Pyrrosia

<i>Pyrrosia</i>

Pyrrosia

Genus of ferns


Pyrrosia is a genus of about 100 fern species in the polypod family, Polypodiaceae.[2] Like other species in Polypodiaceae, the species of Pyrrosia are generally epiphytic on trees or rocks, a few species are terrestrial. The Latin name of Pyrrosia comes from the Greek pyrrhos (red), which refers to its leaves that are red due to the sporangia.

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Species list

  • Pyrrosia abbreviata (Zoll. & Mor.) Hovenkamp
  • Pyrrosia adnascens (Sw.) Ching
  • Pyrrosia angustata (Sw.) Ching
  • Pyrrosia angustissima (Giesenh. ex Diels) Tagawa & K. Iwats.
  • Pyrrosia assimilis (Baker) Ching
  • Pyrrosia asterosora (Baker) Hovenkamp
  • Pyrrosia blepharolepis (C. Chr.) Ching
  • Pyrrosia boothii (Hook.) Ching
  • Pyrrosia borneensis (Copel.) K.H. Shing
  • Pyrrosia brassii (Copel.) Pic. Serm.
  • Pyrrosia christii (Giesenh.) Ching
  • Pyrrosia confluens (R. Br.) Ching
  • Pyrrosia costata (Wall. ex C. Presl) Tagawa & K. Iwats.
  • Pyrrosia dimorpha X.H. Guo & S.B. Zhou
  • Pyrrosia dispar (H. Christ) K.H. Shing
  • Pyrrosia distichocarpa (Mett.) K.H. Shing
  • Pyrrosia drakeana (Franch.) Ching
  • Pyrrosia eleagnifolia (Bory) Hovenkamp
  • Pyrrosia fengiana Ching
  • Pyrrosia flocculosa (D. Don) Ching
  • Pyrrosia foveolata (Alston) C.V. Morton
  • Pyrrosia fuohaiensis Ching & K.H. Shing
  • Pyrrosia gardneri (Mett.) Sledge
  • Pyrrosia hastata (Thunb.) Ching
  • Pyrrosia heterophylla (L.) M.G. Price
  • Pyrrosia intermedia (Goy) K.H. Shing
  • Pyrrosia laevis (J. Sm. ex Bedd.) Ching
  • Pyrrosia lanceolata (L.) Farw.
  • Pyrrosia liebuschii (Hieron.) Schelpe
  • Pyrrosia linearifolia (Hook.) Ching
  • Pyrrosia lingua (Thunb.) Farw.
  • Pyrrosia longifolia (Burm. f.) C.V. Morton
  • Pyrrosia macrocarpa (Copel.) K.H. Shing
  • Pyrrosia madagascariensis (C. Chr.) Schelpe
  • Pyrrosia mannii (Giesenh.) Ching
  • Pyrrosia matsudai (Hayata) Tagawa
  • Pyrrosia mechowii Alston
  • Pyrrosia micraster (Copel.) Tagawa
  • Pyrrosia mollis (Kunze) Ching
  • Pyrrosia novo-guineae (H. Christ) M.G. Price
  • Pyrrosia nummulariifolia (Sw.) Ching
  • Pyrrosia oblanceolata (C. Chr.) Tardieu
  • Pyrrosia obovata (Blume) Ching
  • Pyrrosia pannosa (Mett. ex Kuhn) Ching
  • Pyrrosia petiolosa (H. Christ) Ching
  • Pyrrosia piloselloides (L.) M.G. Price
  • Pyrrosia polydactyla (Hance) Ching
  • Pyrrosia porosa (C. Presl) Hovenkamp
  • Pyrrosia princeps (Mett.) C.V. Morton
  • Pyrrosia pseudodrakeana K.H. Shing
  • Pyrrosia rasamalae (Racib.) K.H. Shing
  • Pyrrosia rhodesiana (C. Chr.) Schelpe
  • Pyrrosia rupestris Ching
  • Pyrrosia samarensis (C. Presl) Ching
  • Pyrrosia scolopendrina Ching
  • Pyrrosia sheareri (Baker) Ching
  • Pyrrosia shennongensis K.H. Shing
  • Pyrrosia similis Ching
  • Pyrrosia sphaerosticha (Mett.) Ching
  • Pyrrosia stigmosa (Sw.) Ching
  • Pyrrosia stolzii (Hieron.) Schelpe
  • Pyrrosia subfurfuracea (Hook.) Ching
  • Pyrrosia transmorrisonensis (Hayata) Ching
  • Pyrrosia tricholepis (Carr. ex Seemann) Ching

References

  1. "Pyrrosia Mirb.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-08-14
  2. 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. S2CID 39980610.

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