Family · Ferns & allies

Thyrsopteridaceae

Juan Fernandez tree fern

Monotypic tree-fern family endemic to the Juan Fernandez Islands, with cup-shaped fertile segments.

Accepted species

≈1approximate — no sourced value yet

Origin

≈101 MaCretaceous · stem age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

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Plants you might know

• Thyrsopteris

Related families

Thyrsopteridaceae sits in the order Cyatheales.

• CyatheaceaeScaly tree ferns817
• DicksoniaceaeTree ferns30
• PlagiogyriaceaePlagiogyria ferns15
• Cibotiaceaehapuu tree ferns11
• LoxsomataceaeLoxsoma ferns2
• CulcitaceaeCulcita ferns2
• MetaxyaceaeMetaxya ferns2