Diplaziopsidaceae

Diplaziopsidaceae
Region: east Asia, China, New Guinea, Pacific.
Habitat: near streams; forested areas.

Genera
• Diplaziopsis, 3 species.
• Homalosorus, 1 species.

Botany
Ferns: medium to large.
Root: rhizomes are thick and decumbent to erect.

Taxonomy
In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 the family is placed in the suborder Aspleniineae, and includes two genera. Alternatively, it may be treated as the subfamily Diplaziopsidoideae of a very broadly defined family Aspleniaceae.

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