Phegopteris
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Phegopteris is a genus of ferns known collectively as the Beech ferns. Traditionally this genus included only the first three species listed. However, recent genetic evidence clearly shows that the genera Macrothelypteris and Pseudophegopteris, as well as other segregates from the genus Thelypteris, are closely related to Phegopteris in a single clade, and so are now included as Phegopteris species.
[edit] Thelypteris phegopteris
The long beech fern is a plant classified under the genus Thelypteris. It grows up from the ground as one frond per single stype. The basal pinnae are reflexed backwards, pointing opposite as the rest of the pinnae on the frond.
