Pterozonium

Pterozonium
Illustration of Pterozonium reniforme
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Subfamily: Pteridoideae
Genus: Pterozonium
Fée
Type species
Pterozonium reniforme
(Mart.) Fée
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Syngrammatopsis Alston

Pterozonium is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Pteridoideae of the family Pteridaceae. Species are mainly found in north-western South America, as well as Costa Rica.

Species

As of July 2026, Plants of the World Online and the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following fourteen species:

Phylogeny of Pterozonium

P. reniforme (Mart.) Fée

P. brevifrons (Smith) Lellinger

P. cyclosorum Smith

Other species:

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Pterozonium Fée", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2026-07-04
  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
  3. ↑ Hassler, Michael. "Pterozonium". World Ferns. Retrieved 2026-07-04.
  4. ↑ Nitta, Joel H.; Schuettpelz, Eric; Ramírez-Barahona, Santiago; Iwasaki, Wataru; et al. (2022). "An Open and Continuously Updated Fern Tree of Life". Frontiers in Plant Science. 13 909768. doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.909768. PMC 9449725. PMID 36092417.
  5. ↑ "Tree viewer: interactive visualization of FTOL". FTOL v1.4.0 [GenBank release 253]. 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.