Deparia Explained

Deparia (or the false spleenworts) is a genus of ferns. The Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) places the genus in the family Athyriaceae, although other sources include it within an expanded Aspleniaceae or Woodsiaceae.

Species

, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following species (with a note that there are "probably still too many described species in China").

• Deparia abbreviata (W.M.Chu) Z.R.He
• Deparia acrostichoides (Sw.) M.Kato
• Deparia allantodioides (Bedd.) M.Kato
• Deparia auriculata (W.M.Chu & Z.R.Wang) Z.R.Wang
• Deparia biserialis (Baker) M.Kato
• Deparia bonincola (Nakai) M.Kato
• Deparia boryana (Willd.) M.Kato
• Deparia brevipinna (Ching & K.H.Shing ex Z.R.Wang) Z.R.Wang
• Deparia cataracticola M.Kato
• Deparia chinensis (Ching) X.S.Guo & C.Du
• Deparia confluens (Kunze) M.Kato
• Deparia confusa (Ching & Y.P.Hsu) Z.R.Wang
• Deparia conilii (Franch. & Sav.) M.Kato
• Deparia coreana (Christ) M.Kato – Korean tapering glade fern^[1]
• Deparia dawuense C.M.Kuo
• Deparia dickasonii M.Kato
• Deparia dimorphophylla (Koidz.) M.Kato
• Deparia dolosa (Christ) M.Kato
• Deparia erecta (Z.R.Wang) M.Kato
• Deparia falcatipinnula (Z.R.Wang) Z.R.Wang
• Deparia fenzliana (Luerss.) M.Kato
• Deparia formosana (Rosenst.) R.Sano
• Deparia forsythii-majoris (C.Chr.) M.Kato
• Deparia giraldii (Christ) X.C.Zhang
• Deparia gordonii (Baker) M.Kato
• Deparia hainanensis (Ching) R.Sano
• Deparia henryi (Baker) M.Kato
• Deparia heterophlebia (Mett. ex Baker) R.Sano
• Deparia hirtirachis (Ching ex Z.R.Wang) Z.R.Wang
• Deparia japonica (Thunb.) M.Kato
• Deparia jinfoshanensis (Z.Y.Liu) Z.R.He
• Deparia jiulungensis (Ching) Z.R.Wang
• Deparia kaalaana (Copel.) M.Kato
• Deparia kiusiana (Koidz.) M.Kato
• Deparia lancea (Thunb.) Fraser-Jenk.
• Deparia liangshanensis (Ching ex Z.R.Wang) Z.R.Wang
• Deparia lobatocrenata (Tagawa) M.Kato
• Deparia longipes (Ching) Shinohara
• Deparia longipilosa Rakotondr.
• Deparia ludingensis (Z.R.Wang & Li Bing Zhang) Z.R.Wang
• Deparia lushanensis (J.X.Li) Z.R.He
• Deparia macdonellii (Bedd.) M.Kato
• Deparia marginalis (Hillebr.) M.Kato
• Deparia marojejyensis (Tardieu) M.Kato
• Deparia membranacea (Ching & Z.Y.Liu) Fraser-Jenk.
• Deparia minamitanii Seriz.
• Deparia okuboana (Makino) M.Kato
• Deparia omeiensis (Z.R.Wang) M.Kato
• Deparia otomasui (Sa. Kurata) Seriz.
• Deparia pachyphylla (Ching) Z.R.He
• Deparia parvisora (C.Chr.) M.Kato
• Deparia petersenii (Kunze) M.Kato
• Deparia polyrhiza (Baker) Seriz.
• Deparia prolifera (Kaulf.) Hook. & Grev.
• Deparia pseudoconilii (Seriz.) Seriz.
• Deparia pterorachis (Christ) M.Kato
• Deparia pycnosora (Christ) M.Kato
• Deparia septentrionalis Rakotondr.
• Deparia setigera (Ching ex Y.T.Hsieh) Z.R.Wang
• Deparia shandongensis (J.X.Li & Z.C.Ding) Z.R.He
• Deparia shennongensis (Ching, Boufford & K.H.Shing) X.C.Zhang
• Deparia sichuanensis (Z.R.Wang) Z.R.Wang
• Deparia stenoptera (Christ) Z.R.Wang
• Deparia subfluvialis (Hayata) M.Kato
• Deparia subsimilis (Christ) Fraser-Jenk.
• Deparia tenuifolia (Kirk) M.Kato
• Deparia thwaitesii (A.Br. ex Mett.) Christenh.
• Deparia timetensis (E.D.Br.) M.Kato
• Deparia tomitaroana (Masam.) R.Sano
• Deparia truncata (Ching ex Z.R.Wang) Z.R.Wang
• Deparia unifurcata (Baker) M.Kato
• Deparia vegetior (Kitag.) X.C.Zhang
• Deparia vermiformis (Ching, Boufford & K.H.Shing) Z.R.Wang
• Deparia viridifrons (Makino) M.Kato
• Deparia wangzhongrenii L.Y.Kuo, M.Kato & W.L.Chiou
• Deparia wilsonii (Christ) X.C.Zhang
• Deparia yunnanensis (Ching) R.Sano
• Deparia zeylanica (Hook.) M.Kato

Some hybrids are also known:

• Deparia × angustata (Nakai) Nakaike
• Deparia × kanghsienensis (Ching & Y.P.Hsu) Z.R.He
• Deparia × kiyozumiana (Sa. Kurata) Shimura
• Deparia × nakaikeana Fraser-Jenk.
• Deparia × nanchuanensis (Ching & Z.Y.Liu) Z.R.He

Notes and References

1. Book: English Names for Korean Native Plants. Korea National Arboretum. 2015. 978-89-97450-98-5. Pocheon. 437. 16 December 2016. Korea Forest Service.