Polytaenium Explained

Polytaenium is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Vittarioideae of the family Pteridaceae. Species are native to Mexico and Southern America.

Phylogeny

, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:

• P. anetioides Benedict
• P. dussianum Benedict
• P. intramarginale (Baker ex Jenman) Alston
• P. jenmanii Benedict
• P. ophioglossoides (Lellinger) S.Linds.
• P. quadriseriatum Benedict
• P. urbani (Brause) Alain

Notes and References

1. Nitta . Joel H. . Schuettpelz . Eric . Ramírez-Barahona . Santiago . Iwasaki . Wataru . et al. . 2022 . An Open and Continuously Updated Fern Tree of Life . Frontiers in Plant Science . 13 . 909768. 10.3389/fpls.2022.909768 . 36092417. 9449725. free.
2. Web site: et al. . 2023 . Tree viewer: interactive visualization of FTOL . FTOL v1.5.0 [GenBank release 256] . 17 August 2023.