''Polyphlebium'' is a fern genus in the family Hymenophyllaceae. The genus is accepted in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) but not by some other sources.

Taxonomy

The genus ''Polyphlebium'' was erected by

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in 1938. Its status, like other genera in the family Hymenophyllaceae, remains disputed. The Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) accepts the genus, saying that there are about 15 species. , the ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' lists 17 species, whereas ''

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'' sinks the genus into '' Trichomanes''.

Species

, the ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' accepted the following species: *''

Polyphlebium angustatum ''Polyphlebium angustatum'' is a species of fern in the family Hymenophyllaceae. It is found in South America and on a number of Atlantic islands, including Tristan da Cunha. The genus ''Polyphlebium'' is accepted in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Gr ...

'' (Carmich.) Ebihara & Dubuisson *''

Polyphlebium borbonicum ''Polyphlebium'' is a fern genus in the family Hymenophyllaceae. The genus is accepted in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) but not by some other sources. Taxonomy The genus ''Polyphlebium'' was erected by Edwin Cop ...

'' (Bosch) Ebihara & Dubuisson *''

Polyphlebium capillaceum ''Polyphlebium'' is a fern genus in the family Hymenophyllaceae. The genus is accepted in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) but not by some other sources. Taxonomy The genus ''Polyphlebium'' was erected by Edwin Cop ...

'' (L.) Ebihara & Dubuisson *''

Polyphlebium colensoi ''Polyphlebium'' is a fern genus in the family Hymenophyllaceae. The genus is accepted in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) but not by some other sources. Taxonomy The genus ''Polyphlebium'' was erected by Edwin Cop ...

'' (Hook. fil.) Ebihara & K.Iwats. *''

Polyphlebium diaphanum ''Polyphlebium'' is a fern genus in the family Hymenophyllaceae. The genus is accepted in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) but not by some other sources. Taxonomy The genus ''Polyphlebium'' was erected by Edwin Cop ...

'' (Kunth) Ebihara & Dubuisson *''

Polyphlebium endlicherianum ''Polyphlebium'' is a fern genus in the family Hymenophyllaceae. The genus is accepted in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) but not by some other sources. Taxonomy The genus ''Polyphlebium'' was erected by Edwin Cop ...

'' (C.Presl) Ebihara & K.Iwats. *''

Polyphlebium exsectum ''Polyphlebium'' is a fern genus in the family Hymenophyllaceae. The genus is accepted in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) but not by some other sources. Taxonomy The genus ''Polyphlebium'' was erected by Edwin Cop ...

'' (Kunze) Ebihara & Dubuisson *''

Polyphlebium haughtii ''Polyphlebium'' is a fern genus in the family Hymenophyllaceae. The genus is accepted in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) but not by some other sources. Taxonomy The genus ''Polyphlebium'' was erected by Edwin Cop ...

'' (Morton) comb. ined. *''

Polyphlebium herzogii ''Polyphlebium'' is a fern genus in the family Hymenophyllaceae. The genus is accepted in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) but not by some other sources. Taxonomy The genus ''Polyphlebium'' was erected by Edwin Cop ...

'' (Rosenst.) A.R.Sm. & M.Kessler *''

Polyphlebium hymenophylloides ''Polyphlebium'' is a fern genus in the family Hymenophyllaceae. The genus is accepted in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) but not by some other sources. Taxonomy The genus ''Polyphlebium'' was erected by Edwin Cop ...

'' (Bosch) Ebihara & Dubuisson *''

Polyphlebium ingae ''Polyphlebium'' is a fern genus in the family Hymenophyllaceae. The genus is accepted in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) but not by some other sources. Taxonomy The genus ''Polyphlebium'' was erected by Edwin Cop ...

'' (C.Chr.) Ebihara & Dubuisson *''

Polyphlebium philippianum ''Polyphlebium'' is a fern genus in the family Hymenophyllaceae. The genus is accepted in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) but not by some other sources. Taxonomy The genus ''Polyphlebium'' was erected by Edwin Cop ...

'' (Sturm) Ebihara & Dubuisson *''

Polyphlebium pyxidiferum ''Polyphlebium'' is a fern genus in the family Hymenophyllaceae. The genus is accepted in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) but not by some other sources. Taxonomy The genus ''Polyphlebium'' was erected by Edwin Cop ...

'' (L.) Ebihara & Dubuisson *''

Polyphlebium tenuissimum ''Polyphlebium tenuissimum'', synonym ''Trichomanes tenuissimum'', is a species of fern in the family Hymenophyllaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. In 2006, in a taxonomic revision of the family Hymenophyllaceae, Ebihara et al. assigned this species ...

'' (Bosch) comb. ined. *''

Polyphlebium venosum ''Polyphlebium venosum'', the veined bristle-fern or bristle filmy fern, is a fern in the family Hymenophyllaceae. It is only found in wet forests, mainly growing as an epiphyte on the shady side of the soft tree fern, ''Dicksonia antartica''. ...

'' (R.Br.) Copel. *''

Polyphlebium vieillardii ''Polyphlebium'' is a fern genus in the family Hymenophyllaceae. The genus is accepted in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) but not by some other sources. Taxonomy The genus ''Polyphlebium'' was erected by Edwin Cop ...

'' (Bosch) Ebihara & K.Iwats. *''

Polyphlebium werneri ''Polyphlebium'' is a fern genus in the family Hymenophyllaceae. The genus is accepted in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) but not by some other sources. Taxonomy The genus ''Polyphlebium'' was erected by Edwin Cop ...

'' (Rosenst.) Ebihara & K.Iwats.

References

Hymenophyllales Fern genera {{Polypodiidae-stub

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See also

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