Biology:Menisciopsis

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Menisciopsis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Thelypteridaceae
Genus: Menisciopsis
(Holttum) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.[1]
Species

See text.

Synonyms[2]

Menisciopsis is a small genus of ferns in the family Thelypteridaceae.[1]

Taxonomy

Menisciopsis was raised to the rank of genus from Pronephrium sect. Menisciopsis in 2021 as a result of a phylogenetic study of the family Thelypteridaceae.[2][3]

Species

(As of June 2022), World Ferns accepted the following species:[1]

  • Menisciopsis boydiae (D.C.Eaton) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.
  • Menisciopsis cyatheoides (Kaulf.) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.
  • Menisciopsis lakhimpurensis (Rosenst.) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.
  • Menisciopsis penangiana (Hook.) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.
  • Menisciopsis rubida (J.Sm. ex Hook.) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.
  • Menisciopsis rubrinervis (Mett.) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.
  • Menisciopsis wailele (Flynn) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hassler, Michael (2004–2022), "Menisciopsis", World Ferns: Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, https://www.worldplants.de/world-ferns/ferns-and-lycophytes-list#g-209, retrieved 2022-06-04 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Fawcett, Susan; Smith, Alan R.; Sundue, Michael; Burleigh, J. Gordon; Sessa, Emily B.; Kuo, Li-Yaung; Chen, Cheng-Wei; Testo, Weston L. et al. (2021), "A Global Phylogenomic Study of the Thelypteridaceae", Systematic Botany 46 (4): 891–915, doi:10.1600/036364421X16370109698650, https://sessalab.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Thelyp2021.pdf, retrieved 2022-06-04 
  3. Fawcett, S.; Smith, A.R. (2021), A Generic Classification of the Thelypteridaceae, Sida, Botanical Miscellany 59, Fort Worth: Botanical Research Institute of Texas Press 

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