type
Type may refer to:
Science and technology Computing
* Typing, producing text via a keyboard, typewriter, etc.
* Data type, collection of values used for computations.
* File type
* TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file.
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genus of the
fern
The ferns (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta) are a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. They differ from mosses by being vascular, i.e., having specialized tissue ...
family
Lomariopsidaceae
The Lomariopsidaceae is a family of ferns with a largely tropical distribution. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the family is placed in the suborder Polypodiineae (eupolypods I) of the order Polypodiales. ...
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One economically important species exists via the freshwater aquarium plant trade, having only just been introduced in 2001 as an aquatic
gametophyte
A gametophyte () is one of the two alternating multicellular phases in the life cycles of plants and algae. It is a haploid multicellular organism that develops from a haploid spore that has one set of chromosomes. The gametophyte is the se ...
form; most commonly known as "'' süsswassertang''" (German for "freshwater seaweed"), this plant was initially believed to be some sort of
liverwort
Liverworts are a group of non-vascular land plants forming the division Marchantiophyta (). They may also be referred to as hepatics. Like mosses and hornworts, they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, in which cells of the plant carry ...
. However, it is closely allied to '' Lomariopsis lineata'', but has not yet been named as a distinct species.
Lomariopsis marginata
''Lomariopsis marginata'' is a fern in the family Lomariopsidaceae. It is native to Brazil and possibly French Guiana
French Guiana, or Guyane in French, is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of Fr ...