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Botanical Family · Polypodiales

Lindsaeaceae

Necklace Fern Family

3 speciesOrder Polypodiales2+ well-known plants

The Lindsaeaceae family (Necklace Fern Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Polypodiales. In the SASYA catalogue it spans 3 species across 2 genera. Its members are predominantly herbs. Well-represented genera include Lindsaea and Odontosoria. Familiar examples include Graceful Necklace Fern and Fairy Fern.

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Representative LINDSAEACEAE specimen
Representative specimen · Lindsaeaceae
Key pattern

Small, finely divided fronds with distinctly fan-shaped or wedge-shaped leaflets, growing from a creeping, wiry rhizome; narrow, marginal spore clusters run along the leaflet edge rather than forming round dots on the frond's face.

As true ferns this family has no flowers or seeds — the wedge-shaped leaflets and marginal, edge-hugging spore clusters are the clearest way to tell it apart from other small ferns.

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Family identification method

To check whether a plant belongs to Lindsaeaceae, compare the leaf arrangement, leaf type, flower symmetry, fruit type, and one distinctive marker together. A single feature can mislead; the family pattern is the combination.

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Notable members

Graceful Necklace FernLindsaea ensifoliaFairy FernOdontosoria chinensis subsp. tenuifolia

Families that can look similar

Pteridaceae

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Polypodiaceae

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Dryopteridaceae

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Thelypteridaceae

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