What is "onoclea"

Onoclea \Onoclea\ prop. n. A genus consisting of only species: the sensitive fern; in some classifications it is included in the Polypodiaceae.

Syn: genus Onoclea.

Onoclea is a genus of plants in the Onocleaceae family, native to moist habitats in eastern Asia and eastern North America. They are deciduous ferns with sterile fronds arising from creeping rhizomes in spring, dying down at first frost. Fertile fronds appear in late summer. Depending on the authority, the genus contains one to five species.