Calciphilopteris

Calciphilopteris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Subfamily: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Calciphilopteris
Yesilyurt & H.Schneider
Type species
Calciphilopteris ludens
(N.Wallich ex W.J.Hooker) Yesilyurt & H.Schneider
Species

See text.

Calciphilopteris is a genus of ferns in the family Pteridaceae. It is native to India and China, southward to Australia.[1] Its four species grow in crevices in limestone or they cling to the rock itself.

Taxonomy

For a long time, the four species of Calciphilopteris were included in the polyphyletic genus Doryopteris. Molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that Calciphilopteris is the most basal clade in the subfamily Cheilanthoideae. It is thus far removed from Doryopteris palmata, the type species of Doryopteris.

Calciphilopteris was described as a new genus in 2010.[1] The generic name is said to be derived from the Greek calx (limestone), philus (loving), and pteris (fern).[1] Kalx can not be found in ancient Greek,[2] however calx is the Latin word for "limestone",[3] possibly derived from ancient Greek chalix (χάλιξ) or derived from a word from a different Mediterranean language.[4] The proper word in ancient Greek for "loving" is philos (φίλος).[2]

Species

As of July 2026, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following four species:[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Jovita C. Yesilyurt and Harald Schneider. 2010. "The new fern genus Calciphilopteris (Pteridaceae)". Phytotaxa 7:52-59. (See External links below).
  2. ^ a b Liddell, H.G. & Scott, R. (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon. Revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones with the assistance of Roderick McKenzie. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  3. ^ Lewis, C.T. & Short, C. (1879). A Latin dictionary founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  4. ^ de Vaan, M. (2008). Etymological dictionary of Latin and the other Italic languages. Leiden/Boston: Brill.
  5. ^ Hassler, Michael. "Calciphilopteris". World Ferns. Retrieved 2026-07-04.

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