''Neolepisorus'' is a genus of ferns in the family

Polypodiaceae Polypodiaceae is a family of ferns. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the family includes around 65 genera and an estimated 1,650 species and is placed in the order Polypodiales, suborder Polypodiineae. A broader ...

, subfamily

Microsoroideae Microsoroideae is a subfamily in the fern family Polypodiaceae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). The subfamily is also treated as the tribe Microsoreae within a very broadly defined family Polypodiaceae ''se ...

, according to the

Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group The Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group, or PPG, is an informal international group of systematic botanists who collaborate to establish a consensus on the classification of pteridophytes (lycophytes and ferns) that reflects knowledge about plant relation ...

classification of 2016 (PPG I).

Taxonomy

''Neolepisorus'' was first described by Ren-Chang Ching in 1940. A

molecular phylogenetic Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...

study in 2019 suggested that ''Neolepisorus'' was one of a group of closely related genera in the subfamily Microsoroideae, a group the authors termed "''Lepisorus'' sensu lato". It species were embedded in a clade in which none of the genera appeared to be

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Species

, the ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' recognized the following species: *'' Neolepisorus fortunei'' (T.Moore) Li Wang *'' Neolepisorus pappei'' (Mett. ex Kuhn) Li Wang *''

Neolepisorus zippelii ''Neolepisorus'' is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Microsoroideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Taxonomy ''Neolepisorus'' was first described by Ren-Chang Ching in ...

'' (Blume) Li Wang , ''

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'' did not accept the genus, sinking it into ''

Neocheiropteris ''Neocheiropteris'' is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Microsoroideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Taxonomy A molecular phylogenetic study in 2019 suggested that ''N ...

'', although placing some of its species in '' Microsorum''.

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q17188018 Polypodiaceae Fern genera