| Teratophyllum | |
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| Teratophyllum aculeatum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
| Family: | Dryopteridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Elaphoglossoideae |
| Genus: | Teratophyllum Mett. ex Kuhn [1] |
| Species | |
Teratophyllum is a genus of ferns in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Elaphoglossoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). [1] The genus is native to Malesia. [2]
Teratophyllum was attributed to Georg Heinrich Mettenius when it was first published by Friedrich Kuhn in 1869. [2] The genus is recognized in the PPG I classification, and by the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. [1] [2] As of January 2020 [update] , Plants of the World Online also recognized the genus, but with a wider circumscription that included Arthrobotrya . [3]
As of January 2020 [update] , the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species: [2]