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Niphidium
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Niphidium

Niphidium is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Polypodioideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). They are native to tropical America.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

graceful fern

speciesNiphidium crassifolium

Niphidium albopunctatissimum

speciesNiphidium albopunctatissimum

Niphidium longifolium

speciesNiphidium longifolium

Niphidium rufosquamatum

speciesNiphidium rufosquamatum

Niphidium carinatum

speciesNiphidium carinatum

Niphidium nidulare

speciesNiphidium nidulare

Niphidium oblanceolatum

speciesNiphidium oblanceolatum

Niphidium macbridei

speciesNiphidium macbridei

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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 132178.