Niphidium

Niphidium
Niphidium crassifolium in Panama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Polypodiaceae
Subfamily: Polypodioideae
Genus: Niphidium
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Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Pessopteris Underw.ex Maxon
  • Anaxetum Schott
  • Pleuridium (C.Presl) Fée

Niphidium is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Polypodioideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). They are native to tropical America.

Species

As of July 2025, Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following eleven species:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hassler, Michael. "Niphidium". World Ferns. Retrieved 2025-07-15.
  2. ↑ Smith, John (1875), Historia Filicum (an exposition of the nature, number, and organography of ferns): 99
  3. ↑ 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