Tapeinidium

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Tapeinidium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Lindsaeaceae
Genus: Tapeinidium
(Presl) C.Chr.[1]
Type species
Tapeinidium pinnatum
(Cavanilles) Christensen
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Microlepia (Tapeinidium) Presl
  • Ithycaulon Copeland
  • Protolindsaya Copeland
  • Wibelia Fée 1850-52

Tapeinidium is a genus of ferns in the family Lindsaeaceae with about 19 species.[1] Species are native to south-eastern Asia, from Thailand to New Guinea, and into the western Pacific.[2] Tapeinidium pinnatum has been introduced into India.[3]

Taxonomy[edit]

The group was first described by Carl Presl in 1851 as a subgenus, Microlepia subg. Tapeinidium. It was raised to the rank of genus by Carl Christensen in 1906.[4] As of December 2019, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:[1]

Phylogeny of Tapeinidium[5][6]

T. moorei (Hook.) Hieron.

T. carolinense Kramer

T. pinnatum (Cav.) C.Chr.

T. denhamii (Hook.) C.Chr.

T. novoguineense Kramer

T. gracile (Blume) Alderw.

T. luzonicum (Hook.) Kramer

T. calomelanos Kramer

T. melanesicum Kramer

T. longipinnatum (Ces.) C.Chr.

T. moluccanum (Blume) C.Chr.

Other species include:

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019), "Xyropteris", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.11, retrieved 2019-12-18
  2. ^ "Tapeinidium (Presl) C.Chr.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-12-18
  3. ^ "Tapeinidium pinnatum (Cav.) C.Chr.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-12-18
  4. ^ "Microlepia subg. Tapeinidium C. Presl", Tropicos, Missouri Botanical Garden, retrieved 2019-12-18
  5. ^ Nitta, Joel H.; Schuettpelz, Eric; Ramírez-Barahona, Santiago; Iwasaki, Wataru; et al. (2022). "An Open and Continuously Updated Fern Tree of Life". Frontiers in Plant Science. 13: 909768. doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.909768. PMC 9449725. PMID 36092417.
  6. ^ "Tree viewer: interactive visualization of FTOL". FTOL v1.5.0 [GenBank release 256]. 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.