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Trachypteris is a small genus of four tropical ferns in the Pteridaceae (maidenhair fern family), three native to tropical South America and one to Madagascar. Few are grown as ornamentals, so care is best judged from related cheilanthoid ferns that need bright, humid conditions and evenly moist soil.
Trachypteris is a small genus of ferns in the subfamily Cheilanthoideae of the family Pteridaceae. Three species are native to the tropical South America, one (Trachypteris drakeana) to Madagascar.
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