Teratophyllum

Teratophyllum is a genus of ferns in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Elaphoglossoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). The genus is native to Malesia.

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GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassPolypodiopsida
OrderPolypodiales
FamilyDryopteridaceae

Native toBismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Caroline Is., Cook Is., Hainan, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines

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Specimen records: 50
With media: 34
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Collections: BRIT, US, MO, ANSP, MICH, NY
Recorded in: Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam, New Caledonia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Malaysia/Sabah

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Instance of: taxon
Image: Teratophyllum wilkesianum (Brack.) Holttum (AM AK355606-2).jpg

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taxon rank: genus
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=17436
topic's main category: Category:Teratophyllum
taxon name: Teratophyllum
taxon common name: 符藤蕨属

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Teratophyllum is a genus of ferns in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Elaphoglossoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). The genus is native to Malesia.

==Taxonomy== Teratophyllum was attributed to Georg Heinrich Mettenius when it was first published by Friedrich Kuhn in 1869. The genus is recognized in the PPG I classification, and by the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. , Plants of the World Online also recognized the genus, but with a wider circumscription that included Arthrobotrya.

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