Pyrrosia


Pyrrosia is a genus of about 100 fern species in the polypod family, Polypodiaceae. Like other species in Polypodiaceae, the species of Pyrrosia are generally epiphytic on trees or rocks, a few species are terrestrial. The Latin name of Pyrrosia comes from the Greek pyrrhos, which refers to its leaves that are red due to the sporangia.

Species list

  • Pyrrosia abbreviata Hovenkamp
  • Pyrrosia adnascens Ching
  • Pyrrosia angustata Ching
  • Pyrrosia angustissima Tagawa & K. Iwats.
  • Pyrrosia assimilis Ching
  • Pyrrosia asterosora Hovenkamp
  • Pyrrosia blepharolepis Ching
  • Pyrrosia boothii Ching
  • Pyrrosia borneensis K.H. Shing
  • Pyrrosia brassii Pic. Serm.
  • Pyrrosia christii Ching
  • Pyrrosia confluens Ching
  • Pyrrosia costata Tagawa & K. Iwats.
  • Pyrrosia dimorpha X.H. Guo & S.B. Zhou
  • Pyrrosia dispar K.H. Shing
  • Pyrrosia distichocarpa K.H. Shing
  • Pyrrosia drakeana Ching
  • Pyrrosia eleagnifolia Hovenkamp
  • Pyrrosia fengiana Ching
  • Pyrrosia flocculosa Ching
  • Pyrrosia foveolata C.V. Morton
  • Pyrrosia fuohaiensis Ching & K.H. Shing
  • Pyrrosia gardneri Sledge
  • Pyrrosia hastata Ching
  • Pyrrosia heterophylla M.G. Price
  • Pyrrosia intermedia K.H. Shing
  • Pyrrosia laevis Ching
  • Pyrrosia lanceolata Farw.
  • Pyrrosia liebuschii Schelpe
  • Pyrrosia linearifolia Ching
  • Pyrrosia lingua Farw.
  • Pyrrosia longifolia C.V. Morton
  • Pyrrosia macrocarpa K.H. Shing
  • Pyrrosia madagascariensis Schelpe
  • Pyrrosia mannii Ching
  • Pyrrosia matsudai Tagawa
  • Pyrrosia mechowii Alston
  • Pyrrosia micraster Tagawa
  • Pyrrosia mollis Ching
  • Pyrrosia novo-guineae M.G. Price
  • Pyrrosia nummulariifolia Ching
  • Pyrrosia oblanceolata Tardieu
  • Pyrrosia obovata Ching
  • Pyrrosia pannosa Ching
  • Pyrrosia petiolosa Ching
  • Pyrrosia piloselloides M.G. Price
  • Pyrrosia polydactylos Ching
  • Pyrrosia porosa Hovenkamp
  • Pyrrosia princeps C.V. Morton
  • Pyrrosia pseudodrakeana K.H. Shing
  • Pyrrosia rasamalae K.H. Shing
  • Pyrrosia rhodesiana Schelpe
  • Pyrrosia rupestris Ching
  • Pyrrosia samarensis Ching
  • Pyrrosia scolopendrina Ching
  • Pyrrosia sheareri Ching
  • Pyrrosia shennongensis K.H. Shing
  • Pyrrosia similis Ching
  • Pyrrosia sphaerosticha Ching
  • Pyrrosia stigmosa Ching
  • Pyrrosia stolzii Schelpe
  • Pyrrosia subfurfuracea Ching
  • Pyrrosia transmorrisonensis Ching
  • Pyrrosia tricholepis Ching