Genus Dryopteris Adans.


Summary
Genus number:
4011
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Dryopteridaceae
Common name(s):

wood fern
Accession count:

85 (79  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
conserved (nom. cons.) against the homotypic synonym (Madrid ICN Art. 14.4 & App. III) Filix Ség., nom. rej.


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References:
  1. Christenhusz, M. J. M. et al. 2011. A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns. Phytotaxa 19:7-54.
  2. Juslén, A. et al. 2011. Relationships and evolutionary origins of polyploid Dryopteris (Dryopteridaceae) from Europe inferred using nuclear pgiC and plastid trnL-F sequence data. Taxon 60:1284-1294.
  3. McKeown, M. et al. 2012. Phylogenetic analyses place the Australian monotypic Revwattsia in Dryopteris (Dryopteridaceae). PhytoKeys 14:43-56. Note: as currently circumscribed is paraphyletic
  4. Sessa, E. B. et al. 2012. Phylogeny, divergence times, and historical biogeography of New World Dryopteris (Dryopteridaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 99:730-750.
  5. Sessa, E. B. et al. 2012. Reticulate evolution on a global scale: A nuclear phylogeny for New World Dryopteris (Dryopteridaceae). Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 64:563-581.
  6. Smith, A. R. et al. 2006. A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55:705-731.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=4011. Accessed 10 May 2026.