Goniophlebium

Goniophlebium
Goniophlebium formosanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Polypodiineae
Family:	Polypodiaceae
Subfamily:	Microsoroideae
Genus:	Goniophlebium (Blume) C.Presl
Synonyms[1]
Metapolypodium Ching Polypodiastrum Ching Polypodiodes Ching

Goniophlebium is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Microsoroideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).^[1]

Taxonomy

A molecular phylogenetic study in 2019 suggested that Goniophlebium was sister to the rest of the subfamily Microsoroideae:^[2]

Microsoroideae	Goniophlebium Lemmaphyllum Lepidomicrosorium + Neocheiropteris + Neolepisorus + Tricholepidium Lepisorus Paragramma (as Lepisorus longifolius) Microsorum Leptochilus Bosmania Dendroconche Zealandia Lecanopteris

Species

The Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) states that the genus has 25 species.^[1] As of August 2019^[update], Plants of the World Online accepted 26 species:^[3]

• Goniophlebium amoenum (Wall. ex Mett.) Bedd.
• Goniophlebium argutum J.Sm.
• Goniophlebium benguetense (Copel.) Copel.
• Goniophlebium bourretii (C.Chr. & Tardieu) X.C.Zhang
• Goniophlebium chinense (Christ) X.C.Zhang
• Goniophlebium coadunatum Barcelona & M.G.Price
• Goniophlebium demersum (Brause) Rödl-Linder
• Goniophlebium dielseanum (C.Chr.) Rödl-Linder
• Goniophlebium fieldingianum (Kunze ex Mett.) T.Moore
• Goniophlebium formosanum (Baker) Rödl-Linder
• Goniophlebium hendersonii Bedd.
• Goniophlebium korthalsii Bedd.
• Goniophlebium lachnopus (Wall. ex Hook.) J.Sm.
• Goniophlebium manmeiense (Christ) Rödl-Linder
• Goniophlebium mehipitense (C.Chr.) Parris
• Goniophlebium mengtzeense (Christ) G.Roedl-Linder
• Goniophlebium percussum (Cav.) W.H.Wagner & Grether
• Goniophlebium persicifolium Bedd.
• Goniophlebium prainii Bedd.
• Goniophlebium pseudoconnatum (Copel.) Copel.
• Goniophlebium rajaense (C.Chr.) Parris
• Goniophlebium serratifolium Brack.
• Goniophlebium someyae (Yatabe) Ebihara
• Goniophlebium subamoenum (C.B.Clarke) Bedd.
• Goniophlebium subauriculatum (Blume) C.Presl
• Goniophlebium terrestre Copel.

References

1. 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.
2. Testo, Weston L.; Field, Ashley R.; Sessa, Emily B. & Sundue, Michael (2019), "Phylogenetic and Morphological Analyses Support the Resurrection of Dendroconche and the Recognition of Two New Genera in Polypodiaceae Subfamily Microsoroideae" (PDF), Systematic Botany, 44 (4): 737–752, doi:10.1600/036364419X15650157948607, S2CID 208176686, archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-13, retrieved 2020-02-11
3. "Goniophlebium (Blume) C.Presl", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-08-13