Dicranopteris

• Authority

  Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2005. Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 51: 1-483.

• Family

  Gleicheniaceae

• Scientific Name

  Dicranopteris

• Description

  Description - Terrestrial ferns; rhizomes elongate, creeping with setulose trichomes, without scales. Fronds monomorphic, with periodic indeterminate growth, 4-5 times bifurcate; pinnae, pinnules, and secondary pinnules opposite, the secondary venation 2-4 times bifurcate, the lower surface glaucous; petioles brittle and glabrous. Sori rounded, without an indusium, on the secondary veins, with 6-15 sessile sporangia. A tropical genus of about 10 species.