Clades:
Polypodiales;
Polypodiidae;
Polypodianae;
Pteridophyta;
Plants.
Members: 65 genera; ± 1650 species.
Habitat: wet climates, rain forests.
TaxonomyPolypodiaceae is the largest family in the order
Polypodiales.
Polypodiaceae has 6 subfamilies:
Drynarioideae,
Grammitidoideae, Loxogrammoideae,
Microsoroideae, Platycerioideae,
Polypodioideae.
Plant theoryIn the
Plant theory Polypodiaceae is split in 4 subfamilies:
Drynarioideae,
Grammitidoideae,
Microsoroideae, and
Polypodioideae.
BotanyFerns; epiphytes, some terrestrial, or epipetric in temperate zones.
Rizome: scaly; creeping in nature.
Stem: erect to long-creeping.
Leaves: entire, pinnatifid, or variously forked or pinnate; petioles lack stipules.