Botanical Family · Polypodiales

Tectariaceae

Halberd Fern Family

3 speciesOrder Polypodiales

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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Representative TECTARIACEAE specimen
Representative specimen · Tectariaceae
Key pattern

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.

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