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Sphaeropteris  Bernh.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 897929

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Schizocaena J. Sm. ex Hook.
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2017   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionPolypodiophytina   
                   ClassPolypodiopsida  – leptosporangiate ferns  
                      SubclassPolypodiidae   
                         OrderCyatheales  – tree ferns  
                            FamilyCyatheaceae   
                               GenusSphaeropteris Bernh.  
    Direct Children:  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris aciculosa (Copel.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris aeneifolia (Alderw.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris agatheti (Holttum) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris albifrons (Vieill. ex E. Fourn.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris albosetacea (Bedd.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris alternans (Hook.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris angiensis (A. Gepp) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris angustipinna (Holttum) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris aramaganensis (Kaneh.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris arthropoda (Copel.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris assimilis (Hook.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris atrospinosa (Holttum) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris atrox (C. Chr.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris auriculifera (Copel.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris australis (C. Presl) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris binuangensis (Alderw.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris brackenridgei (Mett.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris brunei (Christ) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris brunoniana (Hook.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris capitata (Copel.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris carrii (Holttum) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris celebica (Blume) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris concinna (Baker) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris cooperi (Hook. ex F. Muell.) R.M. Tryon – Cooper's cyathea, scaly tree fern 
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris crinita (Hook.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris cuatrecasasii R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris curranii (Copel.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris discophora (Holttum) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris elliptica (Copel.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris elmeri (Copel.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris excelsa (R. Br. ex Endl.) R.M. Tryon – Norfolk tree fern 
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris feani (E. Brown) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris fugax (Alderw.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris fusca (Baker) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris gardneri (Hook.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris glauca (Blume) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris hainanensis (Ching) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris horrida (Liebm.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris inaequalis (Holttum) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris insignis (D.C. Eaton) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris insularum (Holttum) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris integra (J. Sm. ex Hook.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris intermedia (Mett.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris ledermannii (Brause) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris lepifera (J. Sm. ex Hook.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris leucolepis (Mett.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris leucotricha (Christ) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris lunulata (G. Forst.) R.M. Tryon – balabala 
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris macarenensis (Alston) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris magna (Copel.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris marginata (Brause) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris medullaris (G. Forst.) Bernh. – black tree fern 
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris megalosora (Copel.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris mertensiana (Kunze) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris microlepidota (Copel.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris mollicula (Maxon) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris moluccana (R. Br. ex Desv.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris moseleyi (Baker) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris nigricans (Mett.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris novae-caledoniae (Mett.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris obliqua (Copel.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris obscura (Scort. ex Bedd.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris papuana (Ridl.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris parksiae (Copel.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris parvifolia (Holttum) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris parvipinna (Holttum) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris persquamulifera (Alderw.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris philippinensis (Baker) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris pilulifera (Copel.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris polypoda (Baker) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris procera (Brause) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris propinqua (Mett.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris pulcherrima (Copel.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris quindiuensis (H. Karst.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris robinsonii (Copel.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris robusta (C. Moore ex Watts) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris rosenstockii (Brause) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris runensis (Alderw.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris samoensis (Brack.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris sarasinorum (Holttum) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris senex (Alderw.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris setifera (Holttum) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris sibuyanensis (Copel.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris squamulata (Blume) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris stipitipinnula (Holttum) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris strigosa (Christ) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris subsessilis (Copel.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris suluensis (Baker) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris tenggerensis (Rosenst.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris teysmannii (Copel.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris tomentosa (Blume) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris tomentosissima (Copel.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris trichodesma (Scort. ex Bedd.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris trichophora (Copel.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris tripinnata (Copel.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris tripinnatifida (Roxb.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris truncata (Brack.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris vaupelii (Copel.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris verrucosa (Holttum) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris vittata (Copel.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris wallacei (Kuhn) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris werneri (Rosenst.) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris womersleyi (Holttum) R.M. Tryon  
                                  SpeciesSphaeropteris zamboangana (Copel.) R.M. Tryon  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Polypodiopsida of North America Update, database (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Sphaeropteris   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Korall, Petra, David S. Conant, Jordan S. Metzgar, Harald Schneider, and Kathleen M. Pryer   
  Publication Date: 2007   
  Article/Chapter Title: A molecular phylogeny of scaly tree ferns   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Journal of Botany, vol. 94, no. 5   
  Page(s): 873-886   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0002-9122   
  Notes: Online ISSN: 1537-2197   
  Reference for: Sphaeropteris   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): The Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group   
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Systematics and Evolution, vol. 54, no. 6   
  Page(s): 563-603   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1759-6831   
  Notes: doi: 10.1111/jse.12229   
  Reference for: Sphaeropteris   
       

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