Cystopteris
Genus of ferns
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::summary Genus of ferns ::
| image = Cystopteris fragilis 3.jpg | image_caption = Cystopteris fragilis | taxon = Cystopteris | authority = Bernh. | type_species = Cystopteris fragilis | type_species_authority = (von Linné) Bernhardi | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text | synonyms = |Cyclopteris|Schrader ex Gray non Brongniart |Cyste|Dulac |Cystea|Smith |Cystoathyrium|Ching |Filicula|Séguier |Filix|Adanson non Ludwig non Séguier |Filix-fragilis|Gillb. |Rhizomatopteris|A.P.Khokhr. | synonyms_ref =
Cystopteris is a genus of ferns in the family Cystopteridaceae. These are known generally as bladderferns or fragile ferns. They grow in temperate areas worldwide. This is a very diverse genus and within a species individuals can look quite different, especially in harsh environments where stress stunts their growth. They hybridize easily with each other and identifying an individual can be challenging. In general these are rhizomatous perennials which grow in rocks or soil. Their leaves are multiply pinnate, in that each leaflet is divided into smaller parts. The sori are usually rounded and covered in an inflated bladder-like indusium.
Phylogeny
This genus includes the following species:
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Hybrids
The hybrid species include:
- C. fragilis (C. "hemifragilis" × C. reevesiana; allotetraploid)
- C. laurentiana (C. bulbifera × C. fragilis; allohexaploid)
- C. tennesseensis (C. bulbifera × C. protrusa; allotetraploid)
- C. tenuis (C. "hemifragilis" × C. protrusa; allotetraploid)
- C. utahensis (C. reevesiana × C. bulbifera; allotetraploid)
Non-species hybrids include:
- Cystopteris × christii Hahne 1904 (C. fragilis × C. montana)
- Cystopteris × illinoensis Moran 1982 (C. bulbifera × C. tenuis; allotriploid)
- Cystopteris × montserratii Prada & Salvo 1985 (C. dickieana × C. fragilis)
- Cystopteris × vidae Fraser-Jenkins & Parris 2021 (C. alpina × C. fragilis)
- Cystopteris × wagneri Moran 1983 (C. tennesseensis × C. tenuis; allo-allotetraploid)
- Cystopteris fragilis × Cystopteris tenuis (allo-allotetraploid)
- Cystopteris protrusa × Cystopteris tennesseensis (allotriploid)
References
- Lellinger, David B. A Field Manual of the Ferns & Fern-Allies of the United States & Canada. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. 1985.
References
- (June 2019). "Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World".
- (2022). "An Open and Continuously Updated Fern Tree of Life". Frontiers in Plant Science.
- (2024). "Tree viewer: interactive visualization of FTOL".
- Maarten J. M. Christenhusz, Xian-Chun Zhang & Harald Schneider. (2011). "A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns". [[Phytotaxa]].
- [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40020898 ''Cystopteris'' Bernh.] Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 29 Feb 2012
- PPG I. (2016). "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns". Journal of Systematics and Evolution.
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