Coryphopteris

Coryphopteris
Coryphopteris simulata in its natural habitat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Thelypteridaceae
Subfamily: Thelypteridoideae
Genus: Coryphopteris
Holttum
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Parathelypteris sect. Melanostipes Ching
  • Thelypteris subg. Coryphopteris (Holttum) Fraser-Jenk.

Coryphopteris is a genus of ferns in the family Thelypteridaceae, subfamily Thelypteridoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). In 2021, Fawcett & Smith expanded the scope of the genus to take in some of the species formerly placed in Parathelypteris.

Species

As of October 2026, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following 71 species:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hassler, Michael. "Coryphopteris". World Ferns. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
  2. ↑ 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