Dicranopteris

Dicranopteris
Dicranopteris linearis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Pteridophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida /  Pteridopsida (disputed)
Order:	Gleicheniales
Family:	Gleicheniaceae
Genus:	Dicranopteris Bernh.
species
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Dicranopteris (forkedfern) is a genus of tropical ferns of the family Gleicheniaceae. There are ten species described.^[1]

Species

The following species and varieties are accepted by The Plant List:^[2]

• Dicranopteris ampla Ching & P.S.Chiu
• Dicranopteris blotiana (C.Chr.) Tagawa
• Dicranopteris cantonensis (Ching) Ching
• Dicranopteris chinensis (Rosenst.) Tagawa
• Dicranopteris flexuosa (Schrad.) Underw.
• Dicranopteris gigantea (Wall. ex Hook.) Underw.
• Dicranopteris laevissima (H.Christ) Ching
• Dicranopteris linearis (Burm.f.) Underw.
  • Dicranopteris linearis var. alternans (Mett.) Holttum
• Dicranopteris nervosa (Kaulf.) Maxon
• Dicranopteris pedata (Houtt.) Nakaike
• Dicranopteris schomburgkiana (Sturm) C.V.Morton
• Dicranopteris seminuda Maxon
• Dicranopteris speciosa (C.Presl) Holttum
  • Dicranopteris speciosa var. inaequalis (Rosenst.) Holttum
  • Dicranopteris speciosa var. rigida (Blume) Holttum
  • Dicranopteris speciosa var. subferruginea (Hieron. ex Brause) Nakai
• Dicranopteris splendida (Hand.-Mazz.) Ching
• Dicranopteris subpectinata (H.Christ) C.M.Kuo
• Dicranopteris taiwanensis Ching & P.S.Chiu
• Dicranopteris tetraphylla (Rosenst.) C.M.Kuo

References

1. Perrie, Leon R.; Bayly, Michael J.; Lehnebach, Carlos A. ;Brownsey, Patrick J. (2007). "Molecular phylogenetic and molecular dating of the New Zealand Gleicheniaceae". Brittonia 59 (2): 129–41. doi:10.1663/0007-196x(2007)59[129:mpamdo]2.0.co;2.
2. "Dicranopteris". The Plant List. Retrieved 30 September 2013.