Arthrobotrya

Arthrobotrya is a genus of ferns in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Elaphoglossoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).^[1] The genus is native to Australia and New Zealand.^[2]

Arthrobotrya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Polypodiineae
Family:	Dryopteridaceae
Subfamily:	Elaphoglossoideae
Genus:	Arthrobotrya J.Sm.[1]
Species
See text.

Taxonomy

Arthrobotrya was first described by John Smith in 1875.^[2] The genus is recognized in the PPG I classification, and by the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World.^[1][2] Plants of the World Online sinks the genus into Teratophyllum.^[3]

Species

As of January 2020^[update], the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:^[2]

• Arthrobotrya articulata (J.Sm. ex Fée) J.Sm.
• Arthrobotrya brightiae (F.Muell.) Pic.Serm.
• Arthrobotrya wilkesiana (Brack.) Copel.