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Summary

Didymochlaena is a genus of ferns. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is the only genus in the family Didymochlaenaceae. Alternatively, the family may be placed in a very broadly defined family Polypodiaceae sensu lato as the subfamily Didymochlaenoideae.

Description

Members of this genus are terrestrial, evergreen plants growing 0.8–3 m (2 ft 7 in – 9 ft 10 in) tall. The fronds arise from upright, scaly rhizomes. The leaves are bipinnate and imparipinnate.

Phylogeny

This genus includes the following species:

External phylogeny from PPG I 2016 Internal phylogeny from Fern Tree of Life body.skin-vector-2022 Polypodiineae

Didymochlaenaceae

Hypodematiaceae

Dryopteridaceae

Nephrolepidaceae

Lomariopsidaceae

Tectariaceae

Oleandraceae

Davalliaceae

Polypodiaceae

(eupolypods I) Didymochlaena

D. truncatula (Sw.) J.Sm.

section

D. mesoamericana Li Bing Zhang & H.Shang

D. alpina Li Bing Zhang & H.Shang

D. amazonica Li Bing Zhang & H.Shang

Amazonicae section

D. sinuosa Desv.

D. philippensis Li Bing Zhang & H.Shang

D. punctata Li Bing Zhang & H.Shang

D. oceanica Li Bing Zhang & H.Shang

D. fijiensis Li Bing Zhang & H.Shang

D. solomonensis Li Bing Zhang & H.Shang

Didymochlaena section

D. cameroonensis Li Bing Zhang & H.Shang

D. dimidiata Kunze

D. spinulosa (Brause) Li Bing Zhang &...