Cheiropleuria

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Cheiropleuria
Cheiropleuria integrifolia in Okinawa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Gleicheniales
Family:	Dipteridaceae
Genus:	Cheiropleuria C.Presl [1]
Type species
Cheiropleuria bicuspis (Blume) Presl
Species
C. bicuspis (Blume) Presl C. integrifolia (Eaton exHooker) Kato et al. C. parva Kato et al.

Cheiropleuria is a genus of ferns in the family Dipteridaceae. Species are found in both temperate and tropical eastern Asia.^{[1] [2]}

Cheiropleuria was first described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1851.^[1] The type species Cheiropleuria bicuspis was first described as Polypodium bicuspe by Blume in 1828.^[3]

As of November 2019^[update] , Plants of the World Online and the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:^{[1] [2]}

• Cheiropleuria bicuspis (Blume) C.Presl – widely distributed in temperate and tropical eastern Asia
• Cheiropleuria integrifolia (D.C.Eaton ex Hook.) M.Kato, Y.Yatabe, Sahashi & N.Murak. – southern Japan, China (Guangdong, Guangxi), Taiwan
• Cheiropleuria parva M.Kato, Y.Yatabe, Sahashi & N.Murak. – Borneo

Phylogeny of Cheiropleuria:^{[4] [5]}