Biology:Elaphoglossum

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Short description: Genus of ferns

Elaphoglossum
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Elaphoglossum crassifolium growing on Maui in the Hawaiian Islands
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Subfamily: Elaphoglossoideae
Genus: Elaphoglossum
Schott ex J.Sm.[1]
Species

See text.

Synonyms[2]
  • Microstaphyla Aconiopteris
  • C.Presl J.Sm.
  • C.Presl Peltapteris
  • Hymenodium Link
  • Dictyoglossum Fée
  • Schott Rhipidopteris

Elaphoglossum is a genus of ferns in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Elaphoglossoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[3]

Taxonomy

Elaphoglossum was first described in 1841 by John Smith, who attributed the name to Heinrich Schott.[1] The name Elaphoglossum in botanical Latin means 'stag's tongue', in reference to the shape and texture of the leaf fronds.[4]

Species

The genus has a large number of species. The Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) suggested there were about 600; Plants of the World Online and the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World both listed at least 730 (As of January 2019). Species include:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hassler, Michael; Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020), "Elaphoglossum", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, Version 8.20, https://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu/ferns/, retrieved 2020-01-30 
  2. "Elaphoglossum Schott ex J.Sm.", Plants of the World Online (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331110-2, retrieved 2020-01-30 
  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 
  4. Gledhill D. 1996. The Names of Plants. Cambridge University Press. ISBN:0521366755

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