Biology:Actinostachys

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Short description: Genus of ferns

Actinostachys
Actinostachys melanesica (Selling) C.F.Reed (AM AK354031-2).jpg
A. melanesica in the collections of the Auckland Museum
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Schizaeales
Family: Schizaeaceae
Genus: Actinostachys
Wall.
Type species
Actinostachys digitata
(L.) Wallich ex Reed
Species

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Actinostachys is a genus of small ferns originally included in the genus Schizaea. The genus was segregated on the basis of the flabelliform (fan-shaped) laminae. The genus is colloquially called the ray ferns.

Species

(As of June 2022), World Ferns accepted the following species:[1]

Phylogeny of Actinostachys[2][3]

A. digitata (L.) Wallich ex C.F. Reed

A. wagneri (Selling) C.F. Reed

A. pennula (Sw.) Hook.

A. subtrijuga (Mart.) C. Presl

A. confusa (Selling) C.F. Reed

A. laevigata (Mett.) C.F. Reed

A. melanesica (Selling) C.F. Reed

Other species include:

  • Actinostachys balansae (Fourn.) C.F. Reed
  • Actinostachys inopinata (Selling) C.F. Reed
  • Actinostachys intermedia (Mett.) C.F. Reed
  • Actinostachys macrofunda Bierh.
  • Actinostachys minuta Amoroso & Coritico
  • Actinostachys oligostachys Bierh.
  • Actinostachys plana (Fourn.) C.F. Reed
  • Actinostachys simplex Amoroso & Coritico
  • Actinostachys spirophylla (W. Troll) C.F. Reed
  • Actinostachys tenuis (Fourn.) C.F. Reed

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4677003 entry