Woodsia


Woodsia is a genus of ferns in the family Woodsiaceae. Species of Woodsia are commonly known as cliff ferns. In the Pteridophyte [Phylogeny Group] classification of 2016, it was the only genus in the family Woodsiaceae. In 2020, Physematium was split off from Woodsia on the basis of molecular phylogenetic evidence., Plants of [the World Online] continued to treat Physematium as a synonym of Woodsia.

Phylogeny

There are about 25–30 species of the genus Woodsia., World Ferns hosted at World Plants accepted the following species:
Some hybrids are also known:
When the genus Physematium is accepted, × Woodsimatium abbeae is a hybrid between Woodsia ilvensis and Physematium scopulinum.