Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Osmundaceae, the Flowering Ferns Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pterophyta Class: Osmundopsida Order: Osmundales Family: Osmundaceae Genera Osmunda Todea Leptopteris The Osmundaceae is the only family of the order Osmundales, which in turn is the only order in the class Osmundopsida. This is an ancient and fairly isolated group of ferns, often known as the "flowering ferns" because of the striking aspect of the ripe sporangia. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.