Cheiropleuria

Cheiropleuria is a genus of ferns in the family Dipteridaceae. Species are found in both temperate and tropical eastern Asia.^[1][2]

Cheiropleuria
Cheiropleuria integrifolia in Okinawa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Gleicheniales
Family:	Dipteridaceae
Genus:	Cheiropleuria C.Presl[1]
Type species
Cheiropleuria bicuspis (Blume) Presl
Species
C. bicuspis (Blume) Presl C. integrifolia (Eaton exHooker) Kato et al. C. parva Kato et al.

Taxonomy

Cheiropleuria was first described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1851.^[1] The type species Cheiropleuria bicuspis was first described as Polypodium bicuspe by Blume in 1828.^[3]

Species

As of November 2019^[update], Plants of the World Online and the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:^[1][2]

• Cheiropleuria bicuspis (Blume) C.Presl – widely distributed in temperate and tropical eastern Asia
• Cheiropleuria integrifolia (D.C.Eaton ex Hook.) M.Kato, Y.Yatabe, Sahashi & N.Murak. – southern Japan, China (Guangdong, Guangxi), Taiwan
• Cheiropleuria parva M.Kato, Y.Yatabe, Sahashi & N.Murak. – Borneo

Phylogeny of Cheiropleuria:^[4][5]

Cheiropleuria	C. bicuspis C. integrifolia C. parva