''Adenophorus'' is a

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

Polypodiaceae Polypodiaceae is a family of ferns. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the family includes around 65 genera and an estimated 1,650 species and is placed in the order Polypodiales, suborder Polypodiineae. A broader ...

, subfamily

Grammitidoideae Grammitidoideae is a subfamily of the fern family Polypodiaceae, whose members are informally known as grammitids. It comprises a clade of about 750 species. They are distributed over higher elevations in both the Old and New World. This group w ...

, according to the

Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group The Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group, or PPG, is an informal international group of systematic botanists who collaborate to establish a consensus on the classification of pteridophytes (lycophytes and ferns) that reflects knowledge about plant relation ...

classification of 2016 (PPG I). The genus is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...

.Ranker, T. A. (1992). ''Adenophorus'' x ''carsonii'' hyb. nov. (Grammitidaceae): A new endemic hybrid from the island of Hawaii. ''Novon'' 2:4 408-10.Ranker, T. A., et al. (2003)
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution of the endemic Hawaiian genus ''Adenophorus'' (Grammitidaceae).
''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'' 26 337-47.

Species

, the ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' accepted the following species and hybrids: * ''Adenophorus'' × ''abbottiae'' W.H.Wagner *'' Adenophorus abietinus'' (D.C.Eaton) K.A.Wilson * ''Adenophorus'' × ''carsonii'' Ranker *''

Adenophorus epigaeus ''Adenophorus'' is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Grammitidoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). The genus is endemic to Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) ...

'' (L.E.Bishop) W.H.Wagner *'' Adenophorus haalilioanus'' (Brack.) K.A.Wilson *'' Adenophorus hymenophylloides'' (Kaulf.) Hook. & Grev. *'' Adenophorus oahuensis'' (Copel.) L.E.Bishop *'' Adenophorus periens'' L.E.Bishop *'' Adenophorus sarmentosus'' (Brack.) K.A.Wilson *''

Adenophorus tamariscinus ''Adenophorus tamariscinus'', the wahine noho mauna, is a species of fern endemic to the US state of Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainl ...

'' (Kaulf.) Hook. & Grev. *'' Adenophorus tenellus'' (Kaulf.) Ranker *'' Adenophorus tripinnatifidus'' Gaudich.

References

Polypodiaceae Fern genera {{Polypodiaceae-stub