Glaphyropteridopsis | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
Family: | Thelypteridaceae |
Subfamily: | Thelypteridoideae |
Genus: |
Glaphyropteridopsis Ching; Acta phytotax. Sin. 8: 320 (1963) |
Species | |
Glaphyropteridopsis is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Thelypteridoideae, family Thelypteridaceae, order Polypodiales. It is recognized in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I); [1] in other approaches, it may be merged with Thelypteris. [2]
Glaphyropteridopsis erubescens is traditionally used in the production of kinema [3] and fermented cakes called marcha. It is applied to scorpion bites in Nigeria. It is mixed with rice water and drunk as a diarrhea remedy in India. [4]
According to World Ferns, which uses the PPG I framework: [5]