''Abacopteris'' is a small
genus
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of
fern
A fern (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta ) is a member of a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. The polypodiophytes include all living pteridophytes except t ...
s in the family
Thelypteridaceae
Thelypteridaceae is a family of about 900 species of ferns in the order Polypodiales. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is placed in the suborder Aspleniineae. Alternatively, the family may be submerged in a v ...
.
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Taxonomy
''Abacopteris'' was previously sunk into ''Pronephrium
''Pronephrium'' is a genus of ferns in the family Thelypteridaceae in the family Thelypteridaceae, subfamily Thelypteridoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Other sources sink ''Pronephrium'' into a very bro ...
'' but was restored as a full genus as a result of a phylogenetic
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study of the family Thelypteridaceae.[
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Species
, World Ferns accepted the following species:[
*'' Abacopteris afra'' (Christ) comb.ined.
*'' Abacopteris aspera'' (C.Presl) Ching
*'' Abacopteris birii'' (R.D.Dixit & Balkr.) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.
*'' Abacopteris gardneri'' (Holttum) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.
*'' Abacopteris gracilis'' (Ching ex Y.X.Lin) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.
*'' Abacopteris gymnopteridifrons'' (Hayata) Ching
*'' Abacopteris hirtisora'' (C.Chr.) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.
*'' Abacopteris macrophylla'' (Ching ex Y.X.Lin) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.
*'' Abacopteris nitida'' (Holttum) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.
*'' Abacopteris nudata'' (Roxb.) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.
*'' Abacopteris peltochlamys'' (C.Chr.) Holttum
*'' Abacopteris repanda'' (Fee) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.
*'' Abacopteris setosa'' (Ching ex Y.X.Lin) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.
*'' Abacopteris yunguiensis'' (Ching ex Y.X.Lin) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.
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References
Thelypteridaceae
Fern genera
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