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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Vittaria
|accepted_authority=Smith
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|place=5: 413. 1793
|year=1793
}}
|common_names=Shoestring fern
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Vittariaceae;Vittaria
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Vittariaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Vittaria]]</div></div>
|etymology=Latin vitt(a), fillet, ribbon, stripe
|volume=Volume 2
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>densely scaly. <b>Leaves</b> pendent, linear. <b>Veins</b> anastamosing in single row of areolae on each side of midrib. <b>Sori</b> in single submarginal groove on each side of midrib. <b>Gametophytes</b> 0.5–2 × 0.5–1 cm; gemmae uniseriate, 2–5 mm, borne at apices of aerial branches; body cells 2–16; rhizoid primordia cells 0–4.</span><!--

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|distribution=Worldwide in tropics and subtropics.
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 50 (3 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Stem scales tapering to long filiform tips; soral paraphyses without dilated terminal cells; spores monolete.
|[[Vittaria lineata|Vittaria lineata]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Gemmae variable in length; body cells 2-16, rhizoid primordia present or absent.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Gemmae with 4-16 body cells, end cells equal to or smaller than medial cells; rhizoid primordia on some medial cells and regularly on end cells; sporophytes frequently produced.
|[[Vittaria lineata|Vittaria lineata]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Gemmae with 2-12 body cells but at least some 2-3-celled gemmae present, end cells often swollen and larger than medial cells; rhizoid primordia often absent on 1 or both end cells, seldom present on medial cells; sporophytes not produced.
|[[Vittaria appalachiana|Vittaria appalachiana]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Vittaria
|author=Donald R. Farrar
|authority=Smith
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Vittariaceae
|distribution=Worldwide in tropics and subtropics.
|reference=None
|publication title=
|publication year=1793
|special status=
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V2/V2_19.xml
|genus=Vittaria
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