Pityrogramma, the silverback ferns, or goldback ferns,[citation needed] is a fern genus in the subfamily Pteridoideae of the family Pteridaceae.[2]

Pityrogramma
Pityrogramma sulphurea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Subfamily: Pteridoideae
Genus: Pityrogramma
Link[1]
Type species
Pityrogramma chrysophylla
(Swartz) Link
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Calomelanos (Presl 1836) Lindl.
  • Ceropteris Link
  • Neurogramma Link
  • ×Pityromeria Gómez
  • Trismeria Fée 1852

Species

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As of December 2019, Plants of the World Online recognized the following species and hybrids:[1]

Phylogeny of Pityrogramma [3][4]
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P. ebenea (von Linné) Proctor (Mountain silverback fern)

P. austroamericana Domin

P. sulphurea (Swartz) Maxon (Jamaican goldback fern)

Cerogramme
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P. trifoliata (von Linné) Tryon (Goldenrod Fern, threeleaf goldback fern)

P. calomelanos (von Linné) Link (Dixie silverback fern)

P. ochracea (Presl) Domin

Calomelanos

Other species:

References

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  1. ^ a b "Pityrogramma Link", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-12-28
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Nitta, Joel H.; Schuettpelz, Eric; Ramírez-Barahona, Santiago; Iwasaki, Wataru; et al. (2022). "An Open and Continuously Updated Fern Tree of Life". Frontiers in Plant Science. 13: 909768. doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.909768. PMC 9449725. PMID 36092417.
  4. ^ "Tree viewer: interactive visualization of FTOL". FTOL v1.4.0 [GenBank release 253]. 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.