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Polystichum

The genus Polystichum is in the family Dryopteridaceae in the major group Pteridophytes (Ferns and fern allies).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Polystichum

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Polystichum acanthophyllum (Franch.) H. Christ Accepted M TRO
Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott Accepted M TRO
Polystichum aculeatum (L.) Schott Accepted M TRO
Polystichum acutidens H. Christ Accepted M TRO
Polystichum acutipinnulum Ching & K.H. Shing Accepted M TRO
Polystichum adungense Ching & Fraser-Jenk. ex H.S. Kung & L.B. Zhang Accepted M TRO
Polystichum alcicorne (Baker) Diels Accepted M TRO
Polystichum alfaroi (Christ) Barrington Accepted M TRO
Polystichum altum Ching Accepted M TRO
Polystichum ammifolium (Poir.) C. Chr. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum andersonii Hopkins Accepted M TRO
Polystichum andinum Phil. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum articulatipilosum H.G. Zhou & Hua Li Accepted M TRO
Polystichum assurgentipinnum W.M. Chu & B.Y. Zhang Accepted M TRO
Polystichum atkinsonii Bedd. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum attenuatum Tagawa & Z. Iwats. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum auriculum Ching Accepted M TRO
Polystichum bakerianum (Atk. ex C.B. Clarke) Diels Accepted M TRO
Polystichum baoxingense Ching & H.S. Kung Accepted M TRO
Polystichum biaristatum (Blume) T. Moore Accepted M TRO
Polystichum × bichnellii Hahne Accepted M TRO
Polystichum bifidum Ching Accepted M TRO
Polystichum bigemmatum Ching ex L.L. Xiang Accepted M TRO
Polystichum bissectum C. Chr. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum bomiense Ching & S.K. Wu Accepted M TRO
Polystichum bonapartii Rosenst. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum brachypterum (Kunze) Ching Accepted M TRO
Polystichum braunii (Spenn.) Fée Accepted M TRO
Polystichum bulbiferum Barrington Accepted M TRO
Polystichum caducum (T. Moore) Diels Accepted M TRO
Polystichum californicum Diels Accepted M TRO
Polystichum capillipes (Baker) Diels Accepted M TRO
Polystichum castaneum (C.B. Clarke) B.K. Nayar & S. Kaur Accepted M TRO
Polystichum chilense (H. Chr.) Diels Accepted M TRO
Polystichum chingae Ching Accepted M TRO
Polystichum christianae (Jenman) Underw. & Maxon Accepted M TRO
Polystichum christii Ching Accepted M TRO
Polystichum chunii Ching Accepted M TRO
Polystichum concinnum Lellinger ex Barrington Accepted M TRO
Polystichum consimile Ching Accepted M TRO
Polystichum costularisorum Ching ex W.M. Chu & Z.R. He Accepted M TRO
Polystichum craspedosorum (Maxim.) Diels Accepted M TRO
Polystichum crassinervium Ching ex W.M. Chu & Z.R. He Accepted M TRO
Polystichum crinigerum (C. Chr.) Ching Accepted M TRO
Polystichum cuneatiforme W.M. Chu & Z.R. He Accepted M TRO
Polystichum cyclolobum C. Chr. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum daguanense Ching ex L.L. Xiang Accepted M TRO
Polystichum deflexum Ching ex W.M. Chu Accepted M TRO
Polystichum delavayi (H. Christ) Ching Accepted M TRO
Polystichum deltodon (Baker) Diels Accepted M TRO
Polystichum dielsii H. Christ Accepted M TRO
Polystichum diffundens H.S. Kung & L.B. Zhang Accepted M TRO
Polystichum discretum (D. Don) J. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum disjunctum Ching ex W.M. Chu & Z.R. He Accepted M TRO
Polystichum distans E. Fourn. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum dubium (H. Karst.) Diels Accepted M TRO
Polystichum dudleyi Maxon Accepted M TRO
Polystichum duthiei (C. Hope) C. Chr. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum echinatum (J.F. Gmel.) C. Chr. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum elevatovenusum Ching ex W.M. Chu & Z.R. He Accepted M TRO
Polystichum emarginatum (Willd.) T. Moore Accepted M TRO
Polystichum erosum Ching Accepted M TRO
Polystichum erythrosorum A.R. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum exauriforme H.S. Kung & L.B. Zhang Accepted M TRO
Polystichum excellens Ching Accepted M TRO
Polystichum excelsius Ching & Z.Y. Liu Accepted M TRO
Polystichum eximium (Mett. ex Kuhn) C. Chr. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum falcatilobum Ching ex W.M. Chu & Z.R. He Accepted M TRO
Polystichum fibrilloso-paleaceum (Kodama) Tagawa Accepted M TRO
Polystichum fimbriatum H. Christ Accepted M TRO
Polystichum formosanum Rosenst. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum fournieri A.R. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum fragrans (L.) Ledeb. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum frigidicola H.S. Kung & L.B. Zhang Accepted M TRO
Polystichum fugongense Ching & W.M. Chu ex H.S. Kung & L.B. Zhang Accepted M TRO
Polystichum furfuraceum A.R. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum giganteum Fée Accepted M TRO
Polystichum gongboense Ching & S.K. Wu Accepted M TRO
Polystichum grandifrons C. Chr. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum guangxiense W.M. Chu & H.G. Zhou Accepted M TRO
Polystichum gymnocarpium Ching ex W.M. Chu & Z.R. He Accepted M TRO
Polystichum habaense Ching & H.S. Kung Accepted M TRO
Polystichum hancockii (Hance) Diels Accepted M TRO
Polystichum harpophyllum (Zenker ex Kunze) Sledge Accepted M TRO
Polystichum hartwegii (Klotzsch) Hieron. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum hecatopterum Diels Accepted M TRO
Polystichum herbaceum Ching & Z.Y. Liu Accepted M TRO
Polystichum houchangense Ching ex P.S. Wang Accepted M TRO
Polystichum huae H.S. Kung & L.B. Zhang Accepted M TRO
Polystichum ichangense H. Christ Accepted M TRO
Polystichum × illiricum Hahne Accepted M TRO
Polystichum imbricans (D.C. Eaton) D.H. Wagner Accepted M TRO
Polystichum inaense (Tagawa) Tagawa Accepted M TRO
Polystichum incisopinnulum H.S. Kung & L.B. Zhang Accepted M TRO
Polystichum integrilimbum Ching & H.S. Kung Accepted M TRO
Polystichum integrilobum (Ching ex Y.T. Hsieh) W.M. Chu ex H.S. Kung Accepted M TRO
Polystichum jinfoshanense Ching & Z.Y. Liu Accepted M TRO
Polystichum jiulaodongense W.M. Chu & Z.R. He Accepted M TRO
Polystichum kangdingense H.S. Kung & L.B. Zhang Accepted M TRO
Polystichum kwangtungense Ching Accepted M TRO
Polystichum lachenense (Hook.) Bedd. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum lanceolatum Baker Accepted M TRO
Polystichum langchungense Ching ex H.S. Kung Accepted M TRO
Polystichum latilepis Ching & H.S. Kung Accepted M TRO
Polystichum lehmannii Hieron. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum lentum (D. Don) T. Moore Accepted M TRO
Polystichum leveillei C. Chr. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum liuii Ching Accepted M TRO
Polystichum lonchitis (L.) Roth Accepted M TRO
Polystichum longiaristatum Ching, Boufford & Shing in B. M. Barthol. et al. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum longidens Ching & S.K. Wu Accepted M TRO
Polystichum longipaleatum H. Christ Accepted M TRO
Polystichum longipinnulum N.C. Nair Accepted M TRO
Polystichum longispinosum Ching Accepted M TRO
Polystichum longissimum Ching & Z.Y. Liu Accepted M TRO
Polystichum luctuosum (Kunze) T. Moore Accepted M TRO
Polystichum × luerssenii Hahne Accepted M TRO
Polystichum macrochlaenum Ching & S.K. Wu Accepted M TRO
Polystichum makinoi (Tagawa) Tagawa Accepted M TRO
Polystichum manmeiense (H. Christ) Nakaike Accepted M TRO
Polystichum marginatum (Wall.) Schott Accepted M TRO
Polystichum martinii H. Christ Accepted M TRO
Polystichum maximum M. Kessler & A.R. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum mayebarae Tagawa Accepted M TRO
Polystichum medogense Ching & S.K. Wu Accepted M TRO
Polystichum mehrae Fraser-Jenk. & Khullar Accepted M TRO
Polystichum meiguense Ching & H.S. Kung Accepted M TRO
Polystichum melanostipes Ching & H.S. Kung Accepted M TRO
Polystichum mickelii A.R. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum microchlamys (H. Christ) Matsum. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum mohrioides (Bory ex Willd.) C. Presl Accepted M TRO
Polystichum mollissimum Ching Accepted M TRO
Polystichum montevidense (Spreng.) Rosenst. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum monticola N.C. Anthony & Schelpe Accepted M TRO
Polystichum morii Hayata Accepted M TRO
Polystichum moupinense (Franch.) Bedd. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum mucronatum (Sw.) C. Presl Accepted M TRO
Polystichum mucronifolium (Blume) C. Presl Accepted M TRO
Polystichum muenchii (Christ) C. Chr. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum multifidum T. Moore Accepted M TRO
Polystichum munitum (Kaulf.) C. Presl Accepted M TRO
Polystichum muricatum (L.) Fée Accepted M TRO
Polystichum muscicola Ching ex W.M. Chu & Z.R. He Accepted M TRO
Polystichum nayongense P.S. Wang & X.Y. Wang Accepted M TRO
Polystichum neolobatum Nakai Accepted M TRO
Polystichum nepalense (Spreng.) C. Chr. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum nigrum Ching & H.S. Kung Accepted M TRO
Polystichum ningshenense Ching & Y.P. Hsu Accepted M TRO
Polystichum nudicaule Rosenst. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum nudisorum Ching Accepted M TRO
Polystichum obliquum (D. Don) T. Moore Accepted M TRO
Polystichum oblongum Ching ex W.M. Chu & Z.R. He Accepted M TRO
Polystichum oligocarpum Ching ex H.S. Kung & L.B. Zhang Accepted M TRO
Polystichum omeiense C. Chr. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum orbiculatum (Desv.) J. Rémy & Fée Accepted M TRO
Polystichum ordinatum (Kunze) Liebm. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum oreodoxa Ching ex H.S. Kung & L.B. Zhang Accepted M TRO
Polystichum orientalitibeticum Ching Accepted M TRO
Polystichum otophorum (Franch.) Bedd. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum ovatopaleaceum (Kodama) Sa. Kurata Accepted M TRO
Polystichum paleaceum (Borkh.) Schwarz Accepted M TRO
Polystichum paradeltodon L.L. Xiang Accepted M TRO
Polystichum paramoupinense Ching Accepted M TRO
Polystichum parvifoliolatum W.M. Chu Accepted M TRO
Polystichum parvipinnulum Tagawa Accepted M TRO
Polystichum pauciaculeatum Bonap. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum pianmaense W.M. Chu Accepted M TRO
Polystichum piceopaleaceum Tagawa Accepted M TRO
Polystichum plaschnickianum (Kunze) T. Moore Accepted M TRO
Polystichum platyphyllum (Willd.) C. Presl Accepted M TRO
Polystichum plicatum Hicken ex Hosseus Accepted L TRO
Polystichum polyblepharum (Roem. ex Kunze) C. Presl Accepted M TRO
Polystichum polystichiforme (Fée) Maxon Accepted M TRO
Polystichum prescottianum (Wall. ex Mett.) T. Moore Accepted M TRO
Polystichum prionolepis Hayata Accepted M TRO
Polystichum pseudo-xiphophyllum Ching ex H.S. Kung Accepted M TRO
Polystichum pseudoacutidens Ching ex W.M. Chu & Z.R. He Accepted M TRO
Polystichum pseudocastaneum Ching & S.K. Wu Accepted M TRO
Polystichum pseudomakinoi Tagawa Accepted M TRO
Polystichum pseudorhomboideum H.S. Kung & L.B. Zhang Accepted M TRO
Polystichum pseudosetosum Ching & Z.Y. Liu Accepted M TRO
Polystichum punctiferum C. Chr. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum pungens (Kaulf.) PRESL Accepted M TRO
Polystichum pycnopterum (H. Christ) Ching ex W.M. Chu & Z.R. He Accepted M TRO
Polystichum qamdoense Ching & S.K. Wu Accepted M TRO
Polystichum rachichlaena Fée Accepted M TRO
Polystichum retrosopaleaceum (Kodama) Tagawa Accepted M TRO
Polystichum rhizophorum (Jenman) Maxon Accepted M TRO
Polystichum rhombiforme Ching & S.K. Wu Accepted M TRO
Polystichum rigens Tagawa Accepted M TRO
Polystichum robustum Ching Accepted M TRO
Polystichum rufobarbatum (Wall.) Schott Accepted M TRO
Polystichum rufopaleaceum Ching Accepted M TRO
Polystichum rupicola Ching ex W.M. Chu Accepted M TRO
Polystichum salwinense Ching & H.S. Kung Accepted M TRO
Polystichum saxicola Ching Accepted M TRO
Polystichum schizophyllum Lorea-Hern. & A.R. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum scopulinum (D.C. Eaton) Maxon Accepted M TRO
Polystichum semifertile (C.B. Clarke) Ching Accepted M TRO
Polystichum setiferum (Forssk.) Moore ex Woyn. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum setigerum (C. Presl) C. Presl Accepted M TRO
Polystichum setillosum Ching Accepted M TRO
Polystichum setosum (Wall.) Schott Accepted M TRO
Polystichum shandongense J.X. Li & Y. Wei Accepted M TRO
Polystichum shensiense H. Christ Accepted M TRO
Polystichum shimurae Kurata ex Seriz. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum silaense Ching Accepted M TRO
Polystichum simplicipinnum Hayata Accepted M TRO
Polystichum sinense (H. Christ) H. Christ Accepted M TRO
Polystichum sinotsussimense Ching & Z.Y. Liu Accepted M TRO
Polystichum sozanense Ching ex H.S. Kung & L.B. Zhang Accepted M TRO
Polystichum speciosissimum (A. Braun ex Kunze) Copel. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum squarrosum (D. Don) Fée Accepted M TRO
Polystichum stenophyllum H. Christ Accepted M TRO
Polystichum stimulans (Kunze ex Mett.) Bedd. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum stuebelii Hieron. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum subacutidens Ching ex L.L. Xiang Accepted M TRO
Polystichum subdeltodon Ching Accepted M TRO
Polystichum subfimbriatum W.M. Chu & Z.R. He Accepted M TRO
Polystichum subintegerrimum (Hook. & Arn.) Barrington Accepted M TRO
Polystichum submarginale (Baker) Ching ex P.S. Wang Accepted M TRO
Polystichum submite (H. Christ) Diels Accepted M TRO
Polystichum subulatum Ching ex L.B. Zhang Accepted M TRO
Polystichum tacticopterum (Kunze) T. Moore Accepted M TRO
Polystichum taiwanense (Tagawa) C.M. Kuo Accepted M TRO
Polystichum taizhongense H.S. Kung Accepted M TRO
Polystichum talamancanum Barrington Accepted M TRO
Polystichum tangmaiense H.S. Kung & Tateishi Accepted M TRO
Polystichum tetragonum Fée Accepted M TRO
Polystichum thomsonii (Hook. f.) Bedd. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum tibeticum Ching Accepted M TRO
Polystichum tijucense Fée Accepted M TRO
Polystichum tonkinense (H. Christ) W.M. Chu & Z.R. He Accepted M TRO
Polystichum trapezoides (Sw.) C. Presl Accepted M TRO
Polystichum triangulum (L.) Fée Accepted M TRO
Polystichum tripteron (Kunze) C. Presl Accepted M TRO
Polystichum tsingkanshanense Ching Accepted M TRO
Polystichum tsus-simense (Hook.) H. Christ Accepted M TRO
Polystichum turrialbae Christ Accepted M TRO
Polystichum wattii (Bedd.) C. Chr. Accepted M TRO
Polystichum wilsonii H. Christ Accepted M TRO
Polystichum xiphophyllum (Baker) Diels Accepted M TRO
Polystichum yadongense Ching & S.K. Wu Accepted M TRO
Polystichum yaeyamense (Makino) Makino Accepted M TRO
Polystichum yuanum Ching Accepted M TRO
Polystichum yunnanense H. Christ Accepted M TRO
Polystichum zayuense W.M. Chu & Z.R. He Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 853 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Polystichum. Of these 247 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 134 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Polystichum. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 853 species names for the genus Polystichum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 247 29.0%
Synonym 210 24.6%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 396 46.4%

All names

The status of the 987 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Polystichum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 263 26.6%
Synonym 325 32.9%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 399 40.4%

The confidence with which the status of the 853 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Polystichum, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 246 207 0 0 453 53.1%
Low confidence 1 3 0 396 400 46.9%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Polystichum, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
IPNI 0 0 0 279 0 279 32.7%
Tropicos 247 210 0 117 0 574 67.3%