''Lastreopsis'', known as shieldfern, 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).

Species

, the ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' accepted the following species: *'' Lastreopsis amplissima'' (C.Presl) Tindale *'' Lastreopsis davalliaeformis'' (Tardieu) Tardieu *'' Lastreopsis davallioides'' (Brack.) Tindale *'' Lastreopsis decomposita'' (R.Br.) Tindale *'' Lastreopsis dissecta'' (C.T.White & Goy) Labiak, Sundue & R.C.Moran *'' Lastreopsis hispida'' (Sw.) Tindale *'' Lastreopsis killipii'' (C.Chr. & Maxon) Tindale *'' Lastreopsis marginans'' (F.Muell.) D.A.Sm. & Tindale ex Tindale *'' Lastreopsis nephrodioides'' (Baker) Tindale *'' Lastreopsis poecilophlebia'' (Hook.) Labiak, Sundue & R.C.Moran *'' Lastreopsis silvestris'' D.A.Sm. ex Tindale *'' Lastreopsis squamifera'' (C.Chr.) Lellinger *'' Lastreopsis subrecedens'' Ching *'' Lastreopsis subsericea'' (Mett.) Tindale *'' Lastreopsis subsparsa'' (Alderw.) Tindale *'' Lastreopsis tenera'' (R.Br.) Tindale *'' Lastreopsis tripinnata'' (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Labiak, Sundue & R.C.Moran *'' Lastreopsis velutina'' (A.Rich.) Tindale *'' Lastreopsis vieillardii'' (Mett.) Tindale *'' Lastreopsis walleri'' Tindale *'' Lastreopsis wurunuran'' (Domin) Tindale

References

Dryopteridaceae Fern genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Ren-Chang Ching {{Dryopteridaceae-stub