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Rhachidosorus

Rhachidosoraceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida/Pteridopsida
(disputed)
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Rhachidosoraceae
X.C.Zhang 2011
Genus & Species

Rhachidosorus Ching 1964

  • R. mesosorus (Mak.) Ching 1964

Rhachidosorus Ching 1964

Rhachidosoraceae is a family of ferns in the order Polypodiales. Its only genus is Rhachidosorus, which was described by Ren Chang Ching in 1964, with about 7 species in eastern and southeastern Asia, including Japan, the Philippines, and Sumatra.

The species of Rhachidosorus, all published, with the genus name, by Ching in Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica volume 9, number 1 include:

The following diagram for the eupolypods II, based on Lehtonen, 2011, and Rothfels & al., 2012, shows a likely phylogenic relationship between the Rhachidosoraceae and the other families of the eupolypods II clade.

Cystopteridaceae

Rhachidosoraceae

Diplaziopsidaceae

Aspleniaceae

Hemidictyaceae

Thelypteridaceae

Woodsiaceae

Onocleaceae

Blechnaceae

Athyriaceae



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