Serpocaulon

Serpocaulon
Serpocaulon levigatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Polypodiaceae
Subfamily: Polypodioideae
Genus:
A.R.Sm.[1]
Species

See text.

Serpocaulon is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Polypodioideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[2] The genus is native to Northern and Southern America.[3]

Species

As of April 2025, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following thirty-seven species:[1]

  • Serpocaulon adnatum (Kunze ex Klotzsch) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon antioquianum D.Sanín
  • Serpocaulon appressum (Copel.) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon attenuatum (C.Presl) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon australe D.Sanín, J.C.Ospina, I.O.Moura & Salino
  • Serpocaulon caceresii (Sodiro) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon catharinae (Langsd. & Fisch.) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon concolorum (M.Kessler & A.R.Sm.) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon crystalloneuron (Rosenst.) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon dasypleuron (Kunze) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon demissum (Fée) D.Sanín
  • Serpocaulon dissimile (L.) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon eleutherophlebium (Fée) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon falcaria (Kunze) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon fraxinifolium (Jacq.) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon funckii (Mett.) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon glandulosissimum (Brade) Labiak & J.Prado
  • Serpocaulon intricatum (M.Kessler & A.R.Sm.) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon lasiopus (Klotzsch) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon latipes (Langsd. & L.Fisch.) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon latissimum (R.C.Moran & B. Øllg.) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon levigatum (Cav.) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon loriceum (L.) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon × manizalense D.Sanín & Torrez
  • Serpocaulon maritimum (Hieron.) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon menisciifolium (Langsd. & Fisch.) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon nanegalense (Sodiro) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon × orosiense A.Rojas
  • Serpocaulon patentissimum (Mett. ex Kuhn) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon polystichum (Link) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon psychotrium Mostacero, D.Sanín & A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon ptilorhizon (Christ) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon × pubescens (Rosenst.) Schwartsb. & A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon rex Schwartsb. & A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon richardii (Klotzsch) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon × rojasianum J.M.Chaves, R.C.Moran & F.Oviedo
  • Serpocaulon × semipinnatifidum (Fée) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon sessilifolium (Desv.) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon × sessilipinnum A.Rojas & J.M.Chaves
  • Serpocaulon silvulae (M.Kessler & A.R.Sm.) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon subandinum (Sodiro) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon × tabuleirense D.Sanín & Salino
  • Serpocaulon triseriale (Sw.) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon vacillans (Link) A.R.Sm.
  • Serpocaulon wagneri (Mett.) A.R.Sm.

References

  1. ^ a b Hassler, Michael. "Serpocaulon". World Ferns. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
  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. ^ "Serpocaulon A.R.Sm.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2020-02-16