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Genus of ferns From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Enterosora is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Grammitidoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[1] PPG I also recognizes the genus Zygophlebia, which more recent sources include in Enterosora. As of February 2019[update], many do not have formally published names in Enterosora and are retained here in Zygophlebia.
Enterosora | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
Family: | Polypodiaceae |
Subfamily: | Grammitidoideae |
Genus: | Enterosora Baker[1] |
Synonyms[2] | |
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The genus Enterosora was created by John Gilbert Baker in 1886 with the type species Enterosora campbellii.[1] The genus Zygophlebia was created by L. Earl Bishop in 1989 with the type species Zygophlebia sectifrons, formerly placed in Polypodium.[1][3] Molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that Enterosora is nested within Zygophlebia, which could be resolved by synonymizing Zygophlebia with Enterosora. In 2016, the authors of the PPG I classification considered merging the genera to be premature.[1] A further study was published in 2019. This showed that Enterosora s.s. was monophyletic, but embedded within two clades of Zyglophlebia, with Ceradenia the sister of Enterosora s.l.:[4]
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The Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World has recognized the merger of Zygophlebia into Enterosora.[2] However, as of February 2019[update], many former Zygophlebia species do not have formally published names in Enterosora,[2] so are retained here Zygophlebia.
As of February 2020[update], the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World (CFLW) accepted the following species. Species placed in Zygophlebia but accepted in Enterosora by CFLW are listed separately.[2]
Many of the species placed in Zygophlebia in the PPG I system do not yet have published names in Enterosora and so have "comb. ined." in CFLW. All are retained here in Zygophlebia:[2]
When circumscribed to include Zygophlebia, the genus Enterosora is widely distributed in the Neotropics and tropical Africa, including Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands.[2] The species which Bishop placed in Zygophlebia were mainly native to the Neotropics, with a few African species.[3]
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