''Arthrobotrya'' is a genus of

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Dryopteridaceae The Dryopteridaceae are a Family (biology), family of leptosporangiate ferns in the Order (biology), order Polypodiales. They are known Common name, colloquially as the wood ferns. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG&n ...

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classification of 2016 (PPG I). The genus is native to Australia and New Zealand.

Taxonomy

''Arthrobotrya'' was first described by John Smith in 1875. The genus is recognized in the PPG I classification, and by the ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World''. ''

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'' sinks the genus into '' Teratophyllum''.

Species

, the ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' recognized the following species: *'' Arthrobotrya articulata'' (J.Sm. ex Fée) J.Sm. *'' Arthrobotrya brightiae'' (F.Muell.) Pic.Serm. *'' Arthrobotrya wilkesiana'' (Brack.) Copel.

References

Dryopteridaceae Fern genera {{Dryopteridaceae-stub