Rhachidosorus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
Family: | Rhachidosoraceae X.C.Zhang |
Genus: | Rhachidosorus Ching |
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Rhachidosorus is a genus of ferns in the order Polypodiales. [2] It is the only genus in the family Rhachidosoraceae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). [3] Alternatively, the genus may be placed in the subfamily Rhachidosoroideae of a more broadly defined family Aspleniaceae, [1] the family placement used in Plants of the World Online as of November 2019 [update] . [4]
The genus was described by Ren Chang Ching in 1964, with about 7 species in eastern and southeastern Asia, including Japan, the Philippines, and Sumatra. [5] As of November 2019 [update] , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: [4]
External phylogeny from Lehtonen 2011 [6] and Rothfels & al. 2012 [7] | Internal phylogeny of Rhachidosorus [8] [9] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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