''Calciphilopteris'' is a

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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 exce ...

s in the

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Pteridaceae Pteridaceae is a family of ferns in the order Polypodiales, including some 1150 known species in ca 45 genera (depending on taxonomic opinions), divided over five subfamilies. The family includes four groups of genera that are sometimes recogni ...

. It is

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and China, southward to Australia.Jovita C. Yesilyurt and Harald Schneider. 2010. "The new fern genus ''Calciphilopteris'' (Pteridaceae)". ''Phytotaxa'' 7:52-59. (See ''External links'' below). Its four

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grow in crevices in

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or they cling to the rock itself.

Taxonomy

For a long time, the four species of ''Calciphilopteris'' were included in the

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genus ''

Doryopteris ''Doryopteris'' is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Cheilanthoideae of the family Pteridaceae. Species The circumscription Circumscription may refer to: *Circumscribed circle * Circumscription (logic) *Circumscription (taxonomy) *Circumscrip ...

''. Molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that ''Calciphilopteris'' is the most basal clade in the subfamily Cheilanthoideae. It is thus far removed from '' Doryopteris palmata'', the

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of ''Doryopteris''. ''Calciphilopteris'' was described as a new genus in 2010. The generic name is said to be

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from the

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''calx'' (limestone), ''philus'' (loving), and ''pteris'' (fern). ''Kalx'' can not be found in ancient Greek, however ''calx'' is the Latin word for "limestone",Lewis, C.T. & Short, C. (1879). ''A Latin dictionary founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary.'' Oxford: Clarendon Press. possibly derived from ancient Greek ''chalix'' (χάλιξ) or derived from a word from a different Mediterranean language.de Vaan, M. (2008). ''Etymological dictionary of Latin and the other Italic languages.'' Leiden/Boston: Brill. The proper word in ancient Greek for "loving" is ''philos'' (φίλος).Liddell, H.G. & Scott, R. (1940). ''A Greek-English Lexicon. Revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones with the assistance of Roderick McKenzie.'' Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Species

, the ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' recognized the following species: * '' Calciphilopteris alleniae'' ( R.M.Tryon) Yesilyurt & H.Schneider * '' Calciphilopteris ludens'' ( Wall. ex

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) Yesilyurt & H.Schneider * '' Calciphilopteris papuana'' (

Copel. Edwin Bingham Copeland (September 30, 1873 – March 16, 1964) was an American botanist and agriculturist. He is known for founding the University of the Philippines College of Agriculture at Los Baños, Laguna and for being one of the America's l ...

) Yesilyurt & H.Schneider * '' Calciphilopteris wallichii'' ( J.Sm.) Yesilyurt & H.Schneider

Taxonomy

Species

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