Biology:Onoclea

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Short description: Genus of ferns

Onoclea
Onoclea sensibilis KS-01.jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Onocleaceae
Genus: Onoclea
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Synonyms[1]
  • Ragiopteris Angiopteris
  • Mitch. ex Adans., nom. illeg., non Hoffm. Bernh., nom. superfl.
  • C.Presl Riedlea
  • Pteridinodes Mirb., nom. superfl.
  • Calypterium Kuntze, nom. superfl.

Onoclea is a genus of plants in the family Onocleaceae, native to moist habitats in eastern Asia and eastern North America. They are deciduous ferns with sterile fronds arising from creeping rhizomes in spring, dying down at first frost. Fertile fronds appear in late summer. Depending on the authority, the genus contains one to five species.[2]

Species

In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), Onoclea has a single species:[3]

Transferred species

The following Onoclea species have been transferred to other genera as indicated below.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hassler, Michael (21 August 2022), "Onoclea", World Ferns. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 14.1, https://www.worldplants.de/ferns/, retrieved 2022-08-27 
  2. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. pp. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965. 
  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. O. sensibilis Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 30 Jan 2012

Wikidata ☰ Q5590498 entry