Paraselliguea

Paraselliguea is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Drynarioideae of the family Polypodiaceae according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), with a single species Paraselliguea leucophora.[1]

Paraselliguea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Polypodiaceae
Subfamily: Drynarioideae
Genus: Paraselliguea
Hovenkamp[1]
Species:
P. leucophora
Binomial name
Paraselliguea leucophora
(Baker) Hovenkamp[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Pleopeltis leucophora (Baker) Alderw.
  • Polypodium leucophorum Baker
  • Polypodium melanocaulon Alderw.
  • Selliguea leucophora (Baker) Christenh.

Taxonomy

The genus Paraselliguea was first erected by Peter Hans Hovenkamp in 2000 for the species Polypodium leucophorum. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the genus is placed in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Drynarioideae.[1] Other sources place Paraselliguea leucophora in a more broadly circumscribed genus Selliguea as Selliguea leucophora.[2][3]

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References
  1. PPG I (2016), "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns", Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 54 (6): 563–603, doi:10.1111/jse.12229
  2. Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020), "Paraselliguea", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, Version 8.20, retrieved 2020-02-08
  3. "Paraselliguea leucophora (Baker) Hovenkamp", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2020-02-08


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