Dicranopteris

Dicranopteris (forkedfern) is a genus of tropical ferns of the family Gleicheniaceae. There are about 20 described species.^[1]

Dicranopteris
Dicranopteris linearis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Gleicheniales
Family:	Gleicheniaceae
Genus:	Dicranopteris Bernh.[1]
Type species
Dicranopteris dichotoma (Thunb. 1784) Bernhardi 1805
Species
See text
Synonyms
Hicriopteris Presl 1851 non Copeland Mertensia Willdenow 1804 non Roth 1797 Mesosorus Hasskarl 1856

Species

As of March 2023^[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:^[1]

Phylogeny of Dicranopteris^[2][3]

section D. flexuosa (Schrad.) Underw. (Drooping forked fern) D. splendida (Hand.-Mazz.) Tagawa D. linearis (Burm.f.) Underw. D. gigantea Ching D. austrosinensis Yan & Wei D. cadetii Tardieu D. taiwanensis Ching & Chiu Heteropterygium section D. caudata (Copel. 1929) St.John D. tetraphylla (Rosenstock) Kuo D. pedata (Houtt.) Nakaike D. weatherbyi (Fosberg) Glassman D. baliensis Yan & Wei D. curranii Copel. D. inaequalis (Rosenst.) Yan & Wei D. subpectinata (Christ) C.M.Kuo D. subspeciosa (Holttum) Yan & Wei Dicranopteris

Unassigned species:

• Dicranopteris alternans (Mett.) Yan & Wei
• Dicranopteris clemensiae Holttum
• Dicranopteris dolosa Copel.
• Dicranopteris elegantula Pic.Serm.
• Dicranopteris lanigera (D.Don) Fraser-Jenk.
• Dicranopteris latiloba (Holtt.) Yan & Wei
• Dicranopteris × nepalensis Fraser-Jenk.
• Dicranopteris nervosa (Kaulf.) Ching
• Dicranopteris pubigera (Blume) Nakai
• Dicranopteris rufinervis (Mart.) Ching
• Dicranopteris schomburgkiana (Sturm ex Mart.) C.V.Morton
• Dicranopteris seminuda Maxon
• Dicranopteris seramensis M.Kato
• Dicranopteris speciosa (Presl) Holttum
• Dicranopteris spissa (Fée) Lima & Salino