Polytaenium

Polytaenium is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Vittarioideae of the family Pteridaceae.[3] Species are native to Mexico and Southern America.[1]

Polytaenium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Subfamily: Vittarioideae
Genus: Polytaenium
J.Sm.[1]
Species

See text.

Synonyms[2]
  • Antrophyum subg. Polytaenium (Desv.) Bened.
  • Anetium (Kunze) Splitg.
  • Pteridanetium Copel. (nom. superfl.)
  • Acrostichum sect. Anetium Kunze

Species

As of December 2019, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:[2]

  • Polytaenium anetioides Benedict
  • Polytaenium cajenense (Desv.) Benedict
  • Polytaenium chlorosporum (Mickel & Beitel) E.H.Crane
  • Polytaenium citrifolium (L.) Schuettp., syn. Anetium citrifolium (L.) Splitg.[4]
  • Polytaenium dussianum Benedict
  • Polytaenium feei (W.Schaffn. ex Fée) Maxon
  • Polytaenium guayanense (Hieron.) Alston
  • Polytaenium intramarginale (Baker ex Jenman) Alston
  • Polytaenium jenmanii Benedict
  • Polytaenium lineatum J.Sm.
  • Polytaenium ophioglossoides (Lellinger) S.Linds.
  • Polytaenium quadriseriatum Benedict
  • Polytaenium urbani (Brause) Alain

References

  1. "Polytaenium J.Sm.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-12-30
  2. Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019), "Polytaenium", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.11, retrieved 2019-12-30
  3. 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
  4. "Polytaenium citrifolium (L.) Schuettp.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-12-30


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