| Leptochilus | |
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Division: | Polypodiophyta | 
| Class: | Polypodiopsida | 
| Order: | Polypodiales | 
| Suborder: | Polypodiineae | 
| Family: | Polypodiaceae | 
| Subfamily: | Microsoroideae | 
| Genus: | Leptochilus Kaulf.[1]  | 
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Leptochilus is a fern genus in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Microsoroideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[1]
Taxonomy
A molecular phylogenetic study of the subfamily Microsoroideae in 2019 suggested that the genus was monophyletic, being sister to Microsorum, together forming one of the three main clades in the subfamily:[2]
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Species
The Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) suggests that the genus contains about 10 species.[1] As of February 2020, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World noted that the species circumscription was "fairly controversial and fluctuating", and accepted 34 species and hybrids:[3]
- Leptochilus axillaris (Cav.) Kaulf.
 - Leptochilus bolsteri (Copel.) Parris
 - Leptochilus cantoniensis (Baker) Ching
 - Leptochilus chilangensis (V.N.Tu) Liang Zhang & Li Bing Zhang
 - Leptochilus chingii Liang Zhang & Li Bing Zhang
 - Leptochilus chittagongensis Fraser-Jenk. & Gias
 - Leptochilus decurrens Blume
 - Leptochilus digitatus (Baker) Noot.
 - Leptochilus dissimilialatus (Bonap.) Liang Zhang & Li Bing Zhang
 - Leptochilus dolichopterus (Copel.) Fraser-Jenk. & Amoroso
 - Leptochilus ellipticus (Thunb.) Noot.
 - Leptochilus evrardii (Tardieu) Liang Zhang & Li Bing Zhang
 - Leptochilus flexilobus (Christ) Liang Zhang & Li Bing Zhang
 - Leptochilus fluviatilis (Lauterb.) Liang Zhang & Li Bing Zhang
 - Leptochilus hemionitideus (C.Presl) Noot.
 - Leptochilus henryi (Baker) X.C.Zhang
 - Leptochilus heterophyllus (S.K.Wu & P.K.Lôc) comb. ined.
 - Leptochilus insignis (Blume) Fraser-Jenk.
 - Leptochilus lanceolatus Fée
 - Leptochilus leveillei (Ching) X.C.Zhang
 - Leptochilus macrophyllus (Blume) Noot.
 - Leptochilus mengsongensis M.X.Zhao
 - Leptochilus minor Fée
 - Leptochilus morsei (Ching) Fraser-Jenk.
 - Leptochilus × nepalensis Fraser-Jenk.
 - Leptochilus oblongus Li Bing Zhang, Liang Zhang & N.T.Lu
 - Leptochilus pedunculatus (Hook. & Grev.) Fraser-Jenk.
 - Leptochilus pentaphyllus (Baker) Liang Zhang & Li Bing Zhang
 - Leptochilus poilanei (C.Chr. & Tardieu) Liang Zhang & Li Bing Zhang
 - Leptochilus pothifolius (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Fraser-Jenk.
 - Leptochilus pteropus (Blume) Fraser-Jenk.
 - Leptochilus saxicola (H.G.Zhou & Hua Li) Liang Zhang & Li Bing Zhang
 - Leptochilus × shintenensis (Hayata) Nakaike
 - Leptochilus wrightii (Hook.) X.C.Zhang
 
References
- 1 2 3 4 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.
 - ↑ Testo, Weston L.; Field, Ashley R.; Sessa, Emily B. & Sundue, Michael (2019), "Phylogenetic and Morphological Analyses Support the Resurrection of Dendroconche and the Recognition of Two New Genera in Polypodiaceae Subfamily Microsoroideae" (PDF), Systematic Botany, 44 (4): 737–752, doi:10.1600/036364419X15650157948607, S2CID 208176686, retrieved 2020-02-11
 - ↑ Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020), "Leptochilus", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, Version 8.20, retrieved 2020-02-11
 
