Teratophyllum

Teratophyllum is a genus of ferns in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Elaphoglossoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).^[1] The genus is native to Malesia.^[2]

Teratophyllum
Teratophyllum aculeatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Polypodiineae
Family:	Dryopteridaceae
Subfamily:	Elaphoglossoideae
Genus:	Teratophyllum Mett. ex Kuhn[1]
Species
See text.

Taxonomy

Teratophyllum was attributed to Georg Heinrich Mettenius when it was first published by Friedrich Kuhn in 1869.^[2] The genus is recognized in the PPG I classification, and by the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World.^[1][2] As of January 2020^[update], Plants of the World Online also recognized the genus, but with a wider circumscription that included Arthrobotrya.^[3]

Species

As of January 2020^[update], the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:^[2]

• Teratophyllum aculeatum (Blume) Mett. ex Kuhn
• Teratophyllum arthropteroides (Christ) Holttum
• Teratophyllum clemensiae Holttum
• Teratophyllum gracile (Blume) Holttum
• Teratophyllum hainanense S.Y.Dong & X.C.Zhang
• Teratophyllum koordersii Holttum
• Teratophyllum leptocarpum (Fée) Holttum
• Teratophyllum ludens (Fée) Holttum
• Teratophyllum luzonicum Holttum
• Teratophyllum rotundifoliatum (R.Bonap.) Holttum