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 ...
of ferns in the family
Blechnaceae
Blechnaceae is a family of ferns in the order Polypodiales, with a cosmopolitan distribution. Its status as a family and the number of genera included have both varied considerably. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 ( ...
, subfamily
Blechnoideae
Blechnaceae is a family of ferns in the order Polypodiales, with a cosmopolitan distribution. Its status as a family and the number of genera included have both varied considerably. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 ( ...
, in the suborder Aspleniineae (eupolypods II). It is named after
Samuel Doody
Samuel Doody (1656–1706) was an early English botanist.
Life
The eldest of the second family of his father, John Doody, an apothecary in Staffordshire who later moved to London where he had a shop in The Strand, he was born in Staffordshire 28 ...
(1656-1706), an English botanist. Distribution of the genus includes parts of
Australia
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and
New Zealand
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.C. Michael Hogan. 2009
Phylogenic studies found ''Doodia'' to be embedded within the
paraphyletic
In taxonomy (general), taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's most recent common ancestor, last common ancestor and most of its descendants, excluding a few Monophyly, monophyletic subgroups. The group is said to be pa ...
circumscribed
In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius.
Not every polyg ...
. In 2011, Christenhusz ''et al.'' therefore reassigned ''Doodia'' species to ''Blechnum''. The alternative taken in 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) is to split ''Blechnum'' into a number of smaller genera, including ''Doodia''.
Species
, the ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' accepted the following species:
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