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Watersprite
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Watersprite

Ceratopteris

Ceratopteris is the only genus among homosporous ferns that is exclusively aquatic. It is pan-tropical and classified in the Ceratopteridoideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Water Fern

speciesCeratopteris thalictroides

Floating Antler-fern

speciesCeratopteris pteridoides

Asian Watersprite

speciesCeratopteris gaudichaudii

Broad-leaf water sprite

speciesCeratopteris cornuta

Ceratopteris shingii

speciesCeratopteris shingii

Ceratopteris chingii

speciesCeratopteris chingii

Triangle waterfern

speciesCeratopteris richardii

Ceratopteris oblongiloba

speciesCeratopteris oblongiloba

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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 137948.