Thelypteris

Thelypteris
Thelypteris palustris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Thelypteridaceae
Subfamily: Thelypteridoideae
Genus: Thelypteris
Schmidel[1]
Type species
Thelypteris palustris
Species

See text.

Synonyms[2]
  • Asterochlaena C.Chr.

Thelypteris (maiden ferns[3]) is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Thelypteridoideae, family Thelypteridaceae, order Polypodiales.[1][4] Two radically different circumscriptions of the genus are in use as of January 2020. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the genus is a very small one with about two species.[1][2] In other approaches, the genus is the only one in the subfamily Thelypteridoideae, and so includes between 875[5] and 1083 species.[6]

The genus name is from Greek thēlys "female" and pteris "fern". However, "female fern" usually refers to the common lady-fern.

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference PPGI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference CFLW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Thelypteris". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Christenhusz-2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Thelypteris". Flora of North America.
  6. ^ "Thelypteris Schmidel". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2020-01-11.