Malaifilix is a genus of ferns in the family Tectariaceae, with a single species Malaifilix grandidentata, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
| Family: | Tectariaceae |
| Genus: | Malaifilix Li Bing Zhang & Schuettp.[1] |
| Species: | M. grandidentata
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| Malaifilix grandidentata (Ces.) Li Bing Zhang & Schuettp.[1]
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Taxonomy
editThe genus Malaifilix was erected in 2016 for a species previously placed in Tectaria (Tectaria grandidentata).[1] A 2016 molecular phylogenetic analysis of Tectariaceae had separated two new genera, Draconopteris and Malaifilix, from Tectaria sensu stricto. The analysis arranged the genera as in the following cladogram, where an alternative broader circumscription of Draconopteris has been added.[3]
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Other sources do not recognize the genus Malaifilix, submerging its sole species into a more widely circumscribed Draconopteris.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020), "Malaifilix", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, Version 8.20, retrieved 2020-02-04
- ^ PPG I (2016), "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns", Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 54 (6): 563–603, doi:10.1111/jse.12229, S2CID 39980610
- ^ Zhang, Liang; Schuettpelz, Eric; Rothfels, Carl J.; Zhou, Xin-Mao; Gao, Xin-Fen & Zhang, Li-Bing (2016), "Circumscription and phylogeny of the fern family Tectariaceae based on plastid and nuclear markers, with the description of two new genera: Draconopteris and Malaifilix (Tectariaceae)", Taxon, 65 (4): 723–738, doi:10.12705/654.3
- ^ "Malaifilix grandidentata (Ces.) Christenh.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2020-02-04
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