Tree Ferns and Allies
Cyatheales
The order Cyatheales, which includes the tree ferns, is a taxonomic division of the fern class, Polypodiopsida. No clear morphological features characterize all of the Cyatheales, but DNA sequence data indicate the order is monophyletic. Some species in the Cyatheales have tree-like growth forms, but others have rhizomes.
8 branches of this order, most-observed first
scaly tree ferns
familyCyatheaceae
hairy tree ferns
familyDicksoniaceae
Cibotiaceae
familyCibotiaceae
Plagiogyriaceae
familyPlagiogyriaceae
Culcitaceae
familyCulcitaceae
Loxsomataceae
familyLoxsomataceae
Metaxyaceae
familyMetaxyaceae
Thyrsopteridaceae
familyThyrsopteridaceae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Cyatheales in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 332906.