Sitobolium
Genus of ferns
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Sitobolium is a genus of ferns described as a genus in 1827. It is distributed across tropical and eastern Asia and temperate North America. Long sunk into Dennstaedtia, it was revived in 2023 on the basis of phylogenetic evidence.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Family: | Dennstaedtiaceae |
| Genus: | Sitobolium Desv. |
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Synonymy
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List of species
As of October 2025[update], the following species are accepted in the genus as currently circumscribed by the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World:[1]
- Sitobolium appendiculatum (Wall.) L.A.Triana & Sundue
- Sitobolium hirsutum (Sw.) L.A.Triana & Sundue
- Sitobolium punctilobulum (Michx.) Desv.
- Sitobolium wilfordii (T.Moore) L.A.Triana & Sundue
- Sitobolium zeylanicum (Sw.) L.A.Triana & Sundue