
Maiden Ferns
Thelypteridoideae
Thelypteridaceae is a family of about 900 species of ferns in the eupolypods II clade of the order Polypodiales, in the class Polypodiopsida.
36 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Amauropelta
genusAmauropelta

Christella
genusChristella

marsh ferns
genusThelypteris

Pelazoneuron
genusPelazoneuron

Cyclosorus
genusCyclosorus

Oreopteris
genusOreopteris

Pakau
genusPakau

Grypothrix
genusGrypothrix

star-hair ferns
genusGoniopteris

Sphaerostephanos
genusSphaerostephanos

Pseudocyclosorus
genusPseudocyclosorus

Ampelopteris
genusAmpelopteris

Reholttumia
genusReholttumia

Amblovenatum
genusAmblovenatum

Stegnogramma
genusStegnogramma

Meniscium
genusMeniscium

Coryphopteris
genusCoryphopteris

Leptogramma
genusLeptogramma

Glaphyropteridopsis
genusGlaphyropteridopsis

Abacopteris
genusAbacopteris

Metathelypteris
genusMetathelypteris

Menisciopsis
genusMenisciopsis

Steiropteris
genusSteiropteris

Strophocaulon
genusStrophocaulon

Hoiokula
genusHoiokula

Pneumatopteris
genusPneumatopteris

Cyclogramma
genusCyclogramma

Chingia
genusChingia

Pronephrium
genusPronephrium

Trigonospora
genusTrigonospora

Mesophlebion
genusMesophlebion

Parathelypteris
genusParathelypteris

Menisorus
genusMenisorus

Plesioneuron
genusPlesioneuron

× Christelliopsis
genushybrid× Christelliopsis

Mesopteris
genusMesopteris
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 867528.