Actinostachys

Genus of ferns

Actinostachys
A. melanesica in the collections of the Auckland Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Schizaeales
Family: Schizaeaceae
Genus: Actinostachys
Wall.
Type species
Actinostachys digitata
(L.) Wallich ex Reed
Species

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Actinostachys is a genus of small ferns originally included in the genus Schizaea. The genus was segregated on the basis of the flabelliform (fan-shaped) laminae. The genus is colloquially called the ray ferns.

Species

As of June 2022[update], World Ferns accepted the following species:[1]

Phylogeny of Actinostachys[2][3]

A. digitata (L.) Wallich ex C.F. Reed

A. wagneri (Selling) C.F. Reed

A. pennula (Sw.) Hook.

A. subtrijuga (Mart.) C. Presl

A. confusa (Selling) C.F. Reed

A. laevigata (Mett.) C.F. Reed

A. melanesica (Selling) C.F. Reed

Other species include:

  • Actinostachys balansae (Fourn.) C.F. Reed
  • Actinostachys inopinata (Selling) C.F. Reed
  • Actinostachys intermedia (Mett.) C.F. Reed
  • Actinostachys macrofunda Bierh.
  • Actinostachys minuta Amoroso & Coritico
  • Actinostachys oligostachys Bierh.
  • Actinostachys plana (Fourn.) C.F. Reed
  • Actinostachys simplex Amoroso & Coritico
  • Actinostachys spirophylla (W. Troll) C.F. Reed
  • Actinostachys tenuis (Fourn.) C.F. Reed

References

  1. ^ Hassler, Michael (2004–2022), "Genus Actinostachys R.Br. ex Wall.", World Ferns, Version 13.1, retrieved 2022-06-23
  2. ^ Nitta, Joel H.; Schuettpelz, Eric; Ramírez-Barahona, Santiago; Iwasaki, Wataru; et al. (2022). "An Open and Continuously Updated Fern Tree of Life". Frontiers in Plant Science. 13: 909768. doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.909768. PMC 9449725. PMID 36092417.
  3. ^ "Tree viewer: interactive visualization of FTOL". FTOL v1.4.0 [GenBank release 253]. 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  • World species list of Actinostachys: https://web.archive.org/web/20090908034926/http://homepages.caverock.net.nz/~bj/fern/actinostachys.htm
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Classification of Archaeplastida or Plantae s.l.
Domain
Archaea
Bacteria
Eukaryota
(major groups
Excavata
Diaphoretickes
Hacrobia
Cryptista
Rhizaria
Alveolata
Stramenopiles
Plants
Amorphea
Amoebozoa
Opisthokonta
Animals
Fungi
Mesomycetozoea)
Archaeplastida
Picozoa
Rhodelphidia
Rhodophyta
(red algae)
Glaucophyta
incertae sedis
Viridiplantae
or Plantae s.s.
(green algae &
land plants)
Prasinodermophyta
 Chlorophyta
Prasinophytina
Chlorophytina
Streptophyta
Phragmoplastophyta
Anydrophyta
Embryophyta
(land plants)
  • (see below↓)
Embryophytes or Plantae sensu strictissimo
Bryophytes
Marchantiophyta
(liverworts)
Anthocerotophyta
(hornworts)
Bryophyta
(mosses)
 Polysporangiophytes
Protracheophytes*
Tracheophytes
(vascular plants)
Paratracheophytes*
Eutracheophytes
Lycophytes
Euphyllophytes
Moniliformopses
Lignophytes
Progymnosperms*
  • †Noeggerathiopsida
  • †Aneurophytopsida
  • †Archaeopteridopsida
  • †Protopityales
Spermatophytes
(seed plants)
Pteridosperms*
(seed ferns)
and other extinct
seed plant groups
Acrogymnospermae
(living gymnosperms)
Angiospermae
(flowering plants)
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Fern classification
  • Supergroup Plant:
  • Bryophyta
  • Marchantiophyta
  • Polypodiophyta
  • Acrogymnospermae
  • Angiospermae
Basal clade
Cladoxylopsida
  • †Cladoxylales
    • †Cladoxylaceae
    • †Voelkeliaceae
  • †Hyeniales
    • †Hyeniaceae
  • Iridopteridales
    • †Iridopteridaceae
  • Pseudosporochnales
    • †Pseudosporochnaceae
  • †Steloxylales
    • †Steloxylaceae
Polypodiopsida
†Stauropterididae
†Zygopterididae
Equisetidae
Equisetales
  • †Asterocalamitaceae
  • †Autophyllitaceae
  • †Honseleriaceae
  • Archaeocalamitaceae
  • †Paracalamitaceae
  • Calamitaceae
  • †Apocalamitaceae
  • †Konnostachyaceae
  • †Manchurostachyaceae
  • †Notocalamitaceae
  • †Schizoneuraceae
  • †Sorocaulinaceae
  • †Echinostachyaceae
  • †Gondwanostachyaceae
  • †Tchernoviaceae
  • Equisetaceae
Ophioglossidae
Psilotales
Ophioglossales
Marattiidae
Marattiales
  • †Knorripteridaceae
  • †Pecopteridaceae
  • †Ptychocarpaceae
  • †Weichseliaceae
  • †Asterothecaceae
  • †Danaeopsidaceae
  • Marattiaceae
Polypodiidae
  • †Anachoropteridales
    • †Anachoropteridaceae
    • †Psalixochlaenaceae
    • †Sermayaceae
  • †Botryopteridiales
    • †Botryopteridiaceae
  • †Senftenbergiales
    • †Senftenbergiaceae
  • †Urnatopteridales
    • †Crossothecaceae
    • †Discopteridaceae
    • †Urnatopteridaceae
Osmundales
Hymenophyllales
Gleicheniales
Schizaeales
Salviniales
Cyatheales
Thyrsopteridineae
Cyatheineae
Polypodiales
Saccolomatineae
Lindsaeineae
Pteridineae
Dennstaedtiineae
Aspleniineae
Polypodiineae
Taxon identifiers
Actinostachys
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