Phegopteris is a
genusIn biology, a genus is a taxonomic unit used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The term comes from Latin genus "descent, family, type, gender" , cognate with – genos, "race, stock, kin" ..In addition, genus is a taxonomic rank in the hierarchy In biology, a genus (plural:...
of
fernA fern is any one of a group of about 20,000 species of plants classified in the phylum or division Pteridophyta, also known as Filicophyta. The group is also referred to as Polypodiophyta, or Polypodiopsida when treated as a subdivision of tracheophyta...
s known collectively as the
Beech ferns. Traditionally this genus included only the first three species listed. However, recent genetic evidence clearly shows that the genera
Macrothelypteris and
Pseudophegopteris, as well as other
segregatesIn taxonomy, a segregate, or a segregate taxon is created when a taxon is split off, from another taxon. This other taxon will be better known, usually bigger, and will continue to exist, even after the segregate taxon has been split off...
from the genus
ThelypterisThelypteris is a genus of ferns in the family Thelypteridaceae. If the genus is defined fairly broadly, it contains 875 species, many of which are extremely similar to one another, and is found nearly worldwide. The ferns are terrestrial, with the exception of a few which are lithophytes...
, are closely related to
Phegopteris in a single
cladeCladistics is a form of biological systematics which classifies living organisms on the basis of shared ancestry...
, and so are now included as
Phegopteris speciesIn biology, a species is:* a taxonomic rank or* a unit at that rank ....
.
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Phegopteris is a
genusIn biology, a genus is a taxonomic unit used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The term comes from Latin genus "descent, family, type, gender" , cognate with – genos, "race, stock, kin" ..In addition, genus is a taxonomic rank in the hierarchy In biology, a genus (plural:...
of
fernA fern is any one of a group of about 20,000 species of plants classified in the phylum or division Pteridophyta, also known as Filicophyta. The group is also referred to as Polypodiophyta, or Polypodiopsida when treated as a subdivision of tracheophyta...
s known collectively as the
Beech ferns. Traditionally this genus included only the first three species listed. However, recent genetic evidence clearly shows that the genera
Macrothelypteris and
Pseudophegopteris, as well as other
segregatesIn taxonomy, a segregate, or a segregate taxon is created when a taxon is split off, from another taxon. This other taxon will be better known, usually bigger, and will continue to exist, even after the segregate taxon has been split off...
from the genus
ThelypterisThelypteris is a genus of ferns in the family Thelypteridaceae. If the genus is defined fairly broadly, it contains 875 species, many of which are extremely similar to one another, and is found nearly worldwide. The ferns are terrestrial, with the exception of a few which are lithophytes...
, are closely related to
Phegopteris in a single
cladeCladistics is a form of biological systematics which classifies living organisms on the basis of shared ancestry...
, and so are now included as
Phegopteris speciesIn biology, a species is:* a taxonomic rank or* a unit at that rank ....
.