Japanobotrychum

Japanobotrychum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Ophioglossales
Family: Ophioglossaceae
Subfamily: Botrychioideae
Genus: Japanobotrychum
Masam.[1]
Type species
Japanobotrychum arisanense
Masam.[1]
Species
  • J. chamaeconium (Bitter & Hieronymus 1900 ex Bitter 1900) Nishida 1952 ex Tagawa 1958
  • J. lanuginosum (Wallich 1828 ex Hooker & Greville 1828) Nishida ex Tagawa 1958
Synonyms[1]
  • Botrychium (Japanobotrychum) (Masamune 1931) Kato & Sahashi 1977
  • Botrychium section Lanuginosae Clausen 1938

Japanobotrychum is a genus of ferns in the family Ophioglossaceae with the sole species Japanobotrychum lanuginosum.[1] The genus is accepted in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) (under the name "Japanobotrychium"),[2] but not by some other sources.

Taxonomy

The genus Japanobotrychum was first described in 1931 by the Japanese botanist Genkei Masamune, with the only species being Japanobotrychum arisanense.[3] This is now considered to be a synonym of Botrychium lanuginosum Wall. ex Hook. & Grev., first described in 1828,[1] so the epithet lanuginosum has priority over arisanense.

The Smith et al. classification of 2006, based on molecular phylogeny, lumped Japanobotrychum within Botrychium, in the Ophioglossaceae,[4] which was continued in the Christenhusz et al. classification of 2011[5] and the Christenhusz and Chase classification of 2014.[6] It is recognized as a distinct genus (as Japanobotrychium) in Ophioglossaceae by the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[2]

The Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) accepts the genus (with the spelling "Japanobotrychium"), with one species,[2] as did the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World as of October 2019,[1] whereas Plants of the World Online subsumed the genus into Botrychium.[7]

Distribution

Japanobotrychum lanuginosum is widely distributed, mainly in tropical Asia, being found from West Himalaya and India through southern China and Mainland Southeast Asia to New Guinea.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (August 2019), "Japanobotrychum", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.02, archived from the original on 2017-09-02, retrieved 2019-10-13
  2. ^ a b c PPG I (2016). "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 54 (6): 563–603. doi:10.1111/jse.12229. S2CID 39980610.
  3. ^ "IPNI search for 'Japanobotrychum' and 'Massam.'", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2019-10-13
  4. ^ Smith, Alan R.; Pryer, Kathleen M.; Schuettpelz, Eric; Korall, Petra; Schneider, Harald; Wolf, Paul G. (2006). "A classification for extant ferns" (PDF). Taxon. 55 (3): 705–731. doi:10.2307/25065646. JSTOR 25065646.
  5. ^ Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.; Zhang, Xian-Chun; Schneider, Harald (2011). "A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns" (PDF). Phytotaxa. 19: 7–54. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2.
  6. ^ Christenhusz, Maarten J.M.; Chase, Mark W. (2014). "Trends and concepts in fern classification". Annals of Botany. 113 (9): 571–594. doi:10.1093/aob/mct299. PMC 3936591. PMID 24532607.
  7. ^ "Japanobotrychum Masam.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-10-13
  8. ^ "Botrychium lanuginosum", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-10-13