Lepisorus

Summary

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

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.

Taxonomy edit

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.

Lepisorus s.s.

Paragramma (as Lepisorus longifolius)

Species edit

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

  • Lepisorus abbreviatus (Fée) Li Wang
  • Lepisorus accedens (Blume) Hosok.
  • Lepisorus affinis Ching
  • Lepisorus albertii (Regel) Ching
  • Lepisorus amaurolepidus (Sledge) Bir & Trikha
  • Lepisorus annamensis (C.Chr.) Li Wang
  • Lepisorus annuifrons (Makino) Ching
  • Lepisorus balteiformis (Brause) Hovenkamp
  • Lepisorus bicolor (Takeda) Ching
  • Lepisorus boninensis Ching
  • Lepisorus cespitosus Y.X.Lin
  • Lepisorus clathratus (C.B.Clarke) Ching
  • Lepisorus confluens W.M.Chu
  • Lepisorus contortus (Christ) Ching
  • Lepisorus crassipes Ching & Y.X.Lin
  • Lepisorus eilophyllus (Diels) Ching
  • Lepisorus elegans Ching & W.M.Chu
  • Lepisorus excavatus (Bory ex Willd.) Ching
  • Lepisorus hachijoensis Sa. Kurata
  • Lepisorus henryi (Hieron. ex C.Chr.) Li Wang
  • Lepisorus heterolepis (Rosenst.) Ching
  • Lepisorus jakonensis (Blanf.) Ching
  • Lepisorus kawakamii (Hayata) Tagawa
  • Lepisorus kolesnikovii (Tzvelev) Shmakov
  • Lepisorus kuchenensis (Y.C.Wu) Ching
  • Lepisorus kuratae T.Fujiw. & Seriz.
  • Lepisorus lewisii (Baker) Ching
  • Lepisorus likiangensis Ching & S.K.Wu
  • Lepisorus lineariformis Ching & S.K.Wu
  • Lepisorus loriformis (Wall. ex Mett.) Ching
  • Lepisorus luchunensis Y.X.Lin
  • Lepisorus macrosphaerus (Baker) Ching
  • Lepisorus mamas Hovenkamp
  • Lepisorus marginatus Ching
  • Lepisorus medogensis Ching & Y.X.Lin
  • Lepisorus megasorus (C.Chr.) Ching
  • Lepisorus mehrae Fraser-Jenk.
  • Lepisorus mikawanus Kurata
  • Lepisorus miyoshianus (Makino) Fraser-Jenk. & Subh.Chandra
  • Lepisorus monilisorus (Hayata) Tagawa
  • Lepisorus morrisonensis (Hayata) H.Itô
  • Lepisorus mucronatus (Fée) Li Wang
  • Lepisorus nigripes T.Fujiw. & Seriz.
  • Lepisorus novoguineensis (Rosenst.) Li Wang
  • Lepisorus nudus (Hook.) Ching
  • Lepisorus obscurevenulosus (Hayata) Ching
  • Lepisorus oligolepidus (Baker) Ching
  • Lepisorus onoei (Franch. & Sav.) Ching
  • Lepisorus oosphaerus (C.Chr.) Ching
  • Lepisorus perrierianus (C.Chr.) Ching
  • Lepisorus platyrhynchos (J.Sm. ex Kunze) Li Wang
  • Lepisorus pseudonudus Ching
  • Lepisorus pseudoussuriensis Tagawa
  • Lepisorus schraderi (Mett.) Ching
  • Lepisorus scolopendrium (Ching) Mehra & Bir
  • Lepisorus sinensis (Christ) Ching
  • Lepisorus sordidus (C.Chr.) Ching
  • Lepisorus spicatus (L.f.) Li Wang
  • Lepisorus subconfluens Ching
  • Lepisorus sublinearis (Baker ex Takeda) Ching
  • Lepisorus suboligolepidus Ching
  • Lepisorus subsessile Ching & Y.X.Lin
  • Lepisorus thaipaiensis Ching & S.K.Wu
  • Lepisorus thunbergianus (Kaulf.) Ching
  • Lepisorus tosaensis (Makino) H.Itô
  • Lepisorus tricholepis K.H.Shing & Y.X.Lin
  • Lepisorus uchiyamae (Makino) H.Itô
  • Lepisorus ussuriensis (Regel & Mack.) Ching
  • Lepisorus validinervis (Kunze) Li Wang
  • Lepisorus yamaokae Seriz.

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 edit

  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