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Onychium

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Onychium
Onychium japonicum growing in Japan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Subfamily: Pteridoideae
Genus: Onychium
Kaulf.[1]
Type species
Onychium capense
Kaulf.
Species

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Synonyms
  • Leptostegia Don

Onychium is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Pteridoideae of the family Pteridaceae.[2]

Phylogeny

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As of December 2019, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species and hybrids:[3]

Nitta et al. 2022[4] and Fern Tree of life[5] Other species include:
Onychium

O. siliculosum (Desv.) C.Chr.

O. tenuifrons Ching

O. cryptogrammoides Christ

O. plumosum Ching

O. moupinense Ching

O. japonicum (Thunb.) Kunze (Japanese claw fern, carrot fern)

O. lucidum (D.Don) Spreng.

  • O. divaricatum (Poir.) Alston
  • O. kholianum Fraser-Jenk. & S.Matsumoto
  • O. ×matsumotoi Fraser-Jenk. & Kandel
  • O. vermae Fraser-Jenk. & Khullar

References

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  1. ^ "Onychium Kaulf.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-12-28
  2. ^ 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. ^ Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019), "Onychium", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.11, retrieved 2019-12-28
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Tree viewer: interactive visualization of FTOL". FTOL v1.7.0 (GenBank release 261). 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2025.