''Arthrobotrya'' is a genus 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 ...

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Dryopteridaceae The Dryopteridaceae are a Family (biology), family of leptosporangiate ferns in the Order (biology), order Polypodiales. They are known Common name, colloquially as the wood ferns. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG&n ...

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Elaphoglossoideae Elaphoglossoideae is a subfamily of the fern family Dryopteridaceae. It has previously been regarded as the family Elaphoglossaceae. As circumscribed by the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group in their 2016 classification (PPG I), the subfamily excludes ...

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classification of 2016 (PPG I). The genus is native to Australia and New Zealand.

Taxonomy

''Arthrobotrya'' was first described by John Smith in 1875. The genus is recognized in the PPG I classification, and by the ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World''. ''

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Teratophyllum ''Teratophyllum'' is a genus of ferns in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Elaphoglossoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). The genus is native to Malesia. Taxonomy ''Teratophyllum'' was attributed to ...

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Species

, the ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' recognized the following species: *'' Arthrobotrya articulata'' (J.Sm. ex Fée) J.Sm. *'' Arthrobotrya brightiae'' (F.Muell.) Pic.Serm. *'' Arthrobotrya wilkesiana'' (Brack.) Copel.

References

Dryopteridaceae Fern genera {{Dryopteridaceae-stub