Adenophorus Explained

Adenophorus is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Grammitidoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). The genus is endemic to Hawaii.^{[1] [2]}

Species

, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following species and hybrids:

• Adenophorus × abbottiae W.H.Wagner
• Adenophorus abietinus (D.C.Eaton) K.A.Wilson
• Adenophorus × carsonii Ranker
• Adenophorus epigaeus (L.E.Bishop) W.H.Wagner
• Adenophorus haalilioanus (Brack.) K.A.Wilson
• Adenophorus hymenophylloides (Kaulf.) Hook. & Grev.
• Adenophorus oahuensis (Copel.) L.E.Bishop
• Adenophorus periens L.E.Bishop
• Adenophorus sarmentosus (Brack.) K.A.Wilson
• Adenophorus tamariscinus (Kaulf.) Hook. & Grev.
• Adenophorus tenellus (Kaulf.) Ranker
• Adenophorus tripinnatifidus Gaudich.

Notes and References

1. Ranker, T. A. (1992). Adenophorus x carsonii hyb. nov. (Grammitidaceae): A new endemic hybrid from the island of Hawaii. Novon 2:4 408-10.
2. Ranker, T. A., et al. (2003). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution of the endemic Hawaiian genus Adenophorus (Grammitidaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 26 337-47.