''Lepisorus'' 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 ...

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

Microsoroideae Microsoroideae is a subfamily in the fern family Polypodiaceae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). The subfamily is also treated as the tribe Microsoreae within a very broadly defined family Polypodiaceae ''se ...

, according to the

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classification of 2016 (PPG I).

Taxonomy

''Lepisorus'' was first described by John Smith in 1846 as the section ''Lepisorus'' of the genus ''Drynaria''. It was raised from a section to a genus by

Ren-Chang Ching Ren-Chang Ching (; 15 February 1898 – 22 July 1986), courtesy name Zinong, was a Chinese botanist who specialised in ferns. Life and work Ren-Chang Ching was a Chinese botanist and pteridologist who made significant collections of plants from ...

in 1933. A

molecular phylogenetic Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...

study in 2019 suggested that ''Lepisorus'' was one of a group of closely related genera in the subfamily Microsoroideae, a group the authors termed "''Lepisorus''

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Species

, the ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' recognized the following species: *'' Lepisorus abbreviatus'' (Fée) Li Wang *'' Lepisorus accedens'' (Blume) Hosok. *'' Lepisorus affinis'' Ching *'' Lepisorus albertii'' (Regel) Ching *'' Lepisorus amaurolepidus'' (Sledge) Bir & Trikha *'' Lepisorus annamensis'' (C.Chr.) Li Wang *'' Lepisorus annuifrons'' (Makino) Ching *'' Lepisorus balteiformis'' (Brause) Hovenkamp *'' Lepisorus bicolor'' (Takeda) Ching *'' Lepisorus boninensis'' Ching *'' Lepisorus cespitosus'' Y.X.Lin *'' Lepisorus clathratus'' (C.B.Clarke) Ching *'' Lepisorus confluens'' W.M.Chu *'' Lepisorus contortus'' (Christ) Ching *'' Lepisorus crassipes'' Ching & Y.X.Lin *'' Lepisorus eilophyllus'' (Diels) Ching *'' Lepisorus elegans'' Ching & W.M.Chu *'' Lepisorus excavatus'' (Bory ex Willd.) Ching *'' Lepisorus hachijoensis'' Sa. Kurata *'' Lepisorus henryi'' (Hieron. ex C.Chr.) Li Wang *'' Lepisorus heterolepis'' (Rosenst.) Ching *'' Lepisorus jakonensis'' (Blanf.) Ching *'' Lepisorus kawakamii'' (Hayata) Tagawa *'' Lepisorus kolesnikovii'' (Tzvelev) Shmakov *'' Lepisorus kuchenensis'' (Y.C.Wu) Ching *'' Lepisorus kuratae'' T.Fujiw. & Seriz. *'' Lepisorus lewisii'' (Baker) Ching *'' Lepisorus likiangensis'' Ching & S.K.Wu *'' Lepisorus lineariformis'' Ching & S.K.Wu *'' Lepisorus loriformis'' (Wall. ex Mett.) Ching *'' Lepisorus luchunensis'' Y.X.Lin *'' Lepisorus macrosphaerus'' (Baker) Ching *'' Lepisorus mamas'' Hovenkamp *'' Lepisorus marginatus'' Ching *'' Lepisorus medogensis'' Ching & Y.X.Lin *'' Lepisorus megasorus'' (C.Chr.) Ching *'' Lepisorus mehrae'' Fraser-Jenk. *'' Lepisorus mikawanus'' Kurata *'' Lepisorus miyoshianus'' (Makino) Fraser-Jenk. & Subh.Chandra *'' Lepisorus monilisorus'' (Hayata) Tagawa *'' Lepisorus morrisonensis'' (Hayata) H.Itô *'' Lepisorus mucronatus'' (Fée) Li Wang *'' Lepisorus nigripes'' T.Fujiw. & Seriz. *'' Lepisorus novoguineensis'' (Rosenst.) Li Wang *'' Lepisorus nudus'' (Hook.) Ching *'' Lepisorus obscurevenulosus'' (Hayata) Ching *'' Lepisorus oligolepidus'' (Baker) Ching *'' Lepisorus onoei'' (Franch. & Sav.) Ching *'' Lepisorus oosphaerus'' (C.Chr.) Ching *'' Lepisorus perrierianus'' (C.Chr.) Ching *'' Lepisorus platyrhynchos'' (J.Sm. ex Kunze) Li Wang *'' Lepisorus pseudonudus'' Ching *'' Lepisorus pseudoussuriensis'' Tagawa *'' Lepisorus schraderi'' (Mett.) Ching *'' Lepisorus scolopendrium'' (Ching) Mehra & Bir *'' Lepisorus sinensis'' (Christ) Ching *'' Lepisorus sordidus'' (C.Chr.) Ching *'' Lepisorus spicatus'' (L.f.) Li Wang *'' Lepisorus subconfluens'' Ching *'' Lepisorus sublinearis'' (Baker ex Takeda) Ching *'' Lepisorus suboligolepidus'' Ching *'' Lepisorus subsessile'' Ching & Y.X.Lin *'' Lepisorus thaipaiensis'' Ching & S.K.Wu *'' Lepisorus thunbergianus'' (Kaulf.) Ching *'' Lepisorus tosaensis'' (Makino) H.Itô *'' Lepisorus tricholepis'' K.H.Shing & Y.X.Lin *'' Lepisorus uchiyamae'' (Makino) H.Itô *'' Lepisorus ussuriensis'' (Regel & Mack.) Ching *'' Lepisorus validinervis'' (Kunze) Li Wang *'' Lepisorus yamaokae'' Seriz. , ''

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'' sank the monotypic '' Paragramma'' into ''Lepisorus'', thus including the sole species ''Paragramma longifolia'' as ''Lepisorus longifolius''.

References

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