Family · Ferns & allies
Pteridaceae
Brake ferns, maidenhair
Large, diverse family including maidenhair, brake and cliff ferns; sori usually run along leaf margins.
- Accepted species
- 1,494accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 27accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈77 MaCretaceous · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD
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Genera
Hemionitis526 spp.
Pteris359 spp.
Adiantum251 spp.
Jamesonia64 spp.
Haplopteris44 spp.
Antrophyum41 spp.
Pityrogramma29 spp.
Coniogramme26 spp.
Syngramma22 spp.
Taenitis18 spp.
Polytaenium15 spp.
Pterozonium14 spp.
Hecistopteris13 spp.
Onychium13 spp.
Ceratopteris9 spp.
Cryptogramma8 spp.
Vittaria8 spp.
Actiniopteris6 spp.
Vaginularia6 spp.
Tryonia5 spp.
Acrostichum4 spp.
Cerosora4 spp.
Anogramma3 spp.
Gastoniella3 spp.
Cosentinia1 spp.
Llavea1 spp.
Rheopteris1 spp.
Where it grows
- Southern America576
- Asia-Tropical410
- Asia-Temperate310
- Northern America263
- Africa209
- Pacific93
- Australasia68
- Europe24
- Antarctic4
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.