Pleocnemia

Pleocnemia
Pleocnemia cumingiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Subfamily: Elaphoglossoideae
Genus: Pleocnemia
C.Presl
Species

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Synonyms
  • Arcypteris Underw.
  • Dictyopteris C.Presl

Pleocnemia is a genus of ferns in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Elaphoglossoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).

Taxonomy

Pleocnemia was first described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1836.

Species

As of October 2026, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World and Plants of the World Online recognized the following twenty species and one hybrid:

References

  1. 1 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
  2. 1 2 3 Hassler, Michael. "Pleocnemia". World Ferns. Retrieved 11 October 2026.
  3. ↑ "Pleocnemia C.Presl", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2020-01-21