Onoclea
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pteridophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida / Pteridopsida (disputed) |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| (unranked): | Eupolypods II |
| Family: | Onocleaceae |
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Onoclea L. 1753 |
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Onoclea is a genus of plants in the Onocleaceae family, native to moist habitats in eastern Asia and eastern North America. They are deciduous ferns with sterile fronds arising from creeping rhizomes in spring, dying down at first frost. Fertile fronds appear in late summer. Depending on the authority, the genus contains one to five species.
Commonly accepted Onoclea species and their synonyms include:
The following phylogram show a likely relationship between the Onoclea species:
O. orientalis (Pentarhizidium orientale)
O. intermedia (Pentarhizidium intermedium)
O. struthiopteris (Matteuccia struthiopteris)
O. hintonii (Onocleopsis hintonii)
O. sensibilis var interrupta
O. sensibilis var sensibilis
The following Onoclea species have been transferred to other genera as indicated below.
Note that some authors consider the genera of the Onocleaceae family to be so similar that they should remain under a single Onolcea genus.
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