Parapolystichum

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|image_caption = Parapolystichum microsorum

|taxon = Parapolystichum

|authority = (Keyserl.) Ching

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|Polystichum sect. Parapolystichum|Keyserl.

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Parapolystichum is a genus of ferns in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Elaphoglossoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). The genus is mainly native to the tropics, although its range extends to southeastern Australia.

Taxonomy

The taxon was first described as the section Parapolystichum of the genus Polystichum by Keyserling in 1873.{{citation |title=Polystichum sect. Parapolystichum Keyserl. |work=The International Plant Names Index |url=https://www.ipni.org/n/17170100-1 |access-date=2020-01-24 }} It was raised to the rank of genus by Ching in 1940.{{citation |title=Parapolystichum (Keyserl.) Ching |work=The International Plant Names Index |url=https://www.ipni.org/n/17409610-1 |access-date=2020-01-24 }}

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{{As of|2020|January}}, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:

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References

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{{Citation |last1=Hassler |first1=Michael |last2=Schmitt |first2=Bernd |date=January 2020 |contribution=Parapolystichum |title=Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World |at=Version 8.20 |url=https://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu/ferns/ |access-date=2020-01-24 |name-list-style=amp }}

{{citation |title=Parapolystichum (Keyserl.) Ching |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17409610-1 |access-date=2020-01-24 }}

{{Citation |author=PPG I |year=2016 |title=A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns |journal=Journal of Systematics and Evolution |volume=54 |issue=6 |pages=563–603 |doi=10.1111/jse.12229|s2cid=39980610 |doi-access=free }}

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Category:Dryopteridaceae

Category:Fern genera

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