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Cryptogramma sect. Cryptogramma
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Cryptogramma sect. Cryptogramma

Cryptogramma

Cryptogramma is a genus of ferns known commonly as rockbrakes or parsley ferns. They are one of the three genera in the Cryptogrammoideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae. Cryptogramma ferns can be found in temperate regions on several continents worldwide. These ferns have two kinds of leaves which often look so different that at first glance they appear to belong to different plants. The fertile leaves have long, narrow, bumpy segments with undersides covered thickly in sporangia....

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6 branches of this group, most-observed first

Cryptogramma acrostichoides

complexCryptogramma acrostichoides

Cryptogramma crispa

complexCryptogramma crispa

Cryptogramma brunoniana

complexCryptogramma brunoniana

Cryptogramma fumariifolia

complexCryptogramma fumariifolia

Cryptogramma bithynica

speciesCryptogramma bithynica

Cryptogramma gorovoii

speciesCryptogramma gorovoii

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