Pteridophyta: Schizaeales

Anemiaceae - Flowering fern

Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011) Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature

Roux, J.P. (2001) Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13

Description of the family

Terrestrial or lithophytic ferns. Rhizome short, creeping to suberect, irregularly laterally branched, often stoloniferous. Fronds tufted, monomorphic or hemidimorphic, pinnate to 3-pinnatifid. Pinnules without a stalk or short-stalked, herbaceous to coriaceous. Veins free or anastomosing. Sporangia borne at or near vein appices either on branched basal pinnae (Anemia) or on unmodified pinnae (Mohria), without indusium.

Comment: The 2 genera, Anemia and Mohria are sometimes placed in the family of the Schizaceae.

Worldwide: 2 genera, 100+ species worldwide

Mozambique: 2 genera and 5 taxa.

Links to genera: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family

Genus	Content
Anemia Sw.	Description, Image
Mohria Sw.	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Anemiaceae:

Our websites:

Flora of Malawi: Anemiaceae
Flora of Zambia: Anemiaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: Anemiaceae

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Anemiaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Anemiaceae
Wikipedia: Anemiaceae