Polytaenium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Subfamily: Vittarioideae
Genus: Polytaenium
J.Sm.[1]
Type species
Polytaenium lanceolatum
(Swartz) Desvaux
Species

See text.

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

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

Phylogeny

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

Phylogeny of Polytaenium[4][5]

P. citrifolium (L.) Schuettp.[6]

P. lineatum J.Sm.

P. cajenense (Desv.) Benedict

P. guayanense (Hieron.) Alston

P. chlorosporum (Mickel & Beitel) E.H.Crane

P. feei (W.Schaffn. ex Fée) Maxon

  • P. anetioides Benedict
  • P. dussianum Benedict
  • P. intramarginale (Baker ex Jenman) Alston
  • P. jenmanii Benedict
  • P. ophioglossoides (Lellinger) S.Linds.
  • P. quadriseriatum Benedict
  • P. urbani (Brause) Alain

References

  1. 1 2 "Polytaenium J.Sm.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-12-30
  2. 1 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. Nitta, Joel H.; Schuettpelz, Eric; Ramírez-Barahona, Santiago; Iwasaki, Wataru; et al. (2022). "An Open and Continuously Updated Fern Tree of Life". Frontiers in Plant Science. 13: 909768. doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.909768. PMC 9449725. PMID 36092417.
  5. "Tree viewer: interactive visualization of FTOL". FTOL v1.5.0 [GenBank release 256]. 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  6. "Polytaenium citrifolium (L.) Schuettp.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-12-30
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