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Coryphopteris

Coryphopteris is a genus of ferns in the family Thelypteridaceae, subfamily Thelypteridoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016.

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Coryphopteris
Coryphopteris simulata in its natural habitat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Thelypteridaceae
Subfamily: Thelypteridoideae
Genus: Coryphopteris
Holttum1
Species

See text.

Synonyms1
  • Parathelypteris sect. Melanostipes Ching
  • Thelypteris subg. Coryphopteris (Holttum) Fraser-Jenk.

Coryphopteris is a genus of ferns in the family Thelypteridaceae, subfamily Thelypteridoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).2

Species

As of January 2020, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following species:1

  • Coryphopteris andersonii Holttum
  • Coryphopteris andreae Holttum
  • Coryphopteris angulariloba (Ching) L.J.He & X.C.Zhang
  • Coryphopteris arthrotricha Holttum
  • Coryphopteris athyriocarpa (Copel.) Holttum
  • Coryphopteris athyrioides Holttum
  • Coryphopteris atjehensis Holttum
  • Coryphopteris badia (Alderw.) Holttum
  • Coryphopteris borealis Holttum
  • Coryphopteris brevipilosa Holttum
  • Coryphopteris coriacea (Brause) Holttum
  • Coryphopteris diaphana (Brause) Holttum
  • Coryphopteris diversisora (Copel.) Holttum
  • Coryphopteris dura (Copel.) Holttum
  • Coryphopteris engleriana (Brause) Holttum
  • Coryphopteris fasciculata (E.Fourn.) Holttum
  • Coryphopteris gymnopoda (Baker) Holttum
  • Coryphopteris hirsutipes (C.B.Clarke) Holttum
  • Coryphopteris holttumii Parris
  • Coryphopteris horizontalis (Rosenst.) Holttum
  • Coryphopteris hubrechtensis Holttum
  • Coryphopteris inopinata Holttum
  • Coryphopteris iwatsukii Holttum
  • Coryphopteris japonica (Baker) L.J.He & X.C.Zhang
  • Coryphopteris klossii (Ridl.) Holttum
  • Coryphopteris kolombangarae Holttum
  • Coryphopteris lauterbachii (Brause) Holttum
  • Coryphopteris ledermannii (Hieron.) Holttum
  • Coryphopteris marquesensis (Lorence & K.R.Wood) comb. ined.
  • Coryphopteris meiobasis Holttum
  • Coryphopteris microlepigera Holttum
  • Coryphopteris multisora (C.Chr.) Holttum
  • Coryphopteris obtusata (Alderw.) Holttum
  • Coryphopteris oligolepia (Alderw.) Holttum
  • Coryphopteris pectiniformis (C.Chr.) Holttum
  • Coryphopteris petelotii (Ching) Holttum
  • Coryphopteris platyptera (Copel.) Holttum
  • Coryphopteris plumosa (C.Chr.) Holttum
  • Coryphopteris propria (Alderw.) Holttum
  • Coryphopteris pubirachis (Baker) Holttum
  • Coryphopteris quaylei (E.D.Br.) Holttum
  • Coryphopteris raiateana Holttum
  • Coryphopteris seemannii Holttum
  • Coryphopteris seramensis M.Kato
  • Coryphopteris simulata (Davenp.) S.E.Fawc.
  • Coryphopteris squamipes (Copel.) Holttum
  • Coryphopteris stereophylla (Alderw.) Holttum
  • Coryphopteris subbipinnata Holttum
  • Coryphopteris subnigra (Brause) Holttum
  • Coryphopteris sulawesica Holttum
  • Coryphopteris tahanensis Holttum
  • Coryphopteris tanggamensis Holttum
  • Coryphopteris unidentata (Bedd.) Holttum
  • Coryphopteris viscosa (Baker) Holttum
  • Coryphopteris vitiensis Holttum
References

References

  1. Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020), "Coryphopteris", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.20, archived from the original on 2017-09-02, retrieved 2020-01-13
  2. 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