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Didymochlaena
Didymochlaena truncatula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Didymochlaenaceae
Ching ex Li Bing Zhang & Liang Zhang
Genus: Didymochlaena
Desv.
Type species
Didymochlaena sinuosa
Desv.
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Hippodium Gaudich.
  • Hysterocarpus Langsd. ex Fée
  • Monochlaena Gaudich. non de Cassini
  • Tegularia Reinw.

Didymochlaena is a genus of ferns. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is the only genus in the family Didymochlaenaceae.[2] Alternatively, the family may be placed in a very broadly defined family Polypodiaceae sensu lato as the subfamily Didymochlaenoideae.[3]

Description

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Members of this genus are terrestrial, evergreen plants growing 0.8–3 m (2 ft 7 in – 9 ft 10 in) tall. The fronds arise from upright, scaly rhizomes. The leaves are bipinnate and imparipinnate.[4]

Phylogeny

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This genus includes the following species:[1]

External phylogeny from PPG I 2016 [2] Internal phylogeny from Fern Tree of Life[5][6]
Polypodiineae
(eupolypods I)
Didymochlaena

D. truncatula (Sw.) J.Sm.

section

D. mesoamericana Li Bing Zhang & H.Shang

D. alpina Li Bing Zhang & H.Shang

D. amazonica Li Bing Zhang & H.Shang

Amazonicae
section

D. sinuosa Desv.

D. philippensis Li Bing Zhang & H.Shang

D. punctata Li Bing Zhang & H.Shang

D. oceanica Li Bing Zhang & H.Shang

D. fijiensis Li Bing Zhang & H.Shang

D. solomonensis Li Bing Zhang & H.Shang

Didymochlaena
section

D. cameroonensis Li Bing Zhang & H.Shang

D. dimidiata Kunze

D. spinulosa (Brause) Li Bing Zhang & H.Shang

D. attenuata (Bonap.) Li Bing Zhang & H.Shang

D. madagascariensis Li Bing Zhang & H.Shang

D. deltoidea Li Bing Zhang & H.Shang

D. bipinnatipartita (Bonap.) Li Bing Zhang & H.Shang

D. microphylla (Bonap.) C.Chr.

Spinulosae

Other species include:[citation needed]

  • D. comorensis Li Bing Zhang & H.Shang
  • D. cubensis Li Bing Zhang & H.Shang
  • D. pulcherrima Herter
  • D. squamata (Willd.) Desv.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Didymochlaena Desv". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b PPG I (2016), "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns", Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 54 (6): 563–603, doi:10.1111/jse.12229, S2CID 39980610
  3. ^ Christenhusz, Maarten J.M. & Chase, Mark W. (2014). "Trends and concepts in fern classification". Annals of Botany. 113 (9): 571–594. doi:10.1093/aob/mct299. PMC 3936591. PMID 24532607.
  4. ^ Shang, Hui; Zhang, Li-Bing (2023). "Systematics of the Fern Genus Didymochlaena (Didymochlaenaceae)". Systematic Botany. 48 (1): 110–139. doi:10.1600/036364423X16758873924144.
  5. ^ Nitta, Joel H.; Schuettpelz, Eric; Ramírez-Barahona, Santiago; Iwasaki, Wataru; et al. (2022). "An Open and Continuously Updated Fern Tree of Life". Frontiers in Plant Science. 13: 909768. doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.909768. PMC 9449725. PMID 36092417.
  6. ^ "Tree viewer: interactive visualization of FTOL". FTOL v1.7.0 (GenBank release 261). 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2025.