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Dryopteris
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The moth genus Dryopteris is now considered a junior synonym of Oreta.
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Dryopteris is a taxon at the genus rank within the family Polypodiaceae. It belongs to the order Polypodiales, class Polypodiopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The taxonomic type for this genus is Dryopteris filix-mas. Common names for the group include woodfern, Mangeløv, Wurmfarne, Wood ferns, and isikomokomo. The genus status is accepted, with Adanson listed as the authority.
Records for Dryopteris have been documented in the United States, Canada, Switzerland, Japan, and Pakistan. The genus has also been introduced to regions including Argentina South, Chatham Is., Falkland Is., New Zealand North, and New Zealand South.
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Species
Genus
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassPolypodiopsida
- OrderPolypodiales
- FamilyPolypodiaceae
Common Name: isikomokomo (Zulu)
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 12,678
- With media
- 11,085
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT, VT, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, CM, LFCC, BRIT
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada, Switzerland, Japan, Pakistan
Research
453 papers- Dryopteris crassirhizoma Nakai.: A review of its botany, traditional use, phytochemistry, pharmacological activity, toxicology and pharmacokinetics.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2024
- Dryopteris×subdiffracta (Dryopteridaceae), a new natural hybrid fern from Guangxi, China.PhytoKeys · 2024
- Antimicrobial Acylphloroglucinol Meroterpenoids and Acylphloroglucinols from Dryopteris crassirhizoma.Planta medica · 2023
- Dryopteris juxtapostia Root and Shoot: Determination of Phytochemicals; Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, and Hepatoprotective Effects; and Toxicity Assessment.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
- Phytochemical constituents from rhizomes of Dryopteris crassirhizoma and their anti-inflammatory activity.Natural product research · 2024
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Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Image
- Dryopteris filix mas nf.jpg
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- Dryopteris
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Dryopteris
- topic's main category
- Category:Dryopteris
- taxon common name
- glistovnica
- taxonomic type
- Dryopteris filix-mas
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Selected species
- Ecology
- Cultivation and uses
- See also
- References
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The moth genus Dryopteris is now considered a junior synonym of Oreta.
Dryopteris , commonly called the wood ferns, male ferns (referring in particular to Dryopteris filix-mas), or buckler ferns, is a fern genus in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Dryopteridoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). There are about 300-400 species in the genus. The species are distributed in Asia, the Americas, Europe, Africa, and the Pacific islands, with the highest diversity in eastern Asia. It is placed in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Dryopteridoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Many of the species have stout, slowly creeping rootstocks that form a crown, with a vase-like ring of fronds. The sori are round, with a peltate indusium. The stipes have prominent scales.
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