The moth genus Dryopteris is now considered a junior synonym of Oreta.

Wood Ferns
Male Fern (Dryopteris filix-mas)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pteridophyta Class: Pteridopsida Order: Dryopteridales Family: Dryopteridaceae Genus: Dryopteris Adans.
Species
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Dryopteris (commonly called Wood Ferns, Male Ferns and Buckler Ferns) is a genus of about 250 species of ferns with distribution in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, with the highest species diversity in eastern Asia. Many of the species have stout, slowly creeping rootstocks that form a crown, with a vase-like ring of fronds. The sori are round, with a peltate indusium. The stipes have prominent scales.

Hybridization is a well-known phenomenon within this group, with many species formed by hybridization.

Dryopteris species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Batrachedra sophroniella (which feeds exclusively on D. cyatheoides) and Sthenopis auratus.

Selected species

Dryopteris abbreviata Dryopteris aemula - Hay-scented Buckler Fern Dryopteris affinis - Scaly Male Fern Dryopteris alpestris Dryopteris amurensis Dryopteris apicisora Dryopteris arguta - Coastal Wood Fern Dryopteris azorica Dryopteris barbigera Dryopteris bissetiana Dryopteris blandfordii Dryopteris bodinieri Dryopteris borreri Dryopteris campyloptera - Mountain Wood Fern Dryopteris canaliculata Dryopteris carthusiana - Narrow Buckler Fern Dryopteris caucasica Dryopteris caudifrons Dryopteris celsa - Log Fern Dryopteris championi Dryopteris changii Dryopteris chapaensis Dryopteris chinensis Dryopteris chrysocoma Dryopteris cinnamomea - Cinnamon Wood Fern Dryopteris clintoniana - Clinton's Wood Fern Dryopteris confertipinna Dryopteris cordipinna Dryopteris corleyi Dryopteris costalisora Dryopteris crassirhizoma Dryopteris crispifolia Dryopteris cristata - Crested Buckler Fern Dryopteris cyatheoides Dryopteris cycadina Dryopteris cyclopeltiformis Dryopteris decipiens Dryopteris dehuaensis Dryopteris dickinsii Dryopteris dilatata - Broad Buckler Fern Dryopteris discrita Dryopteris enneaphylla Dryopteris erythrosa Dryopteris erythrosora - Autumn Fern Dryopteris expansa - Northern Buckler Fern Dryopteris fibrilosa Dryopteris fibrilosissima Dryopteris filix-mas - Male Fern Dryopteris floridana Dryopteris formosana Dryopteris fragrans - Fragrant Buckler Fern Dryopteris fructuosa Dryopteris fuscipes Dryopteris gamblei Dryopteris goerigiana Dryopteris goldiana - Goldie's Wood Fern Dryopteris gongboensis Dryopteris guanchica Dryopteris gushanica Dryopteris gushiangensis Dryopteris gymnophylla Dryopteris gymnosora Dryopteris hendersoni Dryopteris hexagonoptera Dryopteris hirtipes Dryopteris huanganshanensis Dryopteris hupehensis Dryopteris hwangii Dryopteris hypophlebia Dryopteris immixta Dryopteris incisolobata Dryopteris integriloba Dryopteris integripinnula Dryopteris intermedia - Intermediate Wood Fern Dryopteris junlianensis Dryopteris juxtaposita Dryopteris kinkiensis Dryopteris labordei Dryopteris lacera Dryopteris lancipinnula Dryopteris lepidopoda Dryopteris lepidorachis Dryopteris liyangensis

Dryopteris ludoviciana - Southern Wood Fern Dryopteris manshurica Dryopteris marginalis - Marginal Wood Fern Dryopteris matsumurae Dryopteris minjiangensis Dryopteris monticola Dryopteris montigena Dryopteris nanpingensis Dryopteris neolepidopoda Dryopteris nigrosquamosa Dryopteris nyalamensis Dryopteris nyingchiensis Dryopteris odontoloma Dryopteris oreades - Mountain Male Fern Dryopteris pacifica Dryopteris pallida Dryopteris paludicda Dryopteris panda Dryopteris parasparsa Dryopteris pedata Dryopteris peninsulae Dryopteris podophylla Dryopteris polita Dryopteris prosa Dryopteris pseudo-sikkimensis Dryopteris pseudoatrata Dryopteris pseudodontoloma Dryopteris pseudofibrillosa Dryopteris pseudomarginata Dryopteris pseudouniformis Dryopteris pulcherrima Dryopteris qandoensis Dryopteris quatanensis Dryopteris reflexosquamata Dryopteris remota Dryopteris rigida Dryopteris rosthornii Dryopteris sacrosancta Dryopteris sanmingensis Dryopteris saxifraga Dryopteris scottii Dryopteris semipinnata Dryopteris sericea Dryopteris serrato-dentata Dryopteris shensicola Dryopteris sichotensis Dryopteris sieboldii Dryopteris sikkimensis Dryopteris silaensis Dryopteris sino-sparsa Dryopteris sinoerythrosora Dryopteris sinofibrillosa Dryopteris sordidipes Dryopteris sparsa Dryopteris spinulosa Dryopteris squamifera Dryopteris squamiseta Dryopteris stenolepis Dryopteris subatrata Dryopteris subbarbigera Dryopteris subexaltata Dryopteris sublacera Dryopteris sublaeta Dryopteris submarginata Dryopteris submontana - Rigid Buckler Fern Dryopteris subtriangularis Dryopteris tarningensis Dryopteris tenuicula Dryopteris tenuissima Dryopteris thibetica Dryopteris tieluensis Dryopteris tsangpoensis Dryopteris tyrrhena Dryopteris uniformis Dryopteris varia Dryopteris venosa Dryopteris villarii Dryopteris wallichiana Dryopteris wenchuanensis Dryopteris wuyishanensis Dryopteris yigongensis Dryopteris yungtzeensis Dryopteris zayuensis

Cultivation and uses

Many Dryopteris species are highly desired as garden ornamental plants, especially D. erythrosa (autumn fern, often sold in garden outlets) and D. filix-mas, a very popular garden fern in the British Isles and Europe, with numerous cultivars.

Dryopteris filix-mas was throughout much of recent human history widely used as a vermifuge, and was the only fern listed in the U.S. Pharmacopoeia.

Dryopteris sieboldii

References and external links

• Flora Europaea: Drypopteris
• Flora of North America: Drypopteris
• Flora of China: Drypopteris species list

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Dryopteris". Image Credit.

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