Lepisorus
Lepisorus thunbergianus in Japan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Polypodiaceae
Subfamily: Microsoroideae
Genus: Lepisorus
(J.Sm.) Ching[1]
Species

See text.

Synonyms[1]
  • Belvisia Mirb.
  • Drymotaenium Makino
  • Hyalolepis Kunze
  • Hymenolepis Kaulf.
  • Macroplethus C.Presl
  • Platygyria Ching & S.K.Wu
  • Drynaria sect. Lepisorus J.Sm.[2]
  • Weatherbya Copel.

Lepisorus is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Microsoroideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[3]

Taxonomy

Lepisorus was first described by John Smith in 1846 as the section Lepisorus of the genus Drynaria.[2] It was raised from a section to a genus by Ren-Chang Ching in 1933.[1] A molecular phylogenetic study in 2019 suggested that Lepisorus was one of a group of closely related genera in the subfamily Microsoroideae, a group the authors termed "Lepisorus sensu lato".[4]

Lepisorus s.l.

Lemmaphyllum

Lepidomicrosorium + Neocheiropteris + Neolepisorus + Tricholepidium

Lepisorus s.s.

Paragramma (as Lepisorus longifolius)

Species

As of February 2020, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:[1]

As of February 2020, Plants of the World Online sank the monotypic Paragramma into Lepisorus, thus including the sole species Paragramma longifolia as Lepisorus longifolius.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020), "Lepisorus", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, Version 8.20, retrieved 2020-02-10
  2. ^ a b Qi, Xin‐Ping & Zhang, Xian‐Chun (2009), "Taxonomic revision of Lepisorus (J. Sm.) Ching sect. Lepisorus (Polypodiaceae) from China", Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 47 (6): 581–598, doi:10.1111/j.1759-6831.2009.00056.x, S2CID 84807150
  3. ^ PPG I (2016), "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns", Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 54 (6): 563–603, doi:10.1111/jse.12229, S2CID 39980610
  4. ^ Testo, Weston L.; Field, Ashley R.; Sessa, Emily B. & Sundue, Michael (2019), "Phylogenetic and Morphological Analyses Support the Resurrection of Dendroconche and the Recognition of Two New Genera in Polypodiaceae Subfamily Microsoroideae" (PDF), Systematic Botany, 44 (4): 737–752, doi:10.1600/036364419X15650157948607, S2CID 208176686, retrieved 2020-02-11
  5. ^ "Paragramma longifolia T.Moore", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2020-02-10
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