Actinostachys Explained

Actinostachys is a genus of small ferns originally included in the genus Schizaea. The genus was segregated on the basis of the flabelliform (fan-shaped) laminae. The genus is colloquially called the ray ferns.

Species

, World Ferns accepted the following species:

Phylogeny of Actinostachys^{[1] [2]}

Other species include:

• Actinostachys balansae (Fourn.) C.F. Reed
• Actinostachys inopinata (Selling) C.F. Reed
• Actinostachys intermedia (Mett.) C.F. Reed
• Actinostachys macrofunda Bierh.
• Actinostachys minuta Amoroso & Coritico
• Actinostachys oligostachys Bierh.
• Actinostachys plana (Fourn.) C.F. Reed
• Actinostachys simplex Amoroso & Coritico
• Actinostachys spirophylla (W. Troll) C.F. Reed
• Actinostachys tenuis (Fourn.) C.F. Reed

References

• World species list of Actinostachys: https://web.archive.org/web/20090908034926/http://homepages.caverock.net.nz/~bj/fern/actinostachys.htm

Notes and References

1. 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. 10.3389/fpls.2022.909768 . 36092417. 9449725. free.
2. Web site: et al. . 2023 . Tree viewer: interactive visualization of FTOL . FTOL v1.4.0 [GenBank release 253] . 8 March 2023.