. -- Fan fern
- Schizaea elegans (Vahl) Sw.
- Schizaea fistulosa Labill. -- Comb fern, narrow comb fern
- Schizaea fluminensis Miers ex Sturm
- Schizaea incurvata Schkuhr
- Schizaea kikuzatonis M.Ogata
- Schizaea malaccana Bak.
- Schizaea montis-petrae Brade
- Schizaea pacificans Mart.
- Schizaea pectinata (L.) Sw.
- Schizaea poeppigiana Sturm
- Schizaea pseudodichotoma Bierh.
- Schizaea pusilla Pursh -- Curly grass fern, eastern North America
- Schizaea rhacoindusiata Bierh.
- Schizaea rupestris R. Br.
- Schizaea sprucei Hook. ex Bak.; Hook.
- Schizaea stricta Lellinger
- Schizaea tenella Kaulf.
- Schizaea × diversispora Bierh.
References
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Schizaea". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ^ a b Sim, Thomas Robertson (1915). The Ferns of South Africa. London & Edinburgh: Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Brian Swale, Michael Hassler. Family Schizaeaceae, genus Schizaea. http://homepages.caverock.net.nz/~bj/fern/schizaea.htm
World species list for Schizaea: http://homepages.caverock.net.nz/~bj/fern/schizaea.htm
External links
- Smith's original description of the genus online at Project GutenbergError: "Q7431554" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
 | This Polypodiidae-related article is a stub. You can help Justapedia by expanding it. |
- Articles with short description
- Short description with empty Wikidata description
- Articles with 'species' microformats
- Taxonbars desynced from Wikidata
- Taxonbar pages requiring a Wikidata item
- Taxonbars with invalid from parameters
- Taxonbars without secondary Wikidata taxon IDs
- Schizaeales
- Fern genera
- All stub articles
- Polypodiidae stubs