Biology:Ctenitis

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Short description: Genus of ferns

Ctenitis
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Scientific classification e
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]
  • Tardieu Holttum
  • Dryopteris subg. Ctenitis Ataxipteris
  • C.Chr. Pseudotectaria

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

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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Hassler, Michael; Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020), "Ctenitis", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.20, https://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu/ferns/, retrieved 2020-02-02 

Wikidata ☰ Q3424748 entry