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Lemmaphyllum

Lemmaphyllum is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Microsoroideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).

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Lemmaphyllum
Lemmaphyllum microphyllum, Kobe, Japan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Polypodiaceae
Subfamily: Microsoroideae
Genus: Lemmaphyllum
C.Presl1
Species

See text.

Synonyms1
  • Caobangia A.R.Sm. & X.C.Zhang
  • Lepidogrammitis Ching
  • Pleopeltis sect. Phlebodiopsis Moore

Lemmaphyllum is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Microsoroideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).2

Taxonomy

Lemmaphyllum was first described by Carl Presl in 1851.1 A molecular phylogenetic study in 2019 suggested that Lemmaphyllum was one of a group of closely related genera in the subfamily Microsoroideae; a group the authors termed "Lepisorus sensu lato".3

Lepisorus s.l.

Lepisorus s.s.

Paragramma (as Lepisorus longifolius)

Species

As of February 2020, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:1

  • Lemmaphyllum carnosum (Wall. ex J.Sm.) C.Presl
  • Lemmaphyllum diversum (Rosenst.) Tagawa
  • Lemmaphyllum drymoglossoides (Baker) Ching
  • Lemmaphyllum microphyllum C.Presl
  • Lemmaphyllum rostratum (Bedd.) Tagawa
  • Lemmaphyllum squamatum (A.R.Sm. & X.C.Zhang) Li Wang

Plants of the World Online also accepted Lemmaphyllum accedens (Blume) Donk, which the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World placed in Lepisorus.4

References

References

  1. Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020), "Lemmaphyllum", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, Version 8.20, retrieved 2020-02-09
  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
  3. Testo, Weston L.; Field, Ashley R.; Sessa, Emily B. & Sundue, Michael (2019), "Phylogenetic and Morphological Analyses Support the Resurrection of Dendroconche and the Recognition of Two New Genera in Polypodiaceae Subfamily Microsoroideae" (PDF), Systematic Botany, 44 (4): 737–752, doi:10.1600/036364419X15650157948607, S2CID 208176686, archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-13, retrieved 2020-02-11
  4. "Lemmaphyllum C.Presl", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2020-02-09