Ctenitis

Ctenitis is a fern genus in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Dryopteridoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[1]

Ctenitis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Subfamily: Dryopteridoideae
Genus: Ctenitis
(C.Chr.) C.Chr.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Ataxipteris Holttum
  • Dryopteris subg. Ctenitis C.Chr.
  • Pseudotectaria Tardieu

Selected species

The genus has a large number of species. The PPG I classification suggested that there were about 125 species;[1] as of February 2020, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World listed 143.[2]

References

  1. 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
  2. Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020), "Ctenitis", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.20, retrieved 2020-02-02


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