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034.0000 Family Dryopteridaceae Herter; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 9: 15 (1949), nom. cons.
26 genera, ca. 2100 spp. Latest phylogeny: Zuo et al. (2025)
Species listed in database: 2190; hybrids: 205
= Aspidiaceae Burnett; Outlines Bot. [Burnett] 324, 1156 (1835), nom. illeg.
= Aspidiaceae Mett. ex A.B.Frank; Syn. Pflanzenk., ed. 2, 3: 1469 (1877), nom. illeg.
= Bolbitidaceae (Pic.Serm.) Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16: 15 (1978)
= Elaphoglossaceae Pic.Serm.; Webbia 23: 209 (1968)
= Filicaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 14 (1789), as ´Filices´, nom. illeg., rej.
= Peranemataceae (C.Presl) Ching; Sunyatsenia 5: 246 (1940), nom. rej.
034.6002 Genus Maxonia C.Chr.; Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 66(9): 3 (1916)
Distribution: North America, Greater Antilles
Species listed in database: 1
= Dryopteris subgen.Peisomopodium Maxon; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 39 (1909)

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Maxonia apiifolia (Sw.) C.Chr.; Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 66(9): 3 (1916)
Distribution: +SE-USA (+Florida); Costa Rica; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola (Haiti)
78 USA 80 COS 81 CUB HIS JAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Aspidium apiifolium (Sw.) Mett. ex Kuhn; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 165 (1869)
= Aspidium ascendens Heward; Mag. Nat. Hist. 2(2): 463 (1838)
= Dennstaedtia apiifolia (Sw.) T.Moore; Index Fil. [T. Moore] 97 (1857)
= Dicksonia apiifolia Sw.; J. Bot. [Schrader] 1800(2): 91 (1801)
= Dryopteris apiifolia (Sw.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 811 (1891)
= Lastrea ascendens (Heward) J.Sm.; J. Bot. [Hooker] 4: 193 (1841)
= Nephrodium ascendens (Heward) Donn.Sm.; Bot. Gaz. 16: 14 (1891)
= Polystichum apiifolium (Sw.) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 64 (1905), 578 (1906)
= Polystichum ascendens (Heward) T.Moore; Index Fil. [T. Moore] 86 (1858)
variant :
var. dualis (Donn.Sm.) C.Chr.; Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 66(9): 4 (1916)
Distribution: Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama; Colombia (Chocó); NE-Ecuador
80 GUA HON NIC PAN 82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Nephrodium duale Donn.Sm.; Bot. Gaz. 15: 29 (1890)
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