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Doryopteris

Doryopteris is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Cheilanthoideae of the family Pteridaceae.

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Doryopteris
Doryopteris pedata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Subfamily: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Doryopteris
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Species

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Doryopteris is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Cheilanthoideae of the family Pteridaceae.12

Species

The circumscription of the genus was uncertain as of January 2020. The Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World lists species in three groups.3

1. Doryopteris s.s. – species and hybrids assigned to the genus in molecular phylogenetic studies:

  • Doryopteris adornata Yesilyurt
  • Doryopteris angelica K.Wood & W.H.Wagner
  • Doryopteris collina (Raddi) J.Sm.
  • Doryopteris concolor (Langsd. & Fisch.) Kuhn
  • Doryopteris decipiens (Hook.) J.Sm.
  • Doryopteris decora Brack.
  • Doryopteris × excisa Sehnem
  • Doryopteris × hybrida Brade & Rosenst.
  • Doryopteris × intermedia Sehnem
  • Doryopteris kirkii (Hook.) Alston
  • Doryopteris leitei Tryon
  • Doryopteris lonchophora (Mett.) J.Sm.
  • Doryopteris lorentzii (Hieron.) Diels
  • Doryopteris majestosa Yesilyurt
  • Doryopteris nobilis (Moore) J.Sm.
  • Doryopteris palmata (Willd.) J.Sm.
  • Doryopteris patula (Fée) Fée
  • Doryopteris pedata (L.) Fée
  • Doryopteris pentagona Pic. Serm.
  • Doryopteris × procera Sehnem
  • Doryopteris raddiana (Raddi) Fée
  • Doryopteris rediviva Fée
  • Doryopteris sagittifolia (Raddi) J.Sm.
  • Doryopteris × scalaris Sehnem
  • Doryopteris stierii Rosenst.
  • Doryopteris × subdecipiens W.H.Wagner
  • Doryopteris surinamensis Yesilyurt
  • Doryopteris takeuchii (W.H.Wagner) W.H.Wagner
  • Doryopteris triphylla (Lam.) Christ
  • Doryopteris varians (Raddi) J.Sm.

2. Additional species belonging to Doryopteris s.l. – placed outside of Doryopteris s. str. by Yesilyurt et al. (2015),4 but with no alternative placement:

  • Doryopteris angustata Sehnem
  • Doryopteris apparicioi Brade
  • Doryopteris campos-portoi Brade
  • Doryopteris conformis Kramer & Tryon
  • Doryopteris crispatula (Baker) C.Chr.
  • Doryopteris cyclophylla A.R.Sm.
  • Doryopteris davidsei A.R.Sm.
  • Doryopteris jequitinhonhensis Salino
  • Doryopteris trilobata J.Prado

3. Species placed outside of Doryopteris s.s. by Yesilyurt et al. (2015)4 that may be part of a redescribed Pellaeopsis or Hemionitis:

  • Doryopteris cordifolia (Baker) Diels
  • Doryopteris humbertii Tardieu
  • Doryopteris kitchingii (Baker) Bonap.
  • Doryopteris latiloba C.Chr.
  • Doryopteris madagascariensis Tardieu
  • Doryopteris pedatoides (Desv.) Kuhn
  • Doryopteris pilosa (Poir.) Kuhn
References

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. Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.; Zhang, Xian-Chun; Schneider, Harald (18 February 2011). "A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns" (PDF). Phytotaxa. 19: 7–54. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2. ISSN 1179-3163.
  3. Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019). "Doryopteris". Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. 8.11. Archived from the original on 2017-09-02. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  4. Yesilyurt, J.C..; Barbara, T.; Schneider, H.; Russell, S.; Culham, A. & Gibby, M. (2015). "Identifying the generic limits of the cheilanthoid genus Doryopteris (Pteridaceae)". Phytotaxa. 221: 101–122. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.221.2.1.