| Anogramma leptophylla | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pteridophyta |
| Class: | Pteriopsida |
| Order: | Pteridales |
| Family: | Pteridaceae |
| Genus: | Anogramma |
| Species: | A. leptophylla |
| Binomial name | |
| Anogramma leptophylla (L.) Link |
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| Synonyms | |
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Anogramma caespitosa |
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Anogramma leptophylla is a species of fern in the Pteridaceae family. It is found worldwide in temperate and subtropical regions. A rarity in the Pteridophyta, it is a fern whose sporophyte tends to have an annual life cycle. The gametophytes of this species have the ability to become dormant and wait as much as two and a half years until conditions are appropriate for the sporophyte stage of the life-cycle.