Niphidium

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Niphidium
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Niphidium crassifolium in Panama
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Polypodiaceae
Subfamily: Polypodioideae
Genus: Niphidium
J.Sm.[1][2]
Species

See text.

Synonyms[1]
  • Pessopteris Underw.ex Maxon
  • Anaxetum Schott
  • Pleuridium (C.Presl) Fée

Niphidium is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Polypodioideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[3] They are native to tropical America.[1]

Species[]

As of February 2020, Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following species:[1]

  • (J.Sm.) Lellinger
  • (Kunze) Lellinger
  • Lellinger
  • Niphidium crassifolium (L.) Lellinger
  • (Cav.) C.V.Morton & Lellinger
  • Lellinger
  • Lellinger
  • (Rosenst.) Lellinger
  • A.Rojas
  • Lellinger
  • (Mett.) Lellinger

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020), "Niphidium", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, Version 8.20, retrieved 2020-02-15
  2. ^ Smith, John (1875), Historia Filicum (an exposition of the nature, number, and organography of ferns): 99
  3. ^ PPG I (2016), "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns", Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 54 (6): 563–603, doi:10.1111/jse.12229, S2CID 39980610

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