Dicranopteris

Dicranopteris
Dicranopteris linearis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Gleicheniales
Family:	Gleicheniaceae
Genus:	Dicranopteris Bernh. [1]
Type species
Dicranopteris dichotoma (Thunb. 1784) Bernhardi 1805
Species
See text
Synonyms
HicriopterisPresl 1851 non Copeland MertensiaWilldenow 1804 non Roth 1797 MesosorusHasskarl 1856

Dicranopteris (forkedfern) is a genus of tropical ferns of the family Gleicheniaceae. There are about 20 described species. ^[1]

Phylogeny

As of March 2023 ^[update] , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: ^[1]

Phylogeny of Dicranopteris ^{[2] [3]}

D. flexuosa (Schrad.) Underw. (Drooping forked fern) D. splendida (Hand.-Mazz.) Tagawa D. curranii Copel. D. baliensis Yan & Wei D. weatherbyi (Fosberg) Glassman D. taiwanensis Ching & Chiu D. austrosinensis Yan & Wei D. gigantea Ching section D. tetraphylla (Rosenstock) Kuo D. cadetii Tardieu D. pedata (Houtt.) Nakaike Dicranopteris section D. linearis (Burm.f.) Underw. D. caudata (Copel. 1929) St.John D. subspeciosa (Holttum) Yan & Wei D. inaequalis (Rosenst.) Yan & Wei D. subpectinata (Christ) C.M.Kuo Heteropterygium

Unassigned species:

• Dicranopteris alternans (Mett.) Yan & Wei
• Dicranopteris clemensiae Holttum
• Dicranopteris dolosa Copel.
• Dicranopteris elegantula Pic.Serm.
• Dicranopteris lanigera (D.Don) Fraser-Jenk.
• Dicranopteris latiloba (Holtt.) Yan & Wei
• Dicranopteris × nepalensis Fraser-Jenk.
• Dicranopteris nervosa (Kaulf.) Ching
• Dicranopteris pubigera (Blume) Nakai
• Dicranopteris rufinervis (Mart.) Ching
• Dicranopteris schomburgkiana (Sturm ex Mart.) C.V.Morton
• Dicranopteris seminuda Maxon
• Dicranopteris seramensis M.Kato
• Dicranopteris speciosa (Presl) Holttum
• Dicranopteris spissa (Fée) Lima & Salino

References

1. "Dicranopteris Bernh". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
2. 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. Bibcode:2022FrPS...1309768N. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.909768 . PMC   9449725 . PMID   36092417.
3. "Tree viewer: interactive visualization of FTOL". FTOL v1.7.0 (GenBank release 261). 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2025.

• Perrie, L.R.; Bayly, M.J.; Lehnebach, C.A.; Brownsey, P.J. (2007). "Molecular phylogenetic and molecular dating of the New Zealand Gleicheniaceae". Brittonia. 59 (2): 129–41. doi:10.1663/0007-196x(2007)59[129:mpamdo]2.0.co;2. S2CID   27084664.