Niphidium

Niphidium is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Polypodioideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).^[3] They are native to tropical America.^[1]

Niphidium
Niphidium crassifolium in Panama
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Polypodiineae
Family:	Polypodiaceae
Subfamily:	Polypodioideae
Genus:	Niphidium J.Sm.[1][2]
Species
See text.
Synonyms[1]
Pessopteris Underw.ex Maxon Anaxetum Schott Pleuridium (C.Presl) Fée

Species

As of April 2025^[update], Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following eleven species:^[1]

• Niphidium albopunctatissimum (J.Sm.) Lellinger
• Niphidium anocarpos (Kunze) Lellinger
• Niphidium carinatum Lellinger
• Niphidium crassifolium (L.) Lellinger
• Niphidium longifolium (Cav.) C.V.Morton & Lellinger
• Niphidium macbridei Lellinger
• Niphidium mortonianum Lellinger
• Niphidium nidulare (Rosenst.) Lellinger
• Niphidium oblanceolatum A.Rojas
• Niphidium rufosquamatum Lellinger
• Niphidium vittaria (Mett.) Lellinger