Leptochilus (plant)

Leptochilus is a fern genus in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Microsoroideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016.

Taxonomy

A molecular phylogenetic study of the subfamily Microsoroideae in 2019 suggested that the genus was monophyletic, being sister to Microsorum, together forming one of the three main clades in the subfamily:

Species

The Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 suggests that the genus contains about 10 species., the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World noted that the species circumscription was "fairly controversial and fluctuating", and accepted 34 species and hybrids:

Leptochilus axillaris Kaulf.
Leptochilus bolsteri Parris
Leptochilus cantoniensis Ching
Leptochilus chilangensis Liang Zhang & Li Bing Zhang
Leptochilus chingii Liang Zhang & Li Bing Zhang
Leptochilus chittagongensis Fraser-Jenk. & Gias
Leptochilus decurrens Blume
Leptochilus digitatus Noot.
Leptochilus dissimilialatus Liang Zhang & Li Bing Zhang
Leptochilus dolichopterus Fraser-Jenk. & Amoroso
Leptochilus ellipticus Noot.
Leptochilus evrardii Liang Zhang & Li Bing Zhang
Leptochilus flexilobus Liang Zhang & Li Bing Zhang
Leptochilus fluviatilis Liang Zhang & Li Bing Zhang
Leptochilus hemionitideus Noot.
Leptochilus henryi X.C.Zhang
Leptochilus heterophyllus comb. ined.
Leptochilus insignis Fraser-Jenk.
Leptochilus lanceolatus Fée
Leptochilus leveillei X.C.Zhang
Leptochilus macrophyllus Noot.
Leptochilus mengsongensis M.X.Zhao
Leptochilus minor Fée
Leptochilus morsei Fraser-Jenk.
Leptochilus × nepalensis Fraser-Jenk.
Leptochilus oblongus Li Bing Zhang, Liang Zhang & N.T.Lu
Leptochilus pedunculatus Fraser-Jenk.
Leptochilus pentaphyllus Liang Zhang & Li Bing Zhang
Leptochilus poilanei Liang Zhang & Li Bing Zhang
Leptochilus pothifolius Fraser-Jenk.
Leptochilus pteropus Fraser-Jenk.
Leptochilus saxicola Liang Zhang & Li Bing Zhang
Leptochilus × shintenensis Nakaike
Leptochilus wrightii X.C.Zhang