Pteridophyta: Polypodiales

Sinopteridaceae - Cliff brakes and lip ferns

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

Description of the family

Plants terrestrial or lithophytic. Rhizome mostly erect or suberect, rarely creeping. Fronds numerous, mostly monomorphic, simple to 5-pinnate. Sori marginal or linear along veins, exindusiate or covered by a modified marginal indusium; homosporous.

Comment: Sometimes included as a subfamily in the Pteridaceae

Worldwide: 20 genera, ± 400 species worldwide

Zimbabwe: 4 genera and 24 taxa.

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

Genus	Content
Aleuritopteris Fée	Description, Image
Cheilanthes Sw.	Description, Image
Doryopteris J.Sm.	Description, Image
Pellaea Link	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Sinopteridaceae:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Sinopteridaceae
Flora of Burundi: Sinopteridaceae
Flora of the DRC: Sinopteridaceae
Flora of Malawi: Sinopteridaceae
Flora of Mozambique: Sinopteridaceae
Flora of Rwanda: Sinopteridaceae
Flora of Zambia: Sinopteridaceae

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Sinopteridaceae
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Sinopteridaceae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Sinopteridaceae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Sinopteridaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Sinopteridaceae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sinopteridaceae
JSTOR Plant Science: Sinopteridaceae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Sinopteridaceae
Wikipedia: Sinopteridaceae
Plants of the World Online: Sinopteridaceae
Tropicos: Sinopteridaceae