Aleuritopteris
Genus of ferns From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Genus of ferns From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aleuritopteris is a genus of ferns in the Cheilanthoideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae.[1][3] As with some other genera of the Cheilanthoideae, molecular phylogenetic studies have suggested that it is not monophyletic,[1] and so may need to be circumscribed differently in future.
| Aleuritopteris | |
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| Illustration of Aleuritopteris argentea (formerly Cheilanthes argentea), the silver cloak fern | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Family: | Pteridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cheilanthoideae |
| Genus: | Aleuritopteris Fée[1] |
| Species | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Aleuritopteris is one of a number of genera split off from Cheilanthes in some approaches,[2] including the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), in which the genus has about 40 species.[1] As of August 2019[update], Plants of the World Online includes Aleuritopteris within Hermionitis,[4] a much smaller Cheilanthoideae genus in PPG I.[1] Allosorus was recognized as a separate genus in PPG I, but was included in Aleuritopteris by the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World as of January 2020[update] on the grounds that it was wrongly lectotypified.[2]
As of December 2019[update], the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species and hybrids:[2]
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