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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

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genus

Polytaenium Desv.

This genus name was first published in Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 174 (1827)  

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-4000030841.

Statistics

Synonyms of Polytaenium

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Acrostichum sect. Anetium Flora Beibl., 1: 47 (1839) wfo-1000071287
Antrophyum subg. Polytaenium (Desv.) Bened. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 34: 447 (1907) wfo-1000071311
Anetium (Kunze) Splitgerber Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 7: 395 (1840) wfo-4000002073
Pteridanetium Copel. Gen. Fil. [Copeland] 224 (1947) wfo-4000031874

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

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