Struthiopteris

Struthiopteris is a genus of ferns belonging to the family Blechnaceae, subfamily Blechnoideae.^[1]

Struthiopteris
Struthiopteris spicant
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Aspleniineae
Family:	Blechnaceae
Subfamily:	Blechnoideae
Genus:	Struthiopteris Scop.[1]
Species
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Species

In the circumscription used in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the genus contains five species.^[1][2] The Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World places three of these species in the genus Spicantopsis.^[3]

• Struthiopteris amabilis (Makino) Ching (syn. Blechnum amabile Makino) = Spicantopsis amabilis (Makino) Nakai
• Struthiopteris castanea (Makino & Nemoto) Nakai (syns Lomaria castanea Makino, Blechnum castaneum Makino & Nemoto)
• Struthiopteris fallax (Lange) S.Molino, Gabriel y Galán & Wasowicz
• Struthiopteris hancockii (Hance) Tagawa (syn. Blechnum hancockii Hance) = Spicantopsis hancockii (Hance) Masam.
• Struthiopteris niponica (Kunze) Nakai (syns Lomaria niponica Kunze, Blechnum niponicum Makino) = Spicantopsis niponica (Kunze) Nakai
• Struthiopteris spicant (L.) F.W.Weiss (syns Osmunda spicant L., Blechnum spicant (L.) Sm.)