Pteridrys


Pteridrys is a genus of ferns in the family Tectariaceae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016.

Taxonomy

The genus Pteridrys was erected by Carl Christensen and Ren-Chang Ching in 1934. The type species is Pteridrys syrmatica, transferred from Aspidium syrmaticum.
A 2016 molecular phylogenetic showed Pteridrys to be related to two new genera, Draconopteris and Malaifilix, separate from the clade containing Tectaria.

Species

, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:
  • Pteridrys acutissima Ching ex C.Chr. & Ching
  • Pteridrys australis Ching ex C.Chr. & Ching
  • Pteridrys cnemidaria C.Chr. et. Ching
  • Pteridrys confertiloba Holttum
  • Pteridrys costularis Li Bing Zhang, Liang Zhang, N.T.Lu & X.M.Zhou
  • Pteridrys dongshiyongii Li Bing Zhang & X.M.Zhou
  • Pteridrys dorsifixa Li Bing Zhang & X.M.Zhou
  • Pteridrys hanoiensis Li Bing Zhang, Liang Zhang, N.T.Lu & X.M.Zhou
  • Pteridrys lofouensis C.Chr. & Ching
  • Pteridrys microthecia C.Chr. & Ching
  • Pteridrys olivacea Copel.
  • Pteridrys syrmatica C.Chr. & Ching
  • Pteridrys vietnamensis Li Bing Zhang, Liang Zhang, N.T.Lu & X.M.Zhou