Triplophyllum

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Triplophyllum
Triplophyllum hirsutum in the state of Bahia, Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Tectariaceae
Genus: Triplophyllum
Holttum[1]
Species

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Triplophyllum is a genus of ferns in the family Tectariaceae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[2]

Taxonomy[edit]

The genus Triplophyllum was erected by Richard Eric Holttum in 1986.[1] The type species is Triplophyllum protensum, transferred from Aspidium protensum.[2]

A 2016 molecular phylogenetic showed Triplophyllum to be in a clade containing Tectaria, sister to Hypoderris.[3]

Tectariaceae

Species[edit]

As of February 2020, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020), "Triplophyllum", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, Version 8.20, retrieved 2020-02-05
  2. ^ a b 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, S2CID 39980610
  3. ^ Zhang, Liang; Schuettpelz, Eric; Rothfels, Carl J.; Zhou, Xin-Mao; Gao, Xin-Fen & Zhang, Li-Bing (2016), "Circumscription and phylogeny of the fern family Tectariaceae based on plastid and nuclear markers, with the description of two new genera: Draconopteris and Malaifilix (Tectariaceae)", Taxon, 65 (4): 723–738, doi:10.12705/654.3