Teratophyllum

Teratophyllum is a genus of ferns in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Elaphoglossoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[1] The genus is native to Malesia.[2]

Teratophyllum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Subfamily: Elaphoglossoideae
Genus: Teratophyllum
Mett. ex Kuhn[1]
Species

See text.

Taxonomy

Teratophyllum was attributed to Georg Heinrich Mettenius when it was first published by Friedrich Kuhn in 1869.[2] The genus is recognized in the PPG I classification, and by the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World.[1][2] As of January 2020, Plants of the World Online also recognized the genus, but with a wider circumscription that included Arthrobotrya.[3]

Species

As of January 2020, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:[2]

  • Teratophyllum aculeatum (Blume) Mett. ex Kuhn
  • Teratophyllum arthropteroides (Christ) Holttum
  • Teratophyllum clemensiae Holttum
  • Teratophyllum gracile (Blume) Holttum
  • Teratophyllum hainanense S.Y.Dong & X.C.Zhang
  • Teratophyllum koordersii Holttum
  • Teratophyllum leptocarpum (Fée) Holttum
  • Teratophyllum ludens (Fée) Holttum
  • Teratophyllum luzonicum Holttum
  • Teratophyllum rotundifoliatum (R.Bonap.) Holttum

References
  1. 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
  2. Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020), "Teratophyllum", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, Version 8.20, retrieved 2020-01-22
  3. "Arthrobotrya J.Sm.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2020-01-22


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