Triplophyllum

Triplophyllum
Triplophyllum hirsutum in the state of Bahia, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Polypodiineae
Family:	Tectariaceae
Genus:	Triplophyllum Holttum[1]
Species
See text.

Triplophyllum is a genus of ferns in the family Tectariaceae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).^[2]

Taxonomy

The genus Triplophyllum was erected by Richard Eric Holttum in 1986.^[1] The type species is Triplophyllum protensum, transferred from Aspidium protensum.^[2]

A 2016 molecular phylogenetic showed Triplophyllum to be in a clade containing Tectaria, sister to Hypoderris.^[3]

Tectariaceae	Pteridrys Malaifilix Draconopteris Arthropteris Tectaria Hypoderris Triplophyllum

Species

As of February 2020^[update], the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:^[1]

• Triplophyllum angustifolium Holttum
• Triplophyllum attenuatum (Pic.Serm.) Pic.Serm.
• Triplophyllum batesii Holttum
• Triplophyllum boliviense J.Prado & R.C.Moran
• Triplophyllum buchholzii (Kuhn) Holttum
• Triplophyllum chocoense J.Prado & R.C.Moran
• Triplophyllum crassifolium Holttum
• Triplophyllum dicksonioides (Fée) Holttum
• Triplophyllum dimidiatum (Mett. ex Kuhn) Holttum
• Triplophyllum fraternum (Mett.) Holttum
• Triplophyllum funestum (Kunze) Holttum
• Triplophyllum gabonense Holttum
• Triplophyllum glabrum J.Prado & R.C.Moran
• Triplophyllum heudelotii Pic.Serm.
• Triplophyllum hirsutum (Holttum) J.Prado & R.C.Moran
• Triplophyllum jenseniae (C.Chr.) Holttum
• Triplophyllum pentagonum (Bonap.) Holttum
• Triplophyllum perpilosum (Holttum) J.Prado & R.C.Moran
• Triplophyllum pilosissimum (J.Sm. ex T.Moore) Holttum
• Triplophyllum principis Holttum
• Triplophyllum protensum (Afzel. ex Sw.) Holttum
• Triplophyllum subquinquefidum (P.Beauv.) Pic.Serm.
• Triplophyllum securidiforme (Hook.) Holttum
• Triplophyllum speciosum (Mett. ex Kuhn) Holttum
• Triplophyllum troupinii (Pic.Serm.) Holttum
• Triplophyllum varians (T.Moore) Holttum
• Triplophyllum vogelii (Hook.) Holttum

References

1. Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020), "Triplophyllum", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, Version 8.20, retrieved 2020-02-05
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. Zhang, Liang; Schuettpelz, Eric; Rothfels, Carl J.; Zhou, Xin-Mao; Gao, Xin-Fen & Zhang, Li-Bing (2016), "Circumscription and phylogeny of the fern family Tectariaceae based on plastid and nuclear markers, with the description of two new genera: Draconopteris and Malaifilix (Tectariaceae)", Taxon, 65 (4): 723–738, doi:10.12705/654.3