''Menisciopsis'' is a small
genus
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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
Thelypteridaceae
Thelypteridaceae is a family of about 900 species of ferns in the order Polypodiales. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is placed in the suborder Aspleniineae. Alternatively, the family may be submerged in a v ...
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Taxonomy
''Menisciopsis'' was raised to the rank of genus from '' Pronephrium'' sect. ''Menisciopsis'' in 2021 as a result of a phylogenetic
In biology, phylogenetics (; from Greek φυλή/ φῦλον [] "tribe, clan, race", and wikt:γενετικός, γενετικός [] "origin, source, birth") is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups o ...
study of the family Thelypteridaceae.[
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Species
, World Ferns accepted the following species:[
*'']Menisciopsis boydiae
''Menisciopsis'' is a small genus of ferns in the family Thelypteridaceae.
Taxonomy
''Menisciopsis'' was raised to the rank of genus from '' Pronephrium'' sect. ''Menisciopsis'' in 2021 as a result of a phylogenetic
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'' (D.C.Eaton) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.
*''Menisciopsis cyatheoides
''Menisciopsis'' is a small genus of ferns in the family Thelypteridaceae.
Taxonomy
''Menisciopsis'' was raised to the rank of genus from '' Pronephrium'' sect. ''Menisciopsis'' in 2021 as a result of a phylogenetic study of the family Thelypteri ...
'' (Kaulf.) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.
*''Menisciopsis lakhimpurensis
''Menisciopsis'' is a small genus of ferns in the family Thelypteridaceae.
Taxonomy
''Menisciopsis'' was raised to the rank of genus from '' Pronephrium'' sect. ''Menisciopsis'' in 2021 as a result of a phylogenetic study of the family Thelypteri ...
'' (Rosenst.) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.
*'' Menisciopsis penangiana'' (Hook.) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.
*'' Menisciopsis rubida'' (J.Sm. ex Hook.) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.
*'' Menisciopsis rubrinervis'' (Mett.) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.
*'' Menisciopsis wailele'' (Flynn) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.
References
Thelypteridaceae
Fern genera
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