Arachniodes

Genus of ferns


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::summary Genus of ferns ::

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Arachniodes is a fern genus in the family Dryopteridaceae (wood ferns), subfamily Dryopteridoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).

The genus Arachniodes was first published by Carl Ludwig von Blume in 1828, with the single Indonesian species Arachniodes aspidioides. The genus was not widely recognized until Mary Douglas Tindale transferred the two species (Byrsopteris amabilis and Byrsopteris aristata) into it in 1961.

Species

The Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) considers Arachniodes to have 60 species. , the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted 78 species:

Some hybrids were also accepted:

References

References

  1. A number of species in this genus are known as "holly ferns".[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=102399 ''Arachniodes''] Flora of North America 26 Jan 2012
  2. Blume, Carl (Karl) Ludwig von; ''Enumeratio Plantarum Javae'' fasc. 2: 241. 1828.
  3. Tindale, Mary Douglas; ''Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium'' 3(1): 90. 1961.
  4. (January 2020). "Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World".
  5. PPG I. (2016). "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns". Journal of Systematics and Evolution.

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