Christella | |
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Christella dentata | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
Family: | Thelypteridaceae |
Subfamily: | Thelypteridoideae |
Genus: |
Christella H.Lév. [1] |
Species | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Christella is a genus of around 70-80 species of ferns in the subfamily Thelypteridoideae of the family Thelypteridaceae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). [3] [2] Other sources sink Christella into a very broadly defined genus Thelypteris. [4] The genus was named after Konrad H. Christ, a Swiss botanist. [5] [6] The distribution of these plants is mostly in the tropics and sub tropical areas. [7] An Australian example is C. dentata. [8]
As of January 2020 [update], the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following species: [2]