Sticherus

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Sticherus
Sticherus flabellatus at Elvina Bay, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Gleicheniales
Family: Gleicheniaceae
Genus: Sticherus
C.Presl
Type species
Sticherus laevigatus
(Willdenow) Presl

Sticherus is a genus of about 80–90 species of fern.[1][2]

In Australia they are commonly referred to as shield ferns. In the United States they are commonly referred to as umbrella ferns.[3]

The fronds are branched at least once with each pair of branches spreading out, forming an umbrella like layer of foliage. Fronds are mostly hairless and often glaucous beneath the frond.

Species[edit]

The following species are recognised as of February 2023.[4]

Phylogeny of Sticherus[5][6]

S. truncatus (Willdenow) Nakai 1950

S. brackenridgei (Fournier) St. John 1942

S. flagellaris (Bory ex Willdenow) Ching 1940

S. cryptocarpus (Hooker) Ching 1940

S. owhyhensis (Hooker) Ching 1940

S. tahitensis (Copeland) St. John 1942

S. cunninghamii (Heward ex Hooker) Ching 1940 (umbrella fern)

S. tener (Brown) Ching 1940 (Silky fan fern)

S. flabellatus (Brown) St. John 1942 (shiny fan fern)

S. urceolatus Garrett & Kantvilas 1998

S. bifidus (Willdenow) Ching 1940

S. hypoleucus (Sodiro) Copeland 1947

S. furcatus (von Linné) Ching 1940

S. compactus (Christ) Nakai 1950

S. retroflexus (Bornmüller ex Christ) Copeland 1947

Other species include:

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sticherus". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
  2. ^ "Sticherus". Zipcodezoo.
  3. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sticherus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  4. ^ Hassler, Michael (2004–2023). "Gleichenia Smith". World Plants: Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. 15.1. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  5. ^ 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. doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.909768. PMC 9449725. PMID 36092417.
  6. ^ "Tree viewer: interactive visualization of FTOL". FTOL v1.5.0 [GenBank release 256]. 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.