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Calciphilopteris
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Calciphilopteris

Calciphilopteris is a genus of ferns in the family Pteridaceae. It is native to India and China, southward to Australia. Its four species grow in crevices in limestone or they cling to the rock itself.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Calciphilopteris ludens

speciesCalciphilopteris ludens

Calciphilopteris alleniae

speciesCalciphilopteris alleniae

Calciphilopteris wallichii

speciesCalciphilopteris wallichii

Calciphilopteris papuana

speciesCalciphilopteris papuana

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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 520265.