Fern Encyclopedia

Ceratopteris oblongiloba (Oblong-Lobed Water Sp...

Ceratopteris oblongiloba is a rare Asian water sprite distinguished by the oblong lobes of its sterile fronds, a morphological character that separates it from the more rounded lobes of C....

Ceratopteris oblongiloba (Oblong-Lobed Water Sp...

Ceratopteris oblongiloba is a rare Asian water sprite distinguished by the oblong lobes of its sterile fronds, a morphological character that separates it from the more rounded lobes of C....

Ceratopteris lockhartii (Lockhart's Water Sprite)

Ceratopteris lockhartii is a poorly known African water sprite native to seasonal pools and flooded depressions in the West African forest-savanna zone. It is distinguished by relatively simple, broadly lobed...

Ceratopteris lockhartii (Lockhart's Water Sprite)

Ceratopteris lockhartii is a poorly known African water sprite native to seasonal pools and flooded depressions in the West African forest-savanna zone. It is distinguished by relatively simple, broadly lobed...

Ceratopteris deltoidea (Triangular Water Sprite)

Ceratopteris deltoidea is one of the rarest species in the aquatic fern genus Ceratopteris, distinguished by its broadly triangular sterile fronds. Known primarily from scattered collections in the Brazilian Amazon...

Ceratopteris deltoidea (Triangular Water Sprite)

Ceratopteris deltoidea is one of the rarest species in the aquatic fern genus Ceratopteris, distinguished by its broadly triangular sterile fronds. Known primarily from scattered collections in the Brazilian Amazon...

Ceratopteris cornuta var. africana (African Wat...

Ceratopteris cornuta var. africana is the African geographic variety of the broad-leaf water sprite, a fast-growing aquatic fern native to tropical and subtropical African wetlands from Senegal to South Africa....

Ceratopteris cornuta var. africana (African Wat...

Ceratopteris cornuta var. africana is the African geographic variety of the broad-leaf water sprite, a fast-growing aquatic fern native to tropical and subtropical African wetlands from Senegal to South Africa....

Ceratopteris gaudichaudii (Gaudichaud's Water F...

Ceratopteris gaudichaudii is an Indo-Pacific aquatic fern in the Pteridaceae, one of approximately four to eight species in the only truly aquatic genus among homosporous ferns. The species is distributed...

Ceratopteris gaudichaudii (Gaudichaud's Water F...

Ceratopteris gaudichaudii is an Indo-Pacific aquatic fern in the Pteridaceae, one of approximately four to eight species in the only truly aquatic genus among homosporous ferns. The species is distributed...

Ceratopteris cornuta (Broad-leaf Water Sprite)

Ceratopteris cornuta is a fast-growing aquatic fern native to tropical Africa and parts of Asia, capable of thriving both rooted in substrate and free-floating. With broader, less divided fronds than...

Ceratopteris cornuta (Broad-leaf Water Sprite)

Ceratopteris cornuta is a fast-growing aquatic fern native to tropical Africa and parts of Asia, capable of thriving both rooted in substrate and free-floating. With broader, less divided fronds than...