Dryopteridaceae
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Dryopteridaceae, is a family
Family (biology)
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 of leptosporangiate fern
Leptosporangiate fern
Leptosporangiate ferns are the largest group of living ferns. They are often considered to be the class Pteridopsida or Polypodiopsida, although other classifications assign them a different rank...

s in the order
Order (biology)
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 Polypodiales
Polypodiales
The order Polypodiales encompasses the major lineages of polypod ferns, which comprise more than 80% of today's fern species. They are found in many parts of the world including tropical, semitropical and temperate areas...

. They are known colloquially
Common name
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 as the wood ferns. They comprise about 1700 species
Species
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 and have a cosmopolitan distribution
Cosmopolitan distribution
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. They may be terrestrial
Terrestrial plant
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, epipetric
Epipetric
An epipetric plant, is one that is found growing on rocks. Many ferns fall into this category of plant habitat, including Asplenium . Epipetric plants are called Lithophytes....

, hemiepiphytic
Hemiepiphyte
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, or epiphytic. Many are cultivated
Gardening
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 as ornamental plant
Ornamental plant
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s. The largest genera
Genera
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 are Elaphoglossum (600), Polystichum (260), Dryopteris (225), and Ctenitis (150). These four genera contain about 70% of the species. Dryopteridaceae diverged
Evolutionary radiation
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 from the other families in eupolypods I
Eupolypods I
Eupolypods I is a clade of ferns in the order Polypodiales. It probably diverged from Eupolypods II during the mid-Cretaceous. The divergence is supported by both molecular data and an often over-looked morphological characteristic which lies in the vasculature of the petiole. Most species that...

 about 100 Mya (million years ago).

Genera

In the list below, the first column consists of the 36 genera recognized by Alan R. Smith and coauthors in 2006. The second column contains extinct genera and genera that have been added since the 2006 classification.
  • Acrophorus
  • Acrorumohra
    Acrorumohra
    Acrorumohra is a genus of fern in family Dryopteridaceae.Species include:* Acrorumohra diffracta* Acrorumohra hasseltii* Acrorumohra subreflexipinna* Acrorumohra yoroii-External links:*...

  • Adenoderris
  • Arachniodes
    Arachniodes
    Arachniodes is a genus of fern in family Dryopteridaceae.Species include:* Arachniodes acuminata* Arachniodes damiaoshanensis* Arachniodes simplicior* Arachniodes squamulosa R.C.Moran & B.Øllg.-External links:*...

  • Ataxipteris
  • Bolbitis
    Bolbitis
    Bolbitis is a genus of ferns in family Elaphoglossaceae.Two particular members of the genus are often grown as immersed water plants in aquaria, B. heudelotii, and B. heteroclita. B. heudelotii, the African water fern, normally grows submerged in its native habitat, while B...

     (incl. Egenolfia)
  • Coveniella
  • Ctenitis
    Ctenitis
    Ctenitis is a genus of large ferns in the Dryopteridaceae.-References:*World species list for Ctenitis: http://homepages.caverock.net.nz/~bj/fern/ctenitis.htm...

  • Cyclodium
  • Cyrtogonellum
  • Cyrtomidictyum
  • Cyrtomium
    Cyrtomium
    Cyrtomium is a genus of about 15-20 species of ferns in the family Dryopteridaceae, native to Asia, Africa , and the Pacific Ocean islands...

  • Didymochlaena
  • Dryopolystichum
  • Dryopsis
  • Dryopteris
    Dryopteris
    Dryopteris , commonly called wood ferns, male ferns, and buckler ferns, is a genus of about 250 species of ferns with distribution in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, with the highest species diversity in eastern Asia. Many of the species have stout, slowly creeping rootstocks that form a crown,...

     (incl. Nothoperanema)
  • Elaphoglossum (incl. Microstaphyla, Peltapteris)  
  • Hypodematium
    Hypodematium
    -Species:*Hypodematium crenatum Kuhn*Hypodematium daochengense K. H. Shing*Hypodematium fordii Ching*Hypodematium glabrius Holtt.*Hypodematium glabrum Ching ex Shing*Hypodematium glandulosum Ching ex Shing...

  • Lastreopsis
    Lastreopsis
    Lastreopsis is a genus of ferns in the family Elaphoglossaceae.Species include:* Lastreopsis subrecedens Ching* Lastreopsis decomposita R.Br. Tindale* Lastreopsis walleri Tind....

  • Leucostegia
  • Lithostegia
  • Lomagramma
  • Maxonia
  • Megalastrum
  • Oenotrichia pro parte
  • Olfersia
  • Peranema
  • Phanerophlebia
  • Polystichum
    Polystichum
    Polystichum is a genus of about 260 species of ferns with a cosmopolitan distribution. The highest diversity is in eastern Asia, with about 120 species in China alone; the region from Mexico to Brazil has nearly 100 additional species; Africa , North America , and Europe have much lower diversity...

     (incl. Papuapteris, Plecosorus)
  • Polybotrya
    Polybotrya
    Polybotrya is a genus of ferns in family Dryopteridaceae.Species include:* Polybotrya andina, C.Chr....

  • Polystichopsis
  • Revwattsia
  • Rumohra
    Rumohra
    Rumohra is a genus of ferns in the family Elaphoglossaceae.The fronds of species within this genus contain round sori on the underside of the pinnae unlike many other ferns which have separate specialized reproductive fronds. Many of the sori have peltate indusia and have prominent scales on the...

  • Stenolepia
  • Stigmatopteris
  • Teratophyllum
  • Pleocnemia
  • Arthrobotrya
  • Mickelia
    Mickelia
    Mickelia is a genus of ferns in the family Dryopteridaceae. It is one of the six genera of bolbitidoid ferns and is sister to the very large genus Elaphoglossum. It consists of 10 species. All are native to the neotropics.- Species :...

  • Wessiea
    Wessiea
    Wessiea is an extinct monotypic genus of fern in the Dryopteridaceae family with the sole species Wessiea yakimaensis. Wessia is known from Langhian age Miocene fossils found in Central Washington....


  • Description

    Rhizomes often stout; creeping, ascending or erect, sometimes scandent or climbing
    Vine
    A vine in the narrowest sense is the grapevine , but more generally it can refer to any plant with a growth habit of trailing or scandent, that is to say climbing, stems or runners...

    , with non-clathrate scales
    Trichome
    Trichomes are fine outgrowths or appendages on plants and certain protists. These are of diverse structure and function. Examples are hairs, glandular hairs, scales, and papillae.- Algal trichomes :...

     at apices. Frond
    Frond
    The term frond refers to a large, divided leaf. In both common usage and botanical nomenclature, the leaves of ferns are referred to as fronds and some botanists restrict the term to this group...

    s usually monomorphic, less often dimorphic
    Frond dimorphism
    Frond dimorphism refers to a difference in ferns between the fertile and sterile fronds. Since ferns, unlike flowering plants, bear spores on the leaf blade itself, this may affect the form of the frond itself...

    , sometimes scaly or glandular
    Gland (botany)
    In plants, a gland is defined functionally as a plant structure which secretes one or more products. This may be located on or near the plant surface and secrete externally, or be internal to the plant and secrete into a canal or reservoir...

    , less commonly hairy. Petioles
    Petiole (botany)
    In botany, the petiole is the stalk attaching the leaf blade to the stem. The petiole usually has the same internal structure as the stem. Outgrowths appearing on each side of the petiole are called stipules. Leaves lacking a petiole are called sessile, or clasping when they partly surround the...

     with numerous round, vascular bundles
    Vascular tissue
    Vascular tissue is a complex conducting tissue, formed of more than one cell type, found in vascular plants. The primary components of vascular tissue are the xylem and phloem. These two tissues transport fluid and nutrients internally. There are also two meristems associated with vascular tissue:...

     arranged in a ring, or rarely as few as 3; the adaxial bundles largest. Veins pinnate
    Pinnate
    Pinnate is a term used to describe feather-like or multi-divided features arising from both sides of a common axis in plant or animal structures, and comes from the Latin word pinna meaning "feather", "wing", or "fin". A similar term is pectinate, which refers to a comb-like arrangement of parts...

     or forking
    Divaricate
    Divaricate is a term used in identifying plants describing the pattern of branching. Divaricate branching is roughly horizontal, usually only diverging about 15 degrees upward or downward....

    , free to variously anastomosing
    Anastomosis
    An anastomosis is the reconnection of two streams that previously branched out, such as blood vessels or leaf veins. The term is used in medicine, biology, mycology and geology....

    ; the areole
    Areole
    Areoles are an important diagnostic feature of cacti, and identify them as a family distinct from other succulent plants. The areoles on cacti are clearly visible; they generally appear as small light- to dark-colored bumps, out of which grow clusters of spines...

    s with or without included veinlets; Sori usually round, acrostichoid (covering the entire abaxial surface of the lamina) in a few lineages
    Clade
    A clade is a group consisting of a species and all its descendants. In the terms of biological systematics, a clade is a single "branch" on the "tree of life". The idea that such a "natural group" of organisms should be grouped together and given a taxonomic name is central to biological...

    ; usually indusiate, sometimes exindusiate. Indusia, when present, round-reniform or peltate. Sporangia with 3-rowed, short to long stalks; spore
    Spore
    In biology, a spore is a reproductive structure that is adapted for dispersal and surviving for extended periods of time in unfavorable conditions. Spores form part of the life cycles of many bacteria, plants, algae, fungi and some protozoa. According to scientist Dr...

    s reniform, monolete, perine winged.

    History

    In 1990, Karl U. Kramer and coauthors defined Dryopteridaceae broadly to include the present family as well as Woodsiaceae
    Woodsiaceae
    Woodsiaceae or Cliff Fern is a family of fern within the Aspleniales order....

     sensu lato, Onocleaceae
    Onocleaceae
    Onocleaceae is a small family of terrestrial ferns. There are four genera of onocleoids: Matteuccia, Onoclea, Onocleopsis, and Pentarhizidium, consisting of five species largely in north temperate climes....

     and most of Tectariaceae
    Tectariaceae
    Tectariaceae is a family of Leptosporangiate ferns in the order Polypodiales. It comprises 10 genera. Tectaria is much larger than the other genera....

    . Molecular phylogenetic studies
    Research
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     found Kramer's version
    Circumscription (taxonomy)
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     of Dryopteridaceae to be polyphyletic and it was split up
    Segregate (taxonomy)
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     by Smith and others in 2006. The inclusion of Didymochlaena, Hypodematium
    Hypodematium
    -Species:*Hypodematium crenatum Kuhn*Hypodematium daochengense K. H. Shing*Hypodematium fordii Ching*Hypodematium glabrius Holtt.*Hypodematium glabrum Ching ex Shing*Hypodematium glandulosum Ching ex Shing...

    , and Leucostegia in Dryopteridaceae is doubtful. If these three are excluded, then the family is strongly supported
    Resampling (statistics)
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     as monophyletic in cladistic analyses. Some authors have already treated
    Treatise
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     these genera outside of Dryopteridaceae.

    Nothoperanema is now included in Dryopteris
    Dryopteris
    Dryopteris , commonly called wood ferns, male ferns, and buckler ferns, is a genus of about 250 species of ferns with distribution in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, with the highest species diversity in eastern Asia. Many of the species have stout, slowly creeping rootstocks that form a crown,...

    . In 2007, a phylogenetic study of DNA sequence
    DNA sequence
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    s showed that Pleocnemia should be transferred from Tectariaceae to Dryopteridaceae. In 2010, in a paper on bolbitidoid ferns, Arthrobotrya was resurrected from Teratophyllum. Later that year, Mickelia was described as a new genus.

    Some species have been removed from the genus Oenotrichia because they do not belong there or even in the family Dennstaedtiaceae
    Dennstaedtiaceae
    Dennstaedtiaceae is one of fifteen families in the order Polypodiales, the most derived families within monilophytes . It includes the world's most abundant fern, Pteridium aquilinum . Members of the order generally have large, highly divided leaves and have either small, round intramarginal sori...

     where Oenotrichia sensu stricto is placed. These species probably belong in Dryopteridaceae, but have not yet been given a generic name.

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