Taenitis is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Pteridoideae of the family Pteridaceae.[3] Species are native to south-east tropical Asia, Australia and the Pacific.[1]

Taenitis
Illustration of Taenitis pinnata (as Hemionitis elongata Brack., non Hemionitis elongata Cav.)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Subfamily: Pteridoideae
Genus: Taenitis
Willd. ex Schkuhr[1]
Type species
Taenitis pteroides
(Willdenow) Schkuhr
Species

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Synonyms[2]
  • Holttumia Copel.
  • Holttumiella Copel.
  • Platytaenia Kuhn
  • Schizolepton Fée

Species

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As of December 2019, Plants of the World Online and the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:[1][2]

Phylogeny of Taenitis[4][5]

T. cordata (Gaudich.) Holttum

T. pinnata (J.Sm.) Holttum

T. diversifolia Holttum

T. hookeri (C.Chr.) Holttum

T. dimorpha Holttum

T. blechnoides (Willd.) Sw.

T. interrupta Hook. & Grev.

Other species:

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Taenitis Willd. ex Schkuhr", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-12-29
  2. ^ a b Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019), "Taenitis", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.11, retrieved 2019-12-29
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Tree viewer: interactive visualization of FTOL". FTOL v1.4.0 [GenBank release 253]. 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.