Adenophorus
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Adenophorus
| Adenophorus | |
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| Adenophorus tamariscinus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pteridophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida/Pteridopsida (disputed) |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| (unranked): | Eupolypods I |
| Family: | Polypodiaceae |
| Genus: | Adenophorus |
| Species | |
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10, see text |
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Adenophorus is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae. It is one of those formerly separated as the Grammitidaceae. There are ten species, all endemic to Hawaii.[1]
Species include:[2]
- Adenophorus abietinus
- Adenophorus epigaeus
- Adenophorus haalilioanus
- Adenophorus hymenophylloides
- Adenophorus montanus
- Adenophorus oahuensis
- Adenophorus periens
- Adenophorus pinnatifidus
- Adenophorus tamariscinus
- Adenophorus tripinnatifidus
References
- ^ Ranker, T. A. (1992). Adenophorus x carsonii hyb. nov. (Grammitidaceae): A new endemic hybrid from the island of Hawaii. Novon 2:4 408-10.
- ^ Ranker, T. A., et al. (2003). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution of the endemic Hawaiian genus Adenophorus (Grammitidaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 26 337-47.
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