Parathelypteris is a genus of ferns in the family Thelypteridaceae, subfamily Thelypteridoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[2] Other sources sink Parathelypteris into a very broadly defined genus Thelypteris.[3]

Parathelypteris
Parathelypteris nevadensis, Clearwater National Forest, United States
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Thelypteridaceae
Subfamily: Thelypteridoideae
Genus: Parathelypteris
(H.Ito) Ching[1]
Species

See text.

Synonyms[1]
  • Thelypteris sect. Parathelypteris H.Itô
  • Thelypteris subg. Parathelypteris (H.Itô) R.M.Tryon & A.F.Tryon
  • Wagneriopteris Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Thelypteris subg. Euthelypteris Ching
  • Thelypteris subg. Parathelypteris R.M.Tryon & A.F.Tryon

Species edit

As of January 2020, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following species:[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020), "Parathelypteris", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.20, retrieved 2020-01-10
  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, S2CID 39980610
  3. ^ "Parathelypteris (H.Ito) Ching", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2020-01-16