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038.0000 Family Polypodiaceae J. & C.Presl; Delic. Prag. 159 (1822)
67 genera, ca. 1700 spp. Phylogeny: Wei & Zhang 2022
Species listed in database: 1766; hybrids: 50
= Platyceriaceae Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16(3): 18 (1978)
= Drynariaceae Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16: 1-37 (1978)
= Grammitidaceae Newman; Hist. Brit. Ferns 7 (1840) (Grammitaceae auct., missp.)
= Gymnogrammitidaceae Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 11: 12 (1966)
= Loxogrammaceae Ching ex Pic.Serm.; Webbia 29: 11 (1975)
= Platyceriaceae Ching; Sunyatsenia 5: ? (1940)
= Pleurosoriopsidaceae Sa.Kurata & Ikebe ex Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16(4): 17 (1978)
038.9030 Genus Ctenopterella Parris; Gard. Bull. Singapore 58(2): 234 (2007)
Distribution: Trop. Old World. Checklist revised for this database by Parris (2020).
Species listed in database: 10
species :
Ctenopterella blechnoides (Grev.) Parris; Gard. Bull. Singapore 58(2): 235 (2007)
Distribution: China (Hainan); S-India (Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka; peninsular Thailand; Cambodia; peninsular Malaysia (widespread); +Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo (Sarawak, Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah); Sulawesi; Palawan; Philippines; Java; ?Lesser Sunda Isl.; Moluccas (Seram); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea, Louisiade Arch.); Bismarck Arch. (Admiralty Isl.); Solomon Isl. (Guadalcanal, Santa Ysabel, Kolombangara, Malaita, Makira, New Georgia); Australia (NE-Queensland); New Caledonia; Vanuatu; Fiji (Vanua Levu, Taveuni); Wallis & Futuna (Alofi, Futuna); American Samoa (Tutuila, Olosega, Ta´u); [Western] Samoa (´Upolu); Cook Isl. (Rarotonga); Society Isl. (Moorea, Tahiti, Tahaa, Raiatea, Huahine); Palau (Babeldaob); Fed. States of Micronesia (Pohnpei)
36 CHI 40 IND SRL 41 CBD THA 42 BOR JAW MLY MOL NWG PHI PLW SNG SUL SUM 43 BIS SOL 50 AUS 60 ASA FIJ NWC SAM VAN WAL 61 COO SCI 62 MIC PLU
Conservation Status: IUCN CR or EX for India (Fraser-Jenkins 2012)
Synonyms: hidden
= Cryptosorus blechnoides (Grev.) J.Sm.; Hist. Fil. 87 (1875)
= Ctenopteris blechnoides (Grev.) W.H.Wagner & Grether; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 23: 61 (1948)
= Ctenopteris moultonii (Copel.) C.Chr. & Tardieu; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 8: 181 (1939)
= Ctenopteris palaoinsularis (Hosok.) H.Itô; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 67: 215 (1954)
= Grammitis blechnoides Grev.; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 2, 1: 320, t. 17 (1848)
= Polypodium blechnoides (Grev.) Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W.J.Hooker] 4: 180 (1862)
= Polypodium decorum Brack.; U.S. Expl. Exped. 16 (Filic.): 7, t. 2, f. 2 (1854)
= Polypodium macgregorii Baker; Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 8: 130 (1894)
= Polypodium moultonii Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci. 10: 149 (1915)
= Polypodium nutans J.Sm.; J. Bot. (Hooker) 8: 394 (1841) (non Blume (1828))
= Polypodium palaoinsulare Hosok.; Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 31: 476 (1941)
= Polypodium pseudorevolvens Alderw.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 6: 219 (1922)
= Polypodium revolvens Alderw.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 2: 170 (1920)
= Polypodium serra Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 313 (1829), nom. inval.
species :
Ctenopterella gordonii (S.B.Andrews) Parris; Gard. Bull. Singapore 58(2): 236 (2007)
Distribution: Australia (NE-Queensland)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Ctenopteris gordonii (Watts) S.B.Andrews; Austrobaileya 1(1): 12 (1977)
= Grammitis gordonii (S.B.Andrews) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 44 (2018)
= Polypodium gordonii Watts; Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 39: 792 (1914 publ. 1915), nom. illeg.
species :
Ctenopterella lasiostipes (Mett.) Parris; Fern Gaz. 20(2): 98 (2015)
Distribution: New Caledonia
60 NWC
Synonyms: hidden
= Ctenopteris lasiostipes (Mett.) Brownlie; Fl. Nouv.-Calédonie & Dépend. 3: 273 (1969)
= Polypodium lasiostipes Mett.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 4, 15: 76 (1861)
species :
Ctenopterella lepida (Brause) Parris; Gard. Bull. Singapore 58(2): 237 (2007)
Distribution: American Samoa (Tutuila, Olosega); [Western] Samoa (Savai´i, ´Upolu)
60 ASA SAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Grammitis lepida (Brause) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 45 (2018)
= Polypodium lepidum Brause; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 139 (1922)
species :
Ctenopterella nhatrangensis (C.Chr. & Tardieu) Parris; Fern Gaz. 19(6): 207 (2013)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Ctenopteris nhatrangensis C.Chr. & Tardieu; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 8: 181 (1939)
= Grammitis nhatrangensis (C.Chr. & Tardieu) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 47 (2018)
species :
Ctenopterella pacifica Parris; Fern Gaz. 21(7): 401 (2022)
Distribution: Bismarck Arch. (New Britain, New Ireland); Solomon Isl. (Kolombangara, Makira, Bougainville, Guadalcanal, Qiloe, Rendova); Santa Cruz Isl. (Vanikoro); Vanuatu
43 BIS SOL 60 SCZ VAN
species :
Ctenopterella pediculata (Baker) Parris; Gard. Bull. Singapore 58(2): 237 (2007)
Distribution: Borneo (Sarawak); Philippines (Mindanao)
42 BOR PHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Ctenopteris lobbiana (Hook.) J.Sm.; Hist. Fil. 185 (1875)
= Ctenopteris pediculata (Baker) Copel.; Fern Fl. Philipp. 3: 530 (1960)
= Grammitis pediculata (Baker) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 47 (2018)
= Polypodium inarticulatum Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci. 1, Suppl. 2: 160 (1906), nom. nov. superfl. illeg. for P. pediculatum Baker 1868
= Polypodium lobbianum Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W.J.Hooker] 4: 226, t. 278B (1862) (non Hook. (1853))
= Polypodium pediculatum Baker; Syn. Fil. [W.J.Hooker & Baker], ed. 1: 455 (1868), nom. nov.
species :
Ctenopterella rivularis Parris; J. Pl. Taxon. & Geogr. (Webbia) 80(2): 170 (2025)
Distribution: Brunei
42 BRN
Synonyms: hidden
= Ctenopterella fluvialis Parris; ined.
species :
Ctenopterella seemannii (J.Sm.) Parris; Gard. Bull. Singapore 58(2): 237 (2007)
Distribution: Fiji (Viti Levu); American Samoa (Tutuila, Olosega?); [Western] Samoa
60 ASA FIJ SAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Cryptosorus seemannii J.Sm.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 9: 262 (1861)
= Ctenopteris seemannii (J.Sm.) Copel.; J. Arnold Arbor. 30: 442 (1949)
= Grammitis seemannii (J.Sm.) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 48 (2018)
= Polypodium contiguum Brack.; U.S. Expl. Exped. 16 (Filic.): t. 2, f. 1 (1854) (non (G. Forst.) J. Sm. 1841)
= Polypodium seemannii (J.Sm.) Copel.; Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 93: 69 (1932)
species :
Ctenopterella vodonaivalui (Brownlie) Parris; Gard. Bull. Singapore 58(2): 237 (2007)
Distribution: Fiji (Viti Levu)
60 FIJ
Synonyms: hidden
= Ctenopteris vodonaivalui Brownlie; Nova Hedwigia, Beih. 55 (Pterid. Fl. Fiji): 357 (1977)
= Grammitis vodonaivalui (Brownlie) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 50 (2018)
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