''Bolbitis'' is a genus of
fern
The ferns (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta) are a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. They differ from mosses by being vascular, i.e., having specialized tissue ...
s in the family
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 ...
, subfamily
Elaphoglossoideae
Elaphoglossoideae is a subfamily of the fern family 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 ...
, in the
Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group
The Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group (PPG) is an informal international group of systematic botanists who collaborate to establish on the classification of pteridophytes ( lycophytes and ferns) that reflects knowledge about plant relationships discove ...
classification of 2016 (PPG I).
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Two particular members of the genus are often grown as immersed water plants in aquaria, '' B. heudelotii'', and '' B. heteroclita''. ''B. heudelotii'', the African water fern, normally grows submerged in its native habitat, while ''B. heteroclita'' normally grows on the margin of water bodies, but will also grow submerged.
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Species
, the ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' accepted the following species:[
*'' Bolbitis acrostichoides'' (Afzel. ex Sw.) Ching
*'' Bolbitis aliena'' (Sw.) Alston
*'' Bolbitis andreisii'' Fraser-Jenk. & Kandel
*'' Bolbitis angustipinna'' (Hayata) Itô
*'' Bolbitis appendiculata'' (Willd.) K.Iwats.
*'' Bolbitis aspleniifolia'' (Bory) K.Iwats.
*'' Bolbitis auriculata'' (Lam.) Alston
*'' Bolbitis beddomei'' Fraser-Jenk. & Gandhi
*'' Bolbitis bipinnatifida'' (Mett. ex Kuhn) Ching
*'' Bolbitis cadieri'' (Christ) Ching
*'' Bolbitis changjiangensis'' F.G.Wang & F.W.Xing
*'' Bolbitis christensenii'' (Ching) Ching
*'' Bolbitis confertifolia'' Ching
*'' Bolbitis costata'' (Wall. ex Hook.) Ching
*'' Bolbitis crispatula'' (Wall. ex Hook.) Ching
*'' Bolbitis cuneata'' (Bonap.) Fraser-Jenk.
*'' Bolbitis curupirae'' (Lindm.) Ching
*'' Bolbitis deltigera'' ( all. exHook.) C.Chr.
*'' Bolbitis feeiana'' (Copel.) Fraser-Jenk. & Gandhi
*'' Bolbitis fengiana'' (Ching) S.Y.Dong
*'' Bolbitis fluviatilis'' (Hook.) Ching
*'' Bolbitis gaboonensis'' (Hook.) Alston
*'' Bolbitis gemmifera'' (Hieron.) C.Chr.
*'']Bolbitis hainanensis
''Bolbitis'' is a genus of ferns in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Elaphoglossoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).
Two particular members of the genus are often grown as immersed water plants in aqua ...
'' Ching & C.H.Wang
*'' Bolbitis hastata'' (Liebm. ex E.Fourn.) Hennipman
*'' Bolbitis hekouensis'' Ching
*'' Bolbitis helferiana'' (Kunze) K.Iwats.
*'' Bolbitis heteroclita'' (C.Presl) Ching
*'' Bolbitis heudelotii'' (Bory ex Fée) Alston
*'' Bolbitis humblotii'' (Baker) Ching
*'' Bolbitis interlineata'' (Copel.) Ching
*'' Bolbitis lanceolata'' S.K.Wu & J.Y.Xiang
*'' Bolbitis lianhuachihensis'' Y.S.Chao, Y.F.Huang & H.Y.Liu
*'' Bolbitis lonchophora'' (Kunze) C.Chr.
*'' Bolbitis longiflagellata'' (Bonap.) Ching
*'' Bolbitis major'' (Bedd.) Hennipman
*'' Bolbitis medogensis'' (Ching & S.K.Wu) S.Y.Dong
*'' Bolbitis moranii'' J.B.Jiménez
*'' Bolbitis nodiflora'' (Bory) Fraser-Jenk.
*'' Bolbitis novoguineensis'' Hennipman
*'' Bolbitis occidentalis'' R.C.Moran
*'' Bolbitis pandurifolia'' (Hook.) Ching
*'' Bolbitis portoricensis'' (Spreng.) Hennipman
*'' Bolbitis prolifera'' (Bory) C.Chr. & Tardieu ex Tardieu & C.Chr.
*'' Bolbitis quoyana'' (Gaudich.) Ching
*'' Bolbitis rawsonii'' (Baker) Ching
*'' Bolbitis repanda'' (Blume) Schott
*'' Bolbitis rhizophylla'' (Kaulf.) Hennipman
*'' Bolbitis rivularis'' (Brack.) Ching
*'' Bolbitis salicina'' (Hook.) Ching
*'' Bolbitis scalpturata'' (Fée) Ching
*'' Bolbitis semicordata'' (Baker) Ching
*'' Bolbitis semipinnatifida'' (Fée) Alston
*'' Bolbitis serrata'' (Kuhn) Ching
*'' Bolbitis serratifolia'' (Mert. ex Kaulf.) Schott
*'' Bolbitis simplex'' R.C.Moran
*'' Bolbitis sinensis'' (Baker) K.Iwats.
*'' Bolbitis singaporensis'' Holttum
*'' Bolbitis sinuata'' (C.Presl) Hennipman
*'' Bolbitis subcordata'' (Copel.) Ching
*'' Bolbitis subcrenata'' (Hook. & Grev.) Ching
*'' Bolbitis taylorii'' (Bailey) Ching
*'' Bolbitis tibetica'' Ching & S.K.Wu
*'' Bolbitis tonkinensis'' (C.Chr. ex Ching) K.Iwats.
*'' Bolbitis umbrosa'' (Liebm.) Ching
*'' Bolbitis vanuaensis'' Brownlie
*'' Bolbitis virens'' (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) Schott
References
Fern genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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