Arthrobotrya

Arthrobotrya 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 Australia and New Zealand.[2]

Arthrobotrya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Subfamily: Elaphoglossoideae
Genus: Arthrobotrya
J.Sm.[1]
Species

See text.

Taxonomy

Arthrobotrya was first described by John Smith in 1875.[2] The genus is recognized in the PPG I classification, and by the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World.[1][2] Plants of the World Online sinks the genus into Teratophyllum.[3]

Species

As of January 2020, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:[2]

  • Arthrobotrya articulata (J.Sm. ex Fée) J.Sm.
  • Arthrobotrya brightiae (F.Muell.) Pic.Serm.
  • Arthrobotrya wilkesiana (Brack.) Copel.

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), "Arthrobotrya", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, Version 8.20, retrieved 2020-01-21
  3. "Arthrobotrya J.Sm.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2020-01-21


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