Nephrolepis

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Nephrolepis
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Nephrolepis exaltata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Nephrolepidaceae
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Genus: Nephrolepis
Schott
Type species
Nephrolepis exaltata
(L.) Schott
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • LepidoneuronFée
  • LeptopleuriaPresl
  • LindsayoidesNakai

Nephrolepis is a genus of about 30 species of ferns. It is the only genus in the family Nephrolepidaceae, placed in the suborder Aspleniineae (eupolypods I) of the order Polypodiales in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). [1] (It is placed in the Dryopteridaceae in some other classifications. [2] ) Species in this genus include plants commonly referred to as Boston ferns. [3] The fronds are long and narrow, and once-pinnate, in the case of one Bornean species reaching thirty feet (nine meters) in length. [4]

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Phylogeny

The following cladogram for the suborder Polypodiineae (eupolypods I), based on the consensus cladogram in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), [1] shows a likely phylogenetic relationship between Nephrolepidaceae and the other families of the clade.

External phylogeny [1] Internal phylogeny [5] [6] Other species include:
Polypodiineae
(eupolypods I)
  • N. aridaJones 1988
  • N. ×averyiNauman
  • N. cocosensisRojas 2017
  • N. ×copelandiiWagner 1999
  • N. delicatula(Decaisne) Pichi Sermolli
  • N. dicksonioidesChrist 1895
  • N. duffiiMoore
  • N. equilateraRojas
  • †N. favosaSkuratenko 1968
  • N. grayumianaRojas
  • N. ×hippocrepidisMiyam. 2005
  • N. kurotawaeMakino 1895
  • N. ×medleraeWagner 1999
  • N. multiflora(Roxburgh) Jarrett ex Morton
  • N. obtusilobaA. Rojas
  • N. occidentalisKunze
  • †N. penduliformisSkuratenko 1968
  • N. pickeliiRosenstock ex Sampaio 1930
  • N. ×pseudobiserrataMiyam. 2005
  • †N. sibiricaSkuratenko 1968
  • N. tuberosa(Bory ex Willdenow) Presl

Selected species

Some species of Nephrolepis are grown as ornamental plants. Nephrolepis exaltata and Nephrolepis obliterata are reported to be good plants for cleaning indoor air. [7]

Some Nephrolepis species may prove to be a good source of new antimicrobial chemicals. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 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
  2. ↑ USDA: Nephrolepis; family Dryopteridaceae. accessed 7 Sept. 2016.
  3. ↑ Schott, L. "Nephrolepis exaltata". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  4. ↑ Finn, Judith; Parsons, Jerry (Spring 1996). "A Mind-Boggling Variety of Life". Newsletter of the Univ. Of Calif. Botanic Gardens at Berkeley. 21 (2): 2.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "Tree viewer: interactive visualization of FTOL". FTOL v1.7.0 (GenBank release 261). 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  7. ↑ Kent D. Kobayashi; Andrew J. Kaufman; John Griffis & James McConnell (2007). "Using Houseplants to Clean Indoor Air" (PDF). Cooperative Extension Service, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources University of Hawai'i at Manoa: Ornamentals and Flowers. OF-37.
  8. ↑ Rani D, Khare PB, Dantu PK"In Vitro Antibacterial and Antifungal Properties of Aqueous and Non-Aqueous Frond Extracts of Psilotum nudum, Nephrolepis biserrata and Nephrolepis cordifolia." Indian J Pharm Sci. 2010 Nov;72(6):818-22

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