Doodia is a genus of ferns in the Blechnaceae family, in the eupolypods II clade of the order Polypodiales, in the class Polypodiopsida. It is named after Samuel Doody (1656-1706), an English botanist. Distribution of the genus includes parts of Australia and New Zealand. Phylogenic studies have found Doodia to be embedded within the paraphyletic ... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doodia