Tectariaceae
Halberd Fern Family
The Tectariaceae family (Halberd Fern Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Polypodiales. In the SASYA catalogue it spans 3 species. Its members are predominantly herbs.
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Broad, often halberd- or arrow-shaped fronds, sometimes once-divided with large leaflets, growing from a creeping or upright rhizome; round spore clusters dot the frond underside, each typically covered by a shield- or kidney-shaped flap.
As true ferns this family has no flowers or seeds — its broad, sometimes halberd-shaped leaflets are unusually large and simple compared to the finely divided fronds of most other fern families.
Which Tectariaceae species is this?
Answer what you can see and narrow it down to a single Tectariaceae species.
To check whether a plant belongs to Tectariaceae, 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.
Learn the full family-identification methodFamilies that can look similar
Pteridaceae
Compare against Pteridaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare PteridaceaePolypodiaceae
Compare against Polypodiaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare PolypodiaceaeDryopteridaceae
Compare against Dryopteridaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare DryopteridaceaeThelypteridaceae
Compare against Thelypteridaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare ThelypteridaceaeAll 3 species in TECTARIACEAE
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