| Niphidium | |
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| Niphidium crassifolium in Panama | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
| Family: | Polypodiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Polypodioideae |
| Genus: | Niphidium J.Sm.12 |
| Species | |
| Synonyms1 | |
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Niphidium is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Polypodioideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).3 They are native to tropical America.1
Species
As of July 2025, Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following eleven species:1
- Niphidium albopunctatissimum (J.Sm.) Lellinger
- Niphidium anocarpos (Kunze) Lellinger
- Niphidium carinatum Lellinger
- Niphidium crassifolium (L.) Lellinger
- Niphidium longifolium (Cav.) C.V.Morton & Lellinger
- Niphidium macbridei Lellinger
- Niphidium mortonianum Lellinger
- Niphidium nidulare (Rosenst.) Lellinger
- Niphidium oblanceolatum A.Rojas
- Niphidium rufosquamatum Lellinger
- Niphidium vittaria (Mett.) Lellinger
References
References
- Hassler, Michael. "Niphidium". World Ferns. Retrieved 2025-07-15.
- Smith, John (1875), Historia Filicum (an exposition of the nature, number, and organography of ferns): 99
- PPG I (2016), "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns", Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 54 (6): 563–603, Bibcode:2016JSyEv..54..563., doi:10.1111/jse.12229, S2CID 39980610