''Abacopteris'' is a small

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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 ...

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 In biology, phylogenetics (; from Greek φυλή/ φῦλον [] "tribe, clan, race", and wikt:γενετικός, γενετικός [] "origin, source, birth") is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups o ...

study of the family Thelypteridaceae.

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 ''Abacopteris'' is a small genus of ferns in the family Thelypteridaceae. Taxonomy ''Abacopteris'' was previously sunk into ''Pronephrium'' but was restored as a full genus as a result of a phylogenetic study of the family Thelypteridaceae. Spec ...

'' (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 ''Abacopteris'' is a small genus of ferns in the family Thelypteridaceae. Taxonomy ''Abacopteris'' was previously sunk into ''Pronephrium'' but was restored as a full genus as a result of a phylogenetic In biology, phylogenetics (; from Greek ...

'' (Ching ex Y.X.Lin) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.

References

Thelypteridaceae Fern genera {{Polypodiales-stub