Doodia
Genus of ferns
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Doodia is a genus of ferns in the family Blechnaceae, subfamily Blechnoideae, in the suborder Aspleniineae (eupolypods II).[1] It is named after Samuel Doody (1656–1706), an English botanist.[2] Distribution of the genus includes parts of Australia and New Zealand.[3]
| Doodia | |
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| Doodia caudata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
| Family: | Blechnaceae |
| Subfamily: | Blechnoideae |
| Genus: | Doodia R.Br.[1] |
Phylogenic studies found Doodia to be embedded within the paraphyletic Blechnum as then circumscribed.[4] In 2011, Christenhusz et al. therefore reassigned Doodia species to Blechnum.[5][6] The alternative taken in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) is to split Blechnum into a number of smaller genera, including Doodia.[1]
Species
As of July 2025[update], the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following twenty species and one hybrid:[7]
- Doodia aspera R.Br.
- Doodia australis (Parris) Parris
- Doodia brackenridgei Carruth.
- Doodia caudata (Cav.) R.Br.
- Doodia dissecta Parris
- Doodia dives Kunze
- Doodia gracilis Copel.
- Doodia heterophylla (F.M.Bailey) Domin
- Doodia hindii Tindale ex Chambers
- Doodia kunthiana Gaudich.
- Doodia linearis C. Moore ex J. Sm.
- Doodia lyonii O.Deg.
- Doodia marquesensis E.D.Br.
- Doodia maxima (R.Br.) J.Sm.
- Doodia media R.Br.
- Doodia milnei Carruth.
- Doodia mollis Parris
- Doodia paschalis C.Chr.
- Doodia scaberula Parris
- Doodia squarrosa Colenso
Hybrid
- Doodia × digena Parris
