Teratophyllum is a genus of ferns in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Elaphoglossoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[1] The genus is native to Malesia.[2]
Teratophyllum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
Family: | Dryopteridaceae |
Subfamily: | Elaphoglossoideae |
Genus: | Teratophyllum Mett. ex Kuhn[1] |
Species | |
Teratophyllum was attributed to Georg Heinrich Mettenius when it was first published by Friedrich Kuhn in 1869.[2] The genus is recognized in the PPG I classification, and by the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World.[1][2] As of January 2020[update], Plants of the World Online also recognized the genus, but with a wider circumscription that included Arthrobotrya.[3]
As of January 2020[update], the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:[2]