''Serpocaulon'' 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

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

, subfamily

Polypodioideae Polypodioideae is a subfamily belonging to the fern family Polypodiaceae, which is a member of the suborder Polypodiineae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Alternatively, the subfamily may be treated as the ...

, according to the

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classification of 2016 (PPG I). The genus is native to

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and Southern America.

Species

, the ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' accepted the following thirty-seven species: *'' Serpocaulon adnatum'' (Kunze ex Klotzsch) A.R.Sm. *'' Serpocaulon antioquianum'' D.Sanín *'' Serpocaulon appressum'' (Copel.) A.R.Sm. *'' Serpocaulon attenuatum'' (C.Presl) A.R.Sm. *'' Serpocaulon australe'' D.Sanín, J.C.Ospina, I.O.Moura & Salino *'' Serpocaulon caceresii'' (Sodiro) A.R.Sm. *'' Serpocaulon catharinae'' (Langsd. & Fisch.) A.R.Sm. *'' Serpocaulon concolorum'' (M.Kessler & A.R.Sm.) A.R.Sm. *'' Serpocaulon crystalloneuron'' (Rosenst.) A.R.Sm. *'' Serpocaulon dasypleuron'' (Kunze) A.R.Sm. *'' Serpocaulon demissum'' (Fée) D.Sanín *'' Serpocaulon dissimile'' (L.) A.R.Sm. *'' Serpocaulon eleutherophlebium'' (Fée) A.R.Sm. *'' Serpocaulon falcaria'' (Kunze) A.R.Sm. *'' Serpocaulon fraxinifolium'' (Jacq.) A.R.Sm. *'' Serpocaulon funckii'' (Mett.) A.R.Sm. *'' Serpocaulon glandulosissimum'' (Brade) Labiak & J.Prado *'' Serpocaulon intricatum'' (M.Kessler & A.R.Sm.) A.R.Sm. *'' Serpocaulon lasiopus'' (Klotzsch) A.R.Sm. *'' Serpocaulon latipes'' (Langsd. & L.Fisch.) A.R.Sm. *'' Serpocaulon latissimum'' (R.C.Moran & B. Øllg.) A.R.Sm. *'' Serpocaulon levigatum'' (Cav.) A.R.Sm. *'' Serpocaulon loriceum'' (L.) A.R.Sm. * ''Serpocaulon'' × ''manizalense'' D.Sanín & Torrez *'' Serpocaulon maritimum'' (Hieron.) A.R.Sm. *'' Serpocaulon menisciifolium'' (Langsd. & Fisch.) A.R.Sm. *'' Serpocaulon nanegalense'' (Sodiro) A.R.Sm. * ''Serpocaulon'' × ''orosiense'' A.Rojas *'' Serpocaulon patentissimum'' (Mett. ex Kuhn) A.R.Sm. *'' Serpocaulon polystichum'' (Link) A.R.Sm. *'' Serpocaulon psychotrium'' Mostacero, D.Sanín & A.R.Sm. *'' Serpocaulon ptilorhizon'' (Christ) A.R.Sm. * ''Serpocaulon'' × ''pubescens'' (Rosenst.) Schwartsb. & A.R.Sm. *'' Serpocaulon rex'' Schwartsb. & A.R.Sm. *'' Serpocaulon richardii'' (Klotzsch) A.R.Sm. * ''Serpocaulon'' × ''rojasianum'' J.M.Chaves, R.C.Moran & F.Oviedo * ''Serpocaulon'' × ''semipinnatifidum'' (Fée) A.R.Sm. *'' Serpocaulon sessilifolium'' (Desv.) A.R.Sm. * ''Serpocaulon'' × ''sessilipinnum'' A.Rojas & J.M.Chaves *'' Serpocaulon silvulae'' (M.Kessler & A.R.Sm.) A.R.Sm. *'' Serpocaulon subandinum'' (Sodiro) A.R.Sm. * ''Serpocaulon'' × ''tabuleirense'' D.Sanín & Salino *'' Serpocaulon triseriale'' (Sw.) A.R.Sm. *'' Serpocaulon vacillans'' (Link) A.R.Sm. *'' Serpocaulon wagneri'' (Mett.) A.R.Sm.

References

Polypodiaceae Fern genera {{Polypodiaceae-stub