Family · Ferns & allies

Dicksoniaceae

Tree ferns

Tree ferns with stout hairy trunks and marginal cup-shaped sori; widely grown as garden tree ferns.

Accepted species

≈30approximate — no sourced value yet

Origin

≈48 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

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Plants you might know

• Dicksonia
• Lophosoria

Related families

Dicksoniaceae sits in the order Cyatheales.

• CyatheaceaeScaly tree ferns817
• PlagiogyriaceaePlagiogyria ferns15
• Cibotiaceaehapuu tree ferns11
• LoxsomataceaeLoxsoma ferns2
• CulcitaceaeCulcita ferns2
• MetaxyaceaeMetaxya ferns2
• ThyrsopteridaceaeJuan Fernandez tree fern1