Tectaria

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::summary Genus of ferns ::

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Tectaria is a genus of fern in the family Tectariaceae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).

Species

, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species and hybrids:

• Tectaria acerifolia R.C.Moran
• Tectaria acrocarpa (Ching) Christenh.
• Tectaria adenophora Copel.
• Tectaria aenigma C.W.Chen & C.J.Rothf.
• Tectaria aequatoriensis (Hieron.) C.Chr.
• Tectaria amblyotis (Baker) C.Chr.
• Tectaria × amesiana A.A.Eaton = T. coriandrifolia × T. lobata
• Tectaria amphiblestra R.M.Tryon & A.F.Tryon
• Tectaria andersonii Holttum
• Tectaria angelicifolia (Schum.) Copel.
• Tectaria angulata (Willd.) Copel.
• Tectaria antioquiana (Baker) C.Chr.
• Tectaria aspidioides (C.Presl) Copel.
• Tectaria athyrioides (Baker) C.Chr.
• Tectaria athyriosora M.G.Price
• Tectaria atropurpurea A.R.Sm.
• Tectaria aurita (Sw.) S.Chandra
• Tectaria balansae (C.Chr.) C.Chr.
• Tectaria barberi (Hook.) Copel.
• Tectaria barteri (J.Sm.) C.Chr.
• Tectaria beccariana (Ces.) C.Chr.
• Tectaria blumeana (Regel) C.V.Morton
• Tectaria borneensis S.Y.Dong
• Tectaria brachiata (Zoll. & Moritz) C.V.Morton
• Tectaria brevilobata Holttum
• Tectaria brooksii Copel.
• Tectaria × bulbifera Jermy & T.G.Walker
• Tectaria calcarea (J.Sm.) Copel.
• Tectaria caluffii Riv.-Giró & C.Sánchez
• Tectaria camerooniana (Hook.) Alston
• Tectaria ceramensis (Holttum) S.Y.Dong
• Tectaria × chaconiana A.Rojas
• Tectaria chattagramica (C.B.Clarke) Ching
• Tectaria cherasica Holttum
• Tectaria chimborazensis (C.Chr.) C.Chr.
• Tectaria chinensis (Ching & Chu H.Wang) Christenh.
• Tectaria christovalensis (C.Chr.) Alston
• Tectaria cicutaria (L.) Copel.
• Tectaria coadunata (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) C.Chr.
• Tectaria colaniae (Tardieu & C.Chr.) comb. ined.
• Tectaria confluens (F.Muell. ex Baker) Pic. Serm.
• Tectaria corallorum Holttum
• Tectaria coriandrifolia (Sw.) Underw.
• Tectaria craspedocarpa Copel.
• Tectaria crenata Cav.
• Tectaria croftii Holttum
• Tectaria curtisii Holttum
• Tectaria × cynthiae L.D.Gómez = T. nicaraguensis × T. nicotianifolia
• Tectaria danfuensis Holttum
• Tectaria darienensis A.Rojas
• Tectaria decurrens (C.Presl) Copel.
• Tectaria degeneri Copel.
• Tectaria dissecta (G.Forst.) Lellinger
• Tectaria dolichosora Copel.
• Tectaria dressleri A.Rojas
• Tectaria durvillei (Bory) Holttum
• Tectaria ebenina (C.Chr.) Ching
• Tectaria elata (Holttum) Li Bing Zhang & X.Zhang
• Tectaria estremerana Proctor & A.M.Evans
• Tectaria exauriculata Holttum
• Tectaria faberiana Rojas
• Tectaria fauriei Tagawa
• Tectaria fernandensis (Baker) C.Chr.
• Tectaria ferruginea (Mett.) Copel.
• Tectaria filisquamata Holttum
• Tectaria fimbriata (Willd.) Proctor & Lourteig
• Tectaria fissa (Kunze) Holttum
• Tectaria fuscipes (Wall.) C.Chr.
• Tectaria gaudichaudii (Mett.) Maxon
• Tectaria gemmifera (Fée) Alston
• Tectaria gigantea (Blume) Copel.
• Tectaria godeffroyi (Luerss.) Copel.
• Tectaria griffithii (Baker) C.Chr.
• Tectaria grossedentata Ching & Chu H.Wang
• Tectaria guachana Rusea
• Tectaria gurupahensis (C.Chr. ex Kjellb. & C.Chr.) comb. ined.
• Tectaria harlandii (Hook.) C.M.Kuo
• Tectaria hennipmanii (Tagawa & K.Iwats.) S.Y.Dong
• Tectaria heracleifolia (Willd.) Underw.
• Tectaria herpetocaulos Holttum
• Tectaria heterocarpa (Bedd.) C.V.Morton
• Tectaria hilocarpa (Fée) M.G.Price
• Tectaria hollrungii (Kuhn) Li Bing Zhang & X.Zhang
• Tectaria holttumii C.Chr.
• Tectaria × hongkongensis S.Y.Dong
• Tectaria hookeri Brownlie
• Tectaria humbertiana Tardieu
• Tectaria hymenodes (Mett. ex Kuhn) J.W.Moore
• Tectaria hymenophylla (Bedd.) Holttum
• Tectaria impressa (Fée) Holttum
• Tectaria incisa Cav.
• Tectaria incisa Cav. f. vivipara (Jenman) C.V.Morton
• Tectaria ingens (Atk. ex C.B.Clarke) Holttum
• Tectaria inopinata Holttum
• Tectaria isomorpha Holttum
• Tectaria jacobsii Holttum
• Tectaria jardini (Mett.) E.D.Br.
• Tectaria jermyi S.Y.Dong
• Tectaria jimenezii M.Kessler & A.R.Sm.
• Tectaria johannis-winkleri (C.Chr.) C.Chr.
• Tectaria kalimantanensis S.Y.Dong
• Tectaria katoi (Holttum) C.W.Chen & C.J.Rothf.
• Tectaria keckii (Luerss.) C.Chr.
• Tectaria kehdingiana (Kuhn ex Luerss.) M.G.Price
• Tectaria kingii Copel.
• Tectaria kouniensis Brownlie
• Tectaria kusukusensis (Hayata) Lellinger
• Tectaria labrusca (Hook.) Copel.
• Tectaria lacei Holttum
• Tectaria lacinifolia A.Rojas & D.Sanín
• Tectaria laotica Tardieu & C.Chr.
• Tectaria latifolia (G.Forst.) Copel.
• Tectaria lawrenceana (Moore) C.Chr.
• Tectaria laxa (Copel.) M.G.Price
• Tectaria leptophylla (C.H.Wright) Ching
• Tectaria lifuensis (E.Fourn.) C.Chr.
• Tectaria lizarzaburui (Sodiro) C.Chr.
• Tectaria lobbii (Hook.) Copel.
• Tectaria lobulata (Blume) K.Iwats. & M.Kato
• Tectaria lombokensis Holttum
• Tectaria longipinnata A.Rojas
• Tectaria luchunensis S.K.Wu
• Tectaria macleanii (Copel.) S.Y.Dong
• Tectaria macrosora (Baker) C.Chr.
• Tectaria macrota Holttum
• Tectaria madagascarica Tardieu
• Tectaria magnifica (Bonap.) C.Chr.
• Tectaria manilensis (C.Presl) Holttum
• Tectaria marchionica E.D.Br.
• Tectaria media Ching
• Tectaria melanocauloides M.Kato
• Tectaria melanocaulos (Blume) Copel.
• Tectaria melanorachis (Baker) Copel.
• Tectaria membranacea (Hook.) Fraser-Jenk. & Kholia
• Tectaria mesodon (Copel.) M.G.Price
• Tectaria mexicana (Fée) C.V.Morton
• Tectaria × michleriana (D.C.Eaton) Lellinger
• Tectaria microchlamys Holttum
• Tectaria microlepis Holttum
• Tectaria microsora A.R.Sm.
• Tectaria mindanaensis (Holttum) C.W.Chen & C.J.Rothf.
• Tectaria minuta Copel.
• Tectaria moorei (Hook.) C.Chr.
• Tectaria moranii Li Bing Zhang & G.D.Tang
• Tectaria morlae (Sodiro) C.Chr.
• Tectaria morsei (Baker) P.J.Edwards ex S.Y.Dong
• Tectaria moussetii Holttum
• Tectaria multicaudata (C.B.Clarke) Ching
• Tectaria murilloana A.Rojas
• Tectaria murrayi (Baker) C.Chr.
• Tectaria nabirensis Holttum
• Tectaria nausoriensis Brownlie
• Tectaria nayarii Mazumdar
• Tectaria nebulosa (Baker) C.Chr.
• Tectaria nicaraguensis (E.Fourn.) C.Chr.
• Tectaria nitens Copel.
• Tectaria novoguineensis (Rosenst.) C.Chr.
• Tectaria orbicularis Jermy & T.G.Walker
• Tectaria organensis C.Chr.
• Tectaria palmata (Mett.) Copel.
• Tectaria panamensis (Hook.) R.M.Tryon & A.F.Tryon
• Tectaria pandurifolia (C.Chr.) C.Chr.
• Tectaria paradoxa (Fée) Sledge
• Tectaria pardalina A.Rojas
• Tectaria pascoensis A.Rojas
• Tectaria pedata (Desv.) R.M.Tryon & A.F.Tryon
• Tectaria pentagonalis (Bonap.) comb. ined.
• Tectaria perdimorpha Holttum
• Tectaria phaeocaulis (Rosenst.) C.Chr.
• Tectaria phanomensis S.Linds.
• Tectaria pica (L. fil.) C.Chr.
• Tectaria pilosa (Fée) R.C.Moran
• Tectaria pinnata (C.Chr.) R.M.Tryon & A.F.Tryon
• Tectaria pleiosora (Alderw.) C.Chr.
• Tectaria pleiotoma (Baker) C.Chr.
• Tectaria pluriseriata (Holttum) S.Y.Dong
• Tectaria poeppigii (C.Presl) C.Chr.
• Tectaria poilanei Tardieu
• Tectaria polymorpha (Wall. ex Hook.) Copel.
• Tectaria prolifera (Hook. & Grev.)) R.M.Tryon & A.F.Tryon
• Tectaria pseudosiifolia Fraser-Jenk. & Wangdi
• Tectaria pseudosinuata Brownlie
• Tectaria psomiocarpa S.Y.Dong
• Tectaria × pteropus-minor (Bedd.) Fraser-Jenk.
• Tectaria pubens R.C.Moran
• Tectaria puberula (Desv.) C.Chr.
• Tectaria pubescens Copel.
• Tectaria pulchra (Copel.) C.W.Chen & C.J.Rothf.
• Tectaria quinquefida (Baker) Ching
• Tectaria quitensis (C.Chr.) C.Chr.
• Tectaria ramosii (Copel.) Holttum
• Tectaria rara (Alderw.) C.Chr.
• Tectaria remotipinna Ching & Chu H.Wang
• Tectaria repanda (Willd.) Holttum
• Tectaria rheophytica Holttum
• Tectaria rigida Holttum
• Tectaria rivalis (Mett. ex Kuhn) Maxon
• Tectaria rockii C.Chr.
• Tectaria rufescens Holttum
• Tectaria rufovillosa (Rosenst.) C.Chr.
• Tectaria sabahensis C.W.Chen & C.J.Rothf.
• Tectaria sagenioides (Mett.) Christenh.
• Tectaria samariana S.Y.Dong
• Tectaria schmutzii Holttum
• Tectaria schultzei (Brause) C.Chr.
• Tectaria seemannii (E.Fourn.) Copel.
• Tectaria semibipinnata (Wall. ex Hook.) Copel.
• Tectaria semipinnata (Roxb.) C.V.Morton
• Tectaria seramensis M.Kato
• Tectaria setulosa (Baker) Holttum
• Tectaria shahidaniana Rusea
• Tectaria siifolia (Willd.) Copel.
• Tectaria simonsii (Baker) Ching
• Tectaria singaporeana (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) Copel.
• Tectaria sinuata (Labill.) C.Chr.
• Tectaria solomonensis Holttum
• Tectaria squamipes Holttum
• Tectaria squamosa Riv.-Giró & C.Sánchez
• Tectaria stalactica M.G.Price
• Tectaria stearnsii Maxon
• Tectaria stenosemioides (Alderw.) C.Chr.
• Tectaria subaequalis (Rosenst.) Copel.
• Tectaria subcaudata (Alderw.) C.Chr.
• Tectaria subconfluens (Bedd.) Ching
• Tectaria subcordata Holttum
• Tectaria subdigitata (Baker) Copel.
• Tectaria subdimorpha A.Rojas
• Tectaria subebenea (Christ) C.Chr.
• Tectaria subfuscipes (Tagawa) C.M.Kuo
• Tectaria subglabrata (Holttum) S.Y.Dong
• Tectaria subrepanda (Baker) C.Chr.
• Tectaria subsageniacea (Christ) Christenh.
• Tectaria subtriloba Holttum
• Tectaria subtriphylla (Hook. & Arn.) Copel.
• Tectaria sulitii Copel.
• Tectaria suluensis Holttum
• Tectaria sumatrana (C.Chr.) C.Chr.
• Tectaria tabonensis M.G.Price
• Tectaria taccifolia (Fée) M.G.Price
• Tectaria tahitensis Maxon
• Tectaria tenerifrons (Hook.) Ching
• Tectaria tenuifolia (Mett.) Maxon
• Tectaria teratocarpa (Alderw.) C.Chr.
• Tectaria teysmanniana (Baker) S.Y.Dong
• Tectaria thwaitesii (Bedd.) Ching
• Tectaria torrisiana Shaffer-Fehre
• Tectaria transiens (C.V.Morton) A.R.Sm.
• Tectaria translucens Holttum
• Tectaria trichodes (C.V.Morton) A.R.Sm.
• Tectaria trichotoma (Fée) Tagawa
• Tectaria tricuspis (Bedd.) Copel.
• Tectaria trifida (Fée) M.G.Price
• Tectaria trifoliata (L.) Cav.
• Tectaria triglossa Tardieu & C.Chr.
• Tectaria triloba (Sodiro) C.Chr.
• Tectaria trimenii (Bedd.) C.Chr.
• Tectaria trinitensis Maxon
• Tectaria tripartita (Baker) Copel.
• Tectaria vasta (Blume) Copel.
• Tectaria vieillardii (E.Fourn.) C.Chr.
• Tectaria villosa Holttum
• Tectaria vitiensis Brownlie
• Tectaria waterlotii (Tardieu) J.P.Roux
• Tectaria weberi Copel.
• Tectaria wenzelii (Copel.) S.Y.Dong
• Tectaria wightii (C.B.Clarke) Ching
• Tectaria wigmanii (Racib.) S.Y.Dong
• Tectaria zeilanica (Houtt.) Sledge
• Tectaria zippelii S.Y.Dong
• Tectaria zollingeri (Kurz) Holttum

References

References

1. [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40010602 ''Tectaria''] Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 24 Jan 2012
2. [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=132367 Flora of North America]
3. '''Halberd fern''' is a common name for species in this genus.{{PLANTS
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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