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041.0000 Family Polypodiaceae J. & C.Presl; Delic. Prag. 159 (1822)
67 genera, ca. 1700 spp. Phylogeny: Wei & Zhang 2022
Species listed in database: 1741; hybrids: 48
= 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)
041.3501 Genus Lepisorus (J.Sm.) Ching; Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol., Bot. 4: 47 (1933), nom. cons. prop.
Distribution: China (many), E- and tropical Asia, 1 Hawaii, few Africa, Madagascar and W-Pacific. Phylogeny and broad circumscription see Zhao et al. (2019), confirmed by PPG II. There remains considerable taxonomic confusion in China because of previous oversplitting.
Species listed in database: 97
= Belvisia Mirb.; Hist. Nat. Vég. [Lamarck & Mirbel] 4: 65 (1803)
= Caobangia A.R.Sm. & X.C.Zhang; Novon 12(4): 546 (2002)
= Cheiropteris Christ; Bull. Herb. Boissier 6: 876 (1898), not Chiropteris J. G. Kurr ex H. G. Bronn (1858)
= Drymotaenium Makino; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 15: 120 (1901) (nom. rej. prop. fide Fraser-Jenkins 2008)
= Ellipinema Li Bing Zhang & Liang Zhang; Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 148: 6 (2020)
= Hyalolepis Kunze; Linnaea 23: 258 (1850)
= Hymenolepis Kaulf.; Enum. Filic. [Kaulfuss] 146 (1824) (nec Cassini (1817))
= Lemmaphyllum C.Presl; Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Ser. 5, 6 [Epim. Bot.]: 157 (1851)
= Lepidogrammitis Ching; Sunyatsenia 5: 258 (1940)
= Lepidomicrosorium Ching & K.H.Shing; Bot. Res. Academia Sinica 1983(1): 1 (1983)
= Macroplethus C.Presl; Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Ser. 5, 6 [Epim. Bot.]: 141 (1851), nom. rej.
= Neocheiropteris Christ; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 1 [Hist. Acrostich.]: 21 (1905) s. str.
= Neolepisorus Ching; Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol., Bot. 10: 11 (1940)
= Paragramma (Blume) T.Moore; Index Fil. [T. Moore] 1: 32 (1857)
= Platygyria Ching & S.K.Wu; Acta Bot. Yunnan. 2(1): 67 (1980)
= Pleopeltis sect.Lepisorus J.Sm.; Bot. Mag. 72 (Compan.): 13 (1846)
= Tricholepidium Ching; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 29(1-5): 41 (1978)
= Weatherbya Copel.; Ann. Cryptog. Phytopathol. 5 [Gen. Fil.]: 191, t. 6 (1947)
= xEllipisorus Li Bing Zhang & Liang Zhang; Phytotaxa 464(4): 299 (2020)
= xLepinema Li Bing Zhang & Liang Zhang; Phytotaxa 455(4): 264 (2020)

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