Didymochlaena

Didymochlaena is a genus of fern with only one species, Didymochlaena truncatula, also known under the synonym Didymochlaena sinuosa.[1] In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is the only genus in the family Didymochlaenaceae.[2] Alternatively, the family may be placed in a very broadly defined family Polypodiaceae sensu lato as the subfamily Didymochlaenoideae.[3] It is commonly grown as a house plant, and is sometimes known as the mahogany maidenhair.[citation needed]

Didymochlaena
DidymochlaenaTruncatula.jpg
Scientific classificationedit
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Tracheophytes
Division:Polypodiophyta
Class:Polypodiopsida
Order:Polypodiales
Suborder:Polypodiineae
Family:Didymochlaenaceae
Genus:Didymochlaena
Desv.
Species:
D. truncatula
Binomial name
Didymochlaena truncatula
(Sw.) J.Sm.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Adiantum lunulatum Houtt.
  • Aspidium cultratum C.Presl
  • Aspidium squamatum Willd.
  • Aspidium squamosum Poir.
  • Aspidium truncatulum Sw.
  • Asplenium fruticosum Vell.
  • Asplenium ramosum Poir.
  • Didymochlaena dimidiata Kunze
  • Didymochlaena lunulata Desv.
  • Didymochlaena microphylla (Bonap.) C.Chr.
  • Didymochlaena pulcherrima (Raddi) Herter
  • Didymochlaena sinuosa Desv.
  • Didymochlaena squamata (Willd.) Desv.
  • Diplazium pulcherrimum Raddi
  • Lindsaea spinulosa Brause
  • Monochlaena sinuosa (Desv.) Gaudich.
  • Nephrolepis lunulata Keyserl.
  • Tegularia adiantifolia Reinw.

PhylogenyEdit

The following cladogram for the suborder Polypodiineae (eupolypods I), based on the consensus cladogram in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I),[2] shows a likely phylogenetic relationship between Didymochlaenaceae and the other families of the clade.

Polypodiineae (eupolypods I)
 

Didymochlaenaceae

 
 
 

Hypodematiaceae

 
 
 

Dryopteridaceae

 
 
 
 

Nephrolepidaceae

 
 

Lomariopsidaceae

 
 
 
 

Tectariaceae

 
 
 

Oleandraceae

 
 
 

Davalliaceae

 
 

Polypodiaceae

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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