Family · Ferns & allies

Woodsiaceae

Cliff ferns

Small tufted ferns of rocky, often alpine habitats, with sori wrapped in a distinctive fringed indusium.

Accepted species

≈35approximate — no sourced value yet

Origin

≈45 MaPaleogene · stem age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

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Plants you might know

• Woodsia

Related families

Woodsiaceae 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
• HypodematiaceaeHypodematium ferns30
• SaccolomataceaeSaccoloma ferns28
• NephrolepidaceaeBoston fern19
• RhachidosoraceaeRhachidosorus ferns8
• OnocleaceaeSensitive & ostrich ferns5
• DiplaziopsidaceaeDiplaziopsis ferns4
• CystodiaceaeCystodium fern2
• LonchitidaceaeLonchitis ferns2
• DesmophlebiaceaeDesmophlebium fern2
• DidymochlaenaceaeDidymochlaena fern2