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genus

Dryopteris Adans.

This genus name was first published in Fam. Pl. (Adanson) 2: 20, 551. 1763  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000012657.

Statistics

Synonyms of Dryopteris

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Gleichenia Neck. Elem. Bot. (Necker) 3: 314 (1790) wfo-1000071332
Megalastrum J.Sm. Hist. Fil. 216 (1875) wfo-1000071350
Pteris Gled. Syst. Pl. [Gleditsch] 289 (1764) wfo-1000071367
Sphaeropteris R.Br. ex Wall. Pl. asiat. rar. 1: 41 (1830) (nom. illeg.) wfo-1000071373
Rumohra sect. Acrorumohra H.Ito J. Jap. Bot. 11: 583. 1935 wfo-3400002381
Dryopteris sect. Dryopsis (Holttum & P.J.Edwards) Li Bing Zhang Phytotaxa 71: 18. 2012 [6 Nov 2012] [epublished] wfo-3400007029
Dryopteris sect. Stenolepia (Alderw.) L.Y.Kuo & Y.H.Chang Syst. Bot. 41(3): 603. 2016 [26 Aug 2016] [epublished] wfo-3400007591
Ctenitis subg. Dryopsis Ching Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 8: 280. 1938 wfo-3500000609
Dryopteris subg. Lophodium (Newman) Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 35: 10. 2003 [20 Aug. 2003] wfo-3500001602
Acrophorus C.Presl Tent. Pterid. 93 (1836) wfo-4000000436
Acrorumohra (H.Ito) H.Ito Nov. Fl. Jap. 4: 101. 1939 wfo-4000000450
Arthrobotrys Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 395 (1829) wfo-4000003154
Diacalpe Blume Enum. Pl. Javae 2: 241 (1828) wfo-4000011264
Dichasium (A.Braun) Fée Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic. 302 (1852) wfo-4000011407
Diclisodon T.Moore Index Fil. (T.Moore) 2: xcv (1857) wfo-4000011489
Dryopsis Holttum & P.J.Edwards Kew Bull. 41(1): 179. 1986 [24 Feb 1986] wfo-4000012652
Filix Ség. Pl. Veron. 3: 53 (1754), nom. rej. wfo-4000014759
Filix-mas Hill ex Farw. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12(8): 235, 253. 1931 [Mar 1931] wfo-4000014763
Lophodium Newman Phytologist 4: 371, app. XVI (1851) wfo-4000022214
Nephrodium Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Michaux) 2: 266. 1803 [19 Mar 1803] wfo-4000025923
Nothoperanema (Tagawa) Ching Acta Phytotax. Sin. 11(1): 25 (1966) wfo-4000026291
Oligocampia Trevis. Atti Reale Ist. Veneto Sci. Lett. Arti 2(2): 165 (1851) wfo-4000026728
Peranema D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 12 (1825) wfo-4000028700
Pycnopteris T.Moore Gard. Chron. 1855: 468 (1855) wfo-4000032236
Revwattsia D.L.Jones Fl. Australia 48: 711 (1998) wfo-4000032806
Stenolepia Alderw. Bull. Dépt. Agric. Indes Néerl. 27: 45 (1909) wfo-4000036510
Athyriorumohra wfo-4000043327
Desmopodium J.Sm. Index Fil. (T.Moore) 14-15: 308 (1861) wfo-4000043345
Gymnothalmium Zenker wfo-4000043357
Nematopera Kunze Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 797 (1845) wfo-4000043388
Nephrodium Rich. Cat. Pl. Jard. Méd. Paris 120 (1801) wfo-4000043390
Pachyderris J.Sm. Index Fil. (T.Moore) 6: cxlvi (1859) wfo-4000043399
Podeilema R.Br. Pl. Asiat. Rar. (Wallich). 1: 42 (1830) wfo-4000043408
Psidopodium Neck. Elem. Bot. (Necker) 3: 315 (1790) wfo-4000043415
Pteris Gled. ex Scop. Fl. Carniol. 170. 1760 [15 Jun-21 Jul 1760] wfo-4000043418
Syneuron J.Sm. ex Hook. Hooker's Icon. Pl. 6: t.950 (1854) wfo-4000043436
Gymnothalamium Zenker Linnaea 24(3): 287 (1851) wfo-4000043883
Anopodium J.Sm. Cat. Cult. Ferns: 16 (1857) wfo-4100004322
Arsenopteris Webb & Berthel. Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries (Phytogr.) 3: 437 (1847) wfo-4100004328
Microdictyon Fée Mém. Foug. 11 (Hist. Foug. Antil.): 66 (1866) wfo-4100004488
Monophlebia T.Moore Index Fil. [T. Moore] 89 (1857) wfo-4100004493

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These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Dryopteris:

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