Archigrammitis
| Archigrammitis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pteridophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida/Pteridopsida (disputed) |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| (unranked): | Eupolypods I |
| Family: | Polypodiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Polypodioideae |
| Genus: | Archigrammitis Parris |
| Type species | |
| Archigrammitis friderici-et-pauli (Christ) Parris | |
Archigrammitis is a genus of grammitid ferns known from Malesia and Polynesia.
Description
The rhizomes are dorsiventral (having distinct upper and lower surfaces) with stipes closely spaced attached in two rows. The stipes are jointed and have phyllopodia at the base. The rhizome scales have hairy edges, and are of uniform color and usually glossy.[1]
The leaf blades are undivided, usually bearing branched veins and more than one row of sori on either side of the costa. They always have unbranched hairs, while many species have branched hairs with a single gland at the apex. Some species have hydathodes, some of which are cretaceous (leaving a lime deposit on the leaf around them). The sporangia bear one to two (occasionally as many as six) stiff, simple straight hairs without glands at the tip of the sporangium.[1]
Parris observed that the genus resembles Prosaptia in bearing phyllopodia at the stipe bases, but lacks the clathrate rhizome scales of that genus. The presence of simple, stiff hairs on the sporangium is shared with Oreogrammitis and Radiogrammitis.[1]
Taxonomy
The genus was first described by Barbara Parris in 2013 to receive some of the species of the genus Grammitis, which as then circumscribed was artificial and contained a number of disparate lineages. The name "Archigrammitis" means "chief Grammitis", referring to the size of the fronds, A. friderici-et-pauli being the largest member of Grammitis under the former circumscription. Parris placed six species in the genus:[1]
- Archigrammitis demissa (Parris) Parris
- Archigrammitis friderici-et-pauli (Chris) Parris
- Archigrammitis marquesensis (Parris) Parris
- Archigrammitis ponapensis (Copel.) Parris
- Archigrammitis samoensis (Baker) Parris
- Archigrammitis tahitiensis (C.Chr.) Parris
As of 2016, the genus has not yet undergone phylogenetic study.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Parris, Barbara S. (2013). "Archigrammitis, a new genus of grammitid fern (Polypodiaceae) from Malesia and Polynesia". Fern Gazette. 19 (4): 135–138.
- ↑ Sundue, Michael A.; Parris, Barbara S.; Ranker, Tom A.; Smith, Alan R.; Fujimoto, Erin L.; Zamora-Crosby, Delia; Morden, Clifford W.; Chiou, Wen-Liang; Chen, Cheng-Wei; Rouhan, Germinal; Hirai, Regina Y.; Prado, Jefferson (2014). "Global phylogeny and biogeography of grammitid ferns (Polypodiaceae)" (PDF). Molecular Genetics and Evolution. 81: 195–206.