Fern Encyclopedia

Doryopteris sagittata (Arrow-leaved Hand Fern)

Doryopteris sagittata is an arrow-leaved hand fern of the Caribbean and Central American limestone country, distinguished by strongly sagittate blades with elongated backward-projecting basal lobes that create a striking arrowhead...

Doryopteris sagittata (Arrow-leaved Hand Fern)

Doryopteris sagittata is an arrow-leaved hand fern of the Caribbean and Central American limestone country, distinguished by strongly sagittate blades with elongated backward-projecting basal lobes that create a striking arrowhead...

Doryopteris rufa (Rusty Hand Fern)

Doryopteris rufa is a visually distinctive hand fern identified by the reddish-brown indumentum of hairs and scales that covers its stipes, rachises, and young fronds, providing natural photoprotection in the...

Doryopteris rufa (Rusty Hand Fern)

Doryopteris rufa is a visually distinctive hand fern identified by the reddish-brown indumentum of hairs and scales that covers its stipes, rachises, and young fronds, providing natural photoprotection in the...

Doryopteris rediviva (Resurrection Hand Fern)

Doryopteris rediviva is a resurrection hand fern native to the iron-rich canga of Minas Gerais, Brazil, remarkable for its ability to survive complete desiccation and revive within hours upon rehydration....

Doryopteris rediviva (Resurrection Hand Fern)

Doryopteris rediviva is a resurrection hand fern native to the iron-rich canga of Minas Gerais, Brazil, remarkable for its ability to survive complete desiccation and revive within hours upon rehydration....

Doryopteris quinquelobata (Five-lobed Star Fern)

Doryopteris quinquelobata is an Afromontane hand fern with consistently five-lobed palmate fronds, distributed from the Drakensberg of South Africa through the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania to the highlands of...

Doryopteris quinquelobata (Five-lobed Star Fern)

Doryopteris quinquelobata is an Afromontane hand fern with consistently five-lobed palmate fronds, distributed from the Drakensberg of South Africa through the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania to the highlands of...

Doryopteris pentagona (Five-lobed Hand Fern)

Doryopteris pentagona is a palmate hand fern native to rock outcrops in the Atlantic Forest highlands and campo rupestre of southeastern Brazil, distinguished by fronds that consistently divide into five...

Doryopteris pentagona (Five-lobed Hand Fern)

Doryopteris pentagona is a palmate hand fern native to rock outcrops in the Atlantic Forest highlands and campo rupestre of southeastern Brazil, distinguished by fronds that consistently divide into five...

Doryopteris sagittifolia (Arrowleaf Hand Fern)

Doryopteris sagittifolia is an arrowleaf hand fern native to the rocky highlands of southeastern Brazil, bearing dimorphic fronds with clean sagittate blades on polished dark stipes that form compact rosettes...

Doryopteris sagittifolia (Arrowleaf Hand Fern)

Doryopteris sagittifolia is an arrowleaf hand fern native to the rocky highlands of southeastern Brazil, bearing dimorphic fronds with clean sagittate blades on polished dark stipes that form compact rosettes...