sensitive ferns and allies
Onocleaceae
Onocleaceae is a small family of terrestrial ferns in the Polypodiales order of the Polypodiopsida class. The family may contain from one to four genera of onocleoids, consisting of five species largely in north temperate climes. The four genera: Matteuccia, Onoclea, Onocleopsis, and Pentarhizidium may be included under the single genus Onoclea.
4 branches of this family, most-observed first
sensitive ferns
genusOnoclea
ostrich ferns
genusMatteuccia
oriental ostrich ferns
genusPentarhizidium
Onocleopsis
genusOnocleopsis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 64686.