Anogramma leptophylla (L.) Link

Taxonomy: Fam. Pteridaceae// Genus: Anogramma// Species: Anogramma leptophylla (L.) Link. The classification is given according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Christenhusz & Raab-Straube, 2013+).

Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Micevski (1985), Valentine (1964 in Tutin et al., Gymnogrammaceae) and Tutin (1964 in Tutin et al., Anogramma).

Lifeform: Annual fern. Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system. Note: sporophyte annual, gametophyte perennial according to Tutin (1964 in Tutin et al.).

Distribution: Native from Central Europe to Subtropics and Tropics – Asia, Africa, Australia, Mexico to parts of South America according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Garden, Kew).

Habitat: Moist positions on rock cliffs and cervices above Shtalkovichka River (“Ratkova Skala” region).

Locality: Osogovo , rock cliffs between the village of Ratkovica and the Shtalkovichka River. Date: 07.06.2026.

Habitat of *Anogramma leptophylla*. Osogovo , rock cliffs between the village of Ratkovica and the Shtalkovichka River, 07.06.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: Osogovo, rock cliffs between the village of Ratkovica and the Shtalkovichka River. Date: 29.04.2023.

Habitat of *Anogramma leptophylla*. Osogovo, rock cliffs between the village of Ratkovica and the Shtalkovichka River, 29.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Anogramma leptophylla (L.) Link. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1042066-2 [Accessed 14.09.2023].

Anogramma leptophylla. Source: Christenhusz, M. & Raab-Straube, E. von (2013+): Polypodiopsida. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/24ce88e5-0a74-456e-9f19-607389fbafdd [Accessed 14.09.2023].

Micevski, K. (1985). Anogramma Link, The Flora of SR Macedonia. Vol. 1, Book 1. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 52.

Tutin, T. G. 1964. Anogramma Link. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.). Flora Europaea, Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 11.

Valentine, D. H. 1964. Gymnogrammaceae. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.). Flora Europaea. Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 11.

Last update: 02.07.2026.

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