Wikipedia Source Page

Summary

Dicranopteris (forkedfern) is a genus of tropical ferns of the family Gleicheniaceae. There are about 20 described species.

Phylogeny

As of March 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:

Phylogeny of Dicranopteris

body.skin-vector-2022

D. flexuosa (Schrad.) Underw. (Drooping forked fern)

D. splendida (Hand.-Mazz.) Tagawa

D. curranii Copel.

D. baliensis Yan & Wei

D. weatherbyi (Fosberg) Glassman

D. taiwanensis Ching & Chiu

D. austrosinensis Yan & Wei

D. gigantea Ching

section

D. tetraphylla (Rosenstock) Kuo

D. cadetii Tardieu

D. pedata (Houtt.) Nakaike

Dicranopteris section

D. linearis (Burm.f.) Underw.

D. caudata (Copel. 1929) St.John

D. subspeciosa (Holttum) Yan & Wei

D. inaequalis (Rosenst.) Yan & Wei

D. subpectinata (Christ) C.M.Kuo

Heteropterygium

Unassigned species:

Dicranopteris alternans (Mett.) Yan & Wei Dicranopteris clemensiae Holttum Dicranopteris dolosa Copel. Dicranopteris elegantula Pic.Serm. Dicranopteris lanigera (D.Don) Fraser-Jenk. Dicranopteris latiloba (Holtt.) Yan & Wei Dicranopteris × nepalensis Fraser-Jenk. Dicranopteris nervosa (Kaulf.) Ching Dicranopteris pubigera (Blume) Nakai Dicranopteris rufinervis (Mart.) Ching Dicranopteris schomburgkiana (Sturm ex Mart.) C.V.Morton Dicranopteris seminuda Maxon Dicranopteris seramensis M.Kato Dicranopteris speciosa (Presl) Holttum Dicranopteris spissa (Fée) Lima & Salino