''Ctenitis'' is a

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 ...

genus 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 Dryopteridoideae, 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).

Selected species

The genus has a large number of species. The PPG I classification suggested that there were about 125 species; , the ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' listed 143. *'' Ctenitis pallatangana'' (

Hook. Sir William Jackson Hooker (6 July 178512 August 1865) was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as a botanic garden. At Kew he ...

) Ching *'' Ctenitis sloanei'' (Poepp. ex Spreng.) Morton *'' Ctenitis squamigera'' (Brack.) Copel.

References

Dryopteridaceae Fern genera {{Dryopteridaceae-stub