Kaulinia

Kaulinia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Pteridophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida/Pteridopsida (disputed)
Order:	Polypodiales
(unranked):	Eupolypods I
Family:	Polypodiaceae
Genus:	Kaulinia B.K.Nayar 1964
Species
Kaulinia dilatata Kaulinia hancockii Kaulinia pteropus Kaulinia zosteriformis

Kaulinia is a genus of Polypodiaceae, a family of ferns. It has been named after Professor Kailas Nath Kaul, an Indian botanist and agricultural scientist. In a morphological study of the sporophytes and gametophytes of several species of Microsorum, it became apparent that at least two phyletically distinct groups of species existed in the genus. The group represented by Microsorum pteropus and Microsorum hancockii seemed to have a different ancestry from the other group, now a genus known as Kaulinia.

References

• Nayar, B. K (1964). "Kaulinia, a new genus of polypodiaceous ferns". Taxon. 13 (2): 67–69. JSTOR 1216315.
• "Species: Kaulinia hancockii (Baker) B.Nayar". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
• "Kaulinia dilatata". Arctos. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
• "Kaulinia zosteriformis". Arctos. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
• "Kaulinia pteropus". ZipcodeZoo. Retrieved 8 January 2010.