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Issue: Vol. 731 No. 3: 2 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-02
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.731.3.3
Page range: 221-242
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Phylogeny and systematics of the fern genus Pellaea and its allies (Pteridaceae)

School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650504, Yunnan, China
School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650504, Yunnan, China
University Herbarium, 1001 Valley Life Sciences Building #2465, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-2465, U.S.A.
Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 416, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650504, Yunnan, China
Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Blvd, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, U.S.A.
Cheilanthoideae Kirkpatrickia Paraceterach pellaeids Windhamia Pteridophytes

Abstract

The pellaeid ferns constitute a monophyletic, xeric-adapted lineage in the large fern family Pteridaceae. Previous studies, with relatively small taxon and character sampling, resolved the major relationships in the pellaeid ferns and found the most species-rich genus, Pellaea, to be polyphyletic. In this study, DNA sequences of nine plastid markers of 149 accessions of the pellaeids representing ca. 61 (73% of total) species and 71 accessions representing ca. 40 species of Myriopteris were used to reconstruct a new phylogeny. All major relationships in the pellaeids are well resolved and strongly supported. Pellaea is confirmed to be polyphyletic. Based on their phylogeny, morphology, and distribution, we propose to recognize eight genera, all now monophyletic, in the pellaeids. These new and revised circumscriptions result in a monophyletic Pellaea s. str.; they also include one resurrected and recircumscribed genus, Paraceterach, and two small new genera, Kirkpatrickia and Windhamia, with one and three species, respectively.

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Zhao, J., Ma, D.-N., Smith, A.R., Liang, Z.-L., Zhou, X.-M. & Zhang, L.-B. (2025) Phylogeny and systematics of the fern genus Pellaea and its allies (Pteridaceae). Phytotaxa 731 (3): 221–242. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.731.3.3