Triplophyllum | |
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Triplophyllum hirsutum in the state of Bahia, Brazil | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
Family: | Tectariaceae |
Genus: |
Triplophyllum Holttum [1] |
Species | |
Triplophyllum is a genus of ferns in the family Tectariaceae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). [2]
The genus Triplophyllum was erected by Richard Eric Holttum in 1986. [1] The type species is Triplophyllum protensum, transferred from Aspidium protensum. [2]
A 2016 molecular phylogenetic showed Triplophyllum to be in a clade containing Tectaria, sister to Hypoderris. [3]
Tectariaceae |
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As of February 2020 [update], the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species: [1]