Neocheiropteris

Neocheiropteris is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Microsoroideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).^[2]

Neocheiropteris
Neocheiropteris ensata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Polypodiineae
Family:	Polypodiaceae
Subfamily:	Microsoroideae
Genus:	Neocheiropteris Christ[1]
Species
See text.
Synonyms[1]
Cheiropteris Christ, non Chiropteris J.G.Kurr ex H.G.Bronn

Taxonomy

A molecular phylogenetic study in 2019 suggested that Neocheiropteris was one of a group of closely related genera in the subfamily Microsoroideae, a group the authors termed "Lepisorus sensu lato". It species were embedded in a clade in which none of the genera appeared to be monophyletic:^[3]

Lepisorus s.l.	Lemmaphyllum Lepidomicrosorium + Neocheiropteris + Neolepisorus + Tricholepidium Lepisorus s.s. Paragramma (as Lepisorus longifolius)

Species

As of February 2020^[update], the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species, while noting that the distinction from Neolepisorus was not clear:^[1]

• Neocheiropteris ensata (Thunb.) Ching
• Neocheiropteris ovata (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) Fraser-Jenk.
• Neocheiropteris palmatopedata (Baker) Christ
• Neocheiropteris triglossa (Baker) Ching

Plants of the World Online submerges Neolepisorus into Neocheiropteris,^[4] although placing some species that the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepts in Neolepisorus in Microsorum.^[5]