Ctenitis

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Ctenitis is a fern genus in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Dryopteridoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[1]

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Ctenitis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Subfamily: Dryopteridoideae
Genus: Ctenitis
(C.Chr.) C.Chr.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Ataxipteris Holttum
  • Dryopteris subg. Ctenitis C.Chr.
  • Pseudotectaria Tardieu
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Selected species

The genus has a large number of species. The PPG I classification suggested that there were about 125 species;[1] as of February 2020, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World listed 143.[2]

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