Adenophorus

Adenophorus
Adenophorus tamariscinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Polypodiaceae
Subfamily: Grammitidoideae
Genus:
Gaudich.[1]
Species

See text.

Adenophorus is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Grammitidoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[2] The genus is endemic to Hawaii.[1][3][4]

Species

As of April 2025, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following eleven species and two hybrids:[1]

  • Adenophorus × abbottiae W.H.Wagner
  • Adenophorus abietinus (D.C.Eaton) K.A.Wilson
  • Adenophorus × carsonii Ranker
  • Adenophorus epigaeus (L.E.Bishop) W.H.Wagner
  • Adenophorus haalilioanus (Brack.) K.A.Wilson
  • Adenophorus hymenophylloides (Kaulf.) Hook. & Grev.
  • Adenophorus montanus (Hillebr.) W.H.Wagner
  • Adenophorus oahuensis (Copel.) L.E.Bishop
  • Adenophorus periens L.E.Bishop
  • Adenophorus pinnatifidus Gaudich.
  • Adenophorus tamariscinus (Kaulf.) Hook. & Grev.
  • Adenophorus tenellus (Kaulf.) Ranker
  • Adenophorus tripinnatifidus Gaudich.

References

  1. ^ a b c Hassler, Michael. "Adenophorus". World Ferns. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  2. ^ PPG I (2016). "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 54 (6): 563–603. Bibcode:2016JSyEv..54..563.. doi:10.1111/jse.12229. S2CID 39980610.
  3. ^ Ranker, T. A. (1992). Adenophorus x carsonii hyb. nov. (Grammitidaceae): A new endemic hybrid from the island of Hawaii. Novon 2:4 408-10.
  4. ^ Ranker, T. A., et al. (2003). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution of the endemic Hawaiian genus Adenophorus (Grammitidaceae). Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 26 337-47.