Family · Ferns & allies

Metaxyaceae

Metaxya ferns

Neotropical ferns with creeping rhizomes and once-pinnate fronds bearing rounded sori without indusia.

Accepted species

≈2approximate — no sourced value yet

Origin

≈79 MaCretaceous · stem age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

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• Metaxya

Related families

Metaxyaceae sits in the order Cyatheales.

• CyatheaceaeScaly tree ferns817
• DicksoniaceaeTree ferns30
• PlagiogyriaceaePlagiogyria ferns15
• Cibotiaceaehapuu tree ferns11
• LoxsomataceaeLoxsoma ferns2
• CulcitaceaeCulcita ferns2
• ThyrsopteridaceaeJuan Fernandez tree fern1