Thylacopteris

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

Thylacopteris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Polypodiineae
Family:	Polypodiaceae
Subfamily:	Microsoroideae
Genus:	Thylacopteris Kunze ex J.Sm.[1]
Species
See text.

Taxonomy

Thylacopteris was first described by John Smith in 1875 with the name attributed to Gustav Kunze.^[1] No species placed in Thylacopteris were included in a molecular phylogenetic study of the subfamily Microsoroideae in 2019,^[3] so the relationship with other genera is unclear.

Species

As of February 2020^[update], the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:^[1]

• Thylacopteris diaphana (Brause) Copel.
• Thylacopteris papillosa (Blume) Kunze ex J.Sm.