Menisciopsis

Genus of ferns

Menisciopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]
  • Pronephrium sect. Menisciopsis Holttum

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[update], 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. ^ a b c Hassler, Michael (2004–2022), "Menisciopsis", World Ferns: Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, retrieved 2022-06-04
  2. ^ a b Fawcett, Susan; Smith, Alan R.; Sundue, Michael; Burleigh, J. Gordon; Sessa, Emily B.; Kuo, Li-Yaung; Chen, Cheng-Wei; Testo, Weston L.; Kessler, Michael & Barrington, David S. (2021), "A Global Phylogenomic Study of the Thelypteridaceae" (PDF), Systematic Botany, 46 (4): 891–915, doi:10.1600/036364421X16370109698650, S2CID 245512861, 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
Taxon identifiers
Menisciopsis
  • Wikidata: Q112231113
  • CoL: 8RQNX
  • GBIF: 11411466
  • IPNI: 77221049-1
  • IRMNG: 11922842
  • NCBI: 2920898
  • POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77221049-1
  • Tropicos: 100524581


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