Pyrrosia | |
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Pyrrosia piloselloides | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
Family: | Polypodiaceae |
Subfamily: | Platycerioideae |
Genus: | Pyrrosia Mirb. |
Species | |
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Pyrrosia is a genus of about 100 fern species in the polypod family, Polypodiaceae.[2] Like other species in Polypodiaceae, the species of Pyrrosia are generally epiphytic on trees or rocks, a few species are terrestrial. The Latin name of Pyrrosia comes from the Greek pyrrhos (red), which refers to its leaves that are red due to the sporangia.