Onychium is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Pteridoideae of the family Pteridaceae.[2]

Onychium
Onychium japonicum growing in Japan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Subfamily: Pteridoideae
Genus: Onychium
Kaulf.[1]
Type species
Onychium capense
Kaulf.
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Leptostegia Don

Species

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As of December 2019, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species and hybrids:[3]

Nitta et al. 2022[4] and Fern Tree of life[5]
Onychium

O. siliculosum (Desv.) C.Chr.

O. tenuifrons Ching

O. cryptogrammoides Christ

O. plumosum Ching

O. lucidum (D.Don) Spreng.

O. japonicum (Thunb.) Kunze (Japanese claw fern, carrot fern)

O. moupinense Ching

Other species:

References

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  1. ^ "Onychium Kaulf.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-12-28
  2. ^ PPG I (2016), "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns", Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 54 (6): 563–603, doi:10.1111/jse.12229, S2CID 39980610
  3. ^ Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019), "Onychium", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.11, retrieved 2019-12-28
  4. ^ Nitta, Joel H.; Schuettpelz, Eric; Ramírez-Barahona, Santiago; Iwasaki, Wataru; et al. (2022). "An Open and Continuously Updated Fern Tree of Life". Frontiers in Plant Science. 13: 909768. doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.909768. PMC 9449725. PMID 36092417.
  5. ^ "Tree viewer: interactive visualization of FTOL". FTOL v1.5.0 [GenBank release 256]. 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.