Struthiopteris

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Struthiopteris is a genus of ferns belonging to the family Blechnaceae, subfamily Blechnoideae.

Species

In the circumscription used in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the genus contains five species. The Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World places three of these species in the genus Spicantopsis.

Struthiopteris amabilis (Makino) Ching (syn. Blechnum amabile Makino) = Spicantopsis amabilis (Makino) Nakai
Struthiopteris castanea (Makino & Nemoto) Nakai (syns Lomaria castanea Makino, Blechnum castaneum Makino & Nemoto)
Struthiopteris fallax (Lange) S.Molino, Gabriel y Galán & Wasowicz
Struthiopteris hancockii (Hance) Tagawa (syn. Blechnum hancockii Hance) = Spicantopsis hancockii (Hance) Masam.
Struthiopteris niponica (Kunze) Nakai (syns Lomaria niponica Kunze, Blechnum niponicum Makino) = Spicantopsis niponica (Kunze) Nakai
Struthiopteris spicant (L.) F.W.Weiss (syns Osmunda spicant L., Blechnum spicant (L.) Sm.)

References

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{{Citation |last1=Hassler |first1=Michael |last2=Schmitt |first2=Bernd |date=November 2019 |contribution=Spicantopsis |title=Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World |at=8.11 |url=https://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu/ferns/ |access-date=2019-12-23 |name-list-style=amp }}

{{Citation |last1=Gasper |first1=André Luís De |last2=Dittrich |first2=Vinícius Antonio De Oliveira |last3=Smith |first3=Alan Reid |last4=Salino |first4=Alexandre |date=2016-09-21 |title=A classification for Blechnaceae (Polypodiales: Polypodiopsida): New genera, resurrected names, and combinations |journal=Phytotaxa |volume=275 |issue=3 |pages=191–227 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308389609 |access-date=2019-08-11 |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.275.3.1 |issn=1179-3163 |name-list-style=amp }}

{{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:Blechnaceae

Category:Fern genera

Category:Taxa named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli