Family · Ferns & allies

Saccolomataceae

Saccoloma ferns

Tropical terrestrial ferns with large divided fronds and pouch-like marginal sori.

Accepted species

28accepted names · Kew WCVP

Genus

1accepted genus · Kew WCVP

Origin

≈117 MaCretaceous · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

Centre of diversity

Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD

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• Saccoloma

Its genus

• Saccoloma28 spp.

Where it grows

• Southern America16
• Asia-Tropical7
• Pacific6
• Northern America1
• Asia-Temperate1
• Africa1

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

Related families

Saccolomataceae sits in the order Polypodiales.

• PolypodiaceaePolypodies4,578
• AspleniaceaeSpleenworts3,534
• DryopteridaceaeWood ferns2,100
• PteridaceaeBrake ferns, maidenhair1,494
• ThelypteridaceaeMarsh ferns1,030
• AthyriaceaeLady ferns650
• DennstaedtiaceaeBracken282
• LindsaeaceaeLindsaea ferns270
• BlechnaceaeChain ferns265
• TectariaceaeHalberd ferns230
• LomariopsidaceaeLomariopsis ferns70
• DavalliaceaeHare's-foot ferns65
• OleandraceaeOleandra ferns40
• CystopteridaceaeBladder ferns37
• WoodsiaceaeCliff ferns35
• HypodematiaceaeHypodematium ferns30
• NephrolepidaceaeBoston fern19
• RhachidosoraceaeRhachidosorus ferns8
• OnocleaceaeSensitive & ostrich ferns5
• DiplaziopsidaceaeDiplaziopsis ferns4
• CystodiaceaeCystodium fern2
• LonchitidaceaeLonchitis ferns2
• DesmophlebiaceaeDesmophlebium fern2
• DidymochlaenaceaeDidymochlaena fern2