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Lonchitidaceae

plant family
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  • tree fern
    fern
    / Annotated classification

    Family Lonchitidaceae Plants have a Neotropical distribution; 1 genus (Lonchitis) with about 30 species. Suborder Saccolomatineae Family Saccolomataceae Plants mostly in soil; rhizomes short-creeping to erect, sometimes appearing as short trunks, scaly; leaves 1 to

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    Family Lonchitidaceae Plants have a Neotropical distribution; 1 genus (Lonchitis) with about 30 species. Suborder Saccolomatineae Family Saccolomataceae Plants mostly in soil; rhizomes short-creeping to erect, sometimes appearing as short trunks, scaly; leaves 1 to

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