Coptodipteris

Coptodipteris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Pteridopsida
Order: Dennstaedtiales
Family: Dennstaedtiaceae
Genus: Coptodipteris
Nakai & Momose
Binomial name
Coptodipteris wilfordii
(T. Moore) Nakai & Momose.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Microlepia wilfordii T. Moore
  • Dennstaedtia wilfordii (T. Moore) Christ
  • Davallia wilfordii (T. Moore) Baker
  • Davallia rhomboidea Hooker 1860 , illegitimate homonym, not Wallich ex Kunze (1850);

Coptodipteris is a genus of ferns in the family Dennstaedtiaceae described as a genus in 1937.[3][2][4]

Coptodipteris contains only one known species, Coptodipteris wilfordii endemic to China.[5] The Flora of China lists it by a synonym, Dennstaedtia wilfordii.[1]

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