Family Adiantaceae

The vittarioid ferns are primarily epiphytic in tropical regions and all have simple leaves with sori that follow the veins and lack true indusia; the sori are most often marginal with a false indusium formed from the reflexed leaf margin.

Genera in the family Adiantaceae of plants

 

Adiantum - Adiantum , the maidenhair ferns, is a genus of about 200 species of ferns in the family Pteridaceae, though some researchers place it in its own family, Adiantaceae.

 

Aleuritopteris - Aleuritopteris is a genus of fern in family Pteridaceae.

Anogramma - Anogramma is a genus of fern in the Pteridaceae family.

 

Cheilanthes - Cheilanthes is a genus of about 180 species of rock-dwelling ferns with a cosmopolitan distribution in warm, dry, rocky regions, often growing in small crevices high up on cliffs.

 

Sinopteris - Sinopteris is a genus of fern in family Pteridaceae.