Biology:Cheiroglossa

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Short description: Genus of ferns

Cheiroglossa
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Ophioglossales
Family: Ophioglossaceae
Subfamily: Ophioglossoideae
Genus: Cheiroglossa
C.Presl
Type species
Cheiroglossa palmata
(L.) Presl
Species
  • C. malgassica (C.Chr.) Pic.Serm.
  • C. palmata (L.) Presl

Cheiroglossa is a genus of fern in the family Ophioglossaceae, subfamily Ophioglossoideae, with two species. Although recognized as a separate genus in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I),[1] other sources regard it as a synonym of the genus Ophioglossum.[2]

Species

(As of August 2019), the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepts two species:[3]

References

  1. 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 
  2. "Cheiroglossa C.Presl", Plants of the World Online (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17068350-1, retrieved 2019-08-08 
  3. Hassler, M. (November 2018), "Cheiroglossa", World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, The Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/search/scientific/genus/Cheiroglossa/fossil/1/match/1, retrieved 2019-08-08 

Wikidata ☰ Q13219060 entry