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Dicranopteris
Dicranopteris linearis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Gleicheniales
Family: Gleicheniaceae
Genus: Dicranopteris
Bernh.[1]
Type species
Dicranopteris dichotoma
(Thunb. 1784) Bernhardi 1805
Species

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Synonyms
  • Hicriopteris Presl 1851 non Copeland
  • Mertensia Willdenow 1804 non Roth 1797
  • Mesosorus Hasskarl 1856

Dicranopteris (forkedfern) is a genus of tropical ferns of the family Gleicheniaceae. There are about 20 described species.[1]

Phylogeny

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As of March 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]

Phylogeny of Dicranopteris[2][3]

D. flexuosa (Schrad.) Underw. (Drooping forked fern)

D. splendida (Hand.-Mazz.) Tagawa

D. curranii Copel.

D. baliensis Yan & Wei

D. weatherbyi (Fosberg) Glassman

D. taiwanensis Ching & Chiu

D. austrosinensis Yan & Wei

D. gigantea Ching

section

D. tetraphylla (Rosenstock) Kuo

D. cadetii Tardieu

D. pedata (Houtt.) Nakaike

Dicranopteris
section

D. linearis (Burm.f.) Underw.

D. caudata (Copel. 1929) St.John

D. subspeciosa (Holttum) Yan & Wei

D. inaequalis (Rosenst.) Yan & Wei

D. subpectinata (Christ) C.M.Kuo

Heteropterygium

Unassigned species:

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