Schizaeaceae

Schizaeaceae

▪ fern family
      climbing fern family in the order Filicales, which contains two genera (Schizaea and Actinostachys) and about 46 species. The family is considered relatively primitive because of the characteristic large, individually produced spore-bearing structures (sporangia) with a ring of thickened cells (annulus) around the apex; the sporangia are usually borne on special leaflets (pinnae) and lack a covering membrane (indusium). Underground, the ferns' usually highly branched rhizomes either form clumps or are creeping. The family has a long fossil record, with records dating back to the Late Cretaceous Epoch (about 100 to 65 million years ago). The genera are usually found in tropical and subtropical regions. The curly grass fern (Schizaea pusilla, one of about 30 species in the genus Schizaea) is a small plant with leaves of two kinds, grasslike and lobed. In Actinostachys, or the ray ferns (16 species), the blades are reduced to a very narrow strip on either side of the midrib.

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