''Stenochlaena'' is a genus of

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 ...

s of the plant family

Blechnaceae Blechnaceae is a family of ferns in the order Polypodiales, with a cosmopolitan distribution. Its status as a family and the number of genera included have both varied considerably. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PP ...

. Six species were formally accepted in an April 2013 scientific review of the genus, first written some years earlier and submitted in 2009. One additional species ''S. hainanensis'' awaits confirmation of its difference from ''S. palustris'' by means of differences in fertile material and/or its formal publication. One additional likely species grows naturally in

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, Africa, recognised with the descriptive name ''Stenochlaena'' sp. 'Cameroon' but it awaits formal description. Some species of Stenochlaena are common climbing ferns in South-East Asian rainforests.

Species

The following list includes all species in this genus that are accepted by

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. *'' Stenochlaena areolaris'' - Philippines, New Guinea *'' Stenochlaena cumingii'' - Philippines, New Guinea *'' Stenochlaena milnei'' - Philippines, Maluku, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Is. *'' Stenochlaena palustris'' - Tropical & subtropical Asia to W. Pacific *'' Stenochlaena riauensis'' - Sumatra *'' Stenochlaena tenuifolia'' - Cameroon to Kenya and S. Africa, Comoros, Madagascar

References

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