Cheiropleuria
Cheiropleuria is a genus of ferns in the family Dipteridaceae. Species are found in both temperate and tropical eastern Asia.
Taxonomy
Cheiropleuria was first described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1851. The type species Cheiropleuria bicuspis was first described as Polypodium bicuspe by Blume in 1828.Species
, Plants of [the World Online] and the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:- Cheiropleuria bicuspis C.Presl – widely distributed in temperate and tropical eastern Asia
- Cheiropleuria integrifolia M.Kato, Y.Yatabe, Sahashi & N.Murak. – southern Japan, China, Taiwan
- Cheiropleuria parva M.Kato, Y.Yatabe, Sahashi & N.Murak. – Borneo