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Angiopteris
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Angiopteris

Angiopteris is a genus of huge evergreen ferns from the Marattiaceae family, found throughout the paleotropics from Madagascar to the South Pacific islands. Species of smaller stature with elongate synangia and creeping rhizomes are sometimes segregated into the genus Archangiopteris, and a once-pinnate monotypic segregate genus has been called Macroglossum, but molecular data supports inclusion of these taxa within a broad concept of Angiopteris.

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46 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Vessel Fern

speciesAngiopteris lygodiifolia

king fern

speciesAngiopteris evecta

Angiopteris fokiensis

speciesAngiopteris fokiensis

Angiopteris somae

speciesAngiopteris somae

Angiopteris itoi

speciesAngiopteris itoi

Angiopteris yunnanensis

speciesAngiopteris yunnanensis

Angiopteris hokouensis

speciesAngiopteris hokouensis

Angiopteris helferiana

speciesAngiopteris helferiana

Angiopteris madagascariensis

speciesAngiopteris madagascariensis

Angiopteris palmiformis

speciesAngiopteris palmiformis

Angiopteris caudatiformis

speciesAngiopteris caudatiformis

Angiopteris ferox

speciesAngiopteris ferox

Angiopteris smithii

speciesAngiopteris smithii

Angiopteris latipinna

speciesAngiopteris latipinna

Angiopteris oblanceolata

speciesAngiopteris oblanceolata

Angiopteris marchionica

speciesAngiopteris marchionica

Angiopteris annamensis

speciesAngiopteris annamensis

Angiopteris javanica

speciesAngiopteris javanica

Angiopteris chongsengiana

speciesAngiopteris chongsengiana

Angiopteris chingii

speciesAngiopteris chingii

Angiopteris tonkinensis

speciesAngiopteris tonkinensis

Angiopteris boninensis

speciesAngiopteris boninensis

Angiopteris sparsisora

speciesAngiopteris sparsisora

Angiopteris chauliodonta

speciesAngiopteris chauliodonta

Angiopteris rapensis

speciesAngiopteris rapensis

Angiopteris opaca

speciesAngiopteris opaca

Angiopteris pruinosa

speciesAngiopteris pruinosa

Angiopteris cadierei

speciesAngiopteris cadierei

Angiopteris confertinervia

speciesAngiopteris confertinervia

Angiopteris wangii

speciesAngiopteris wangii

Angiopteris brooksii

speciesAngiopteris brooksii

Angiopteris elliptica

speciesAngiopteris elliptica

Angiopteris remota

speciesAngiopteris remota

Angiopteris holttumii

speciesAngiopteris holttumii

Angiopteris undulato-striata

speciesAngiopteris undulato-striata

Angiopteris subrotundata

speciesAngiopteris subrotundata

Angiopteris paucinervis

speciesAngiopteris paucinervis

Angiopteris winkleri

speciesAngiopteris winkleri

Angiopteris bipinnata

speciesAngiopteris bipinnata

Angiopteris cochinchinensis

speciesAngiopteris cochinchinensis

Angiopteris dianyuecola

speciesAngiopteris dianyuecola

Angiopteris subcuspidata

speciesAngiopteris subcuspidata

Angiopteris versteegii

speciesAngiopteris versteegii

Angiopteris crassipes

speciesAngiopteris crassipes

Angiopteris danaeoides

speciesAngiopteris danaeoides

Angiopteris cartilagidens

speciesAngiopteris cartilagidens

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 122320.