Cheiropleuria
Cheiropleuria bicuspis in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Gleicheniales
Family: Dipteridaceae
Genus: Cheiropleuria
C.Presl[1]
Type species
Cheiropleuria bicuspis
(Blume) Presl
Species
  • C. bicuspis (Blume) Presl
  • C. integrifolia (Eaton exHooker) Kato et al.
  • C. parva Kato et al.

Cheiropleuria is a genus of ferns in the family Dipteridaceae. Species are found in both temperate and tropical eastern Asia.[1][2]

Taxonomy

Cheiropleuria was first described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1851.[1] The type species Cheiropleuria bicuspis was first described as Polypodium bicuspe by Blume in 1828.[3]

Species

As of November 2019, Plants of the World Online and the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:[1][2]

  • Cheiropleuria bicuspis (Blume) C.Presl – widely distributed in temperate and tropical eastern Asia
  • Cheiropleuria integrifolia (D.C.Eaton ex Hook.) M.Kato, Y.Yatabe, Sahashi & N.Murak. – southern Japan, China (Guangdong, Guangxi), Taiwan
  • Cheiropleuria parva M.Kato, Y.Yatabe, Sahashi & N.Murak. – Borneo

Phylogeny of Cheiropleuria[4][5]

Cheiropleuria

C. bicuspis

C. integrifolia

C. parva

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (August 2019), "Cheiropleuria", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, Version 8.10, archived from the original on 2017-09-02, retrieved 2019-11-16
  2. 1 2 "Cheiropleuria C.Presl", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-11-16
  3. "Polypodium bicuspe Blume", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-11-16
  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 v1.3.0. 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.


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