Polytaenium

Polytaenium is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Vittarioideae of the family Pteridaceae.^[3] Species are native to Mexico and Southern America.^[1]

Polytaenium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Family:	Pteridaceae
Subfamily:	Vittarioideae
Genus:	Polytaenium J.Sm.[1]
Type species
Polytaenium lanceolatum (Swartz) Desvaux
Species
See text.
Synonyms[2]
Antrophyum subg. Polytaenium (Desv.) Bened. Anetium (Kunze) Splitg. Pteridanetium Copel. (nom. superfl.) Acrostichum sect. Anetium Kunze

Phylogeny

As of December 2019^[update], the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:^[2]

Phylogeny of Polytaenium[4][5]
P. citrifolium (L.) Schuettp.[6] P. lineatum J.Sm. P. cajenense (Desv.) Benedict P. guayanense (Hieron.) Alston P. chlorosporum (Mickel & Beitel) E.H.Crane P. feei (W.Schaffn. ex Fée) Maxon

• P. anetioides Benedict
• P. dussianum Benedict
• P. intramarginale (Baker ex Jenman) Alston
• P. jenmanii Benedict
• P. ophioglossoides (Lellinger) S.Linds.
• P. quadriseriatum Benedict
• P. urbani (Brause) Alain