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Adenophorus

genus of plants

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMay 3, 2025
Entity authorityQ2842154 ↗
Source-derived summary

Adenophorus is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Grammitidoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). The genus is endemic to Hawaii.

Species

As of April 2025, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following eleven species and two hybrids:

Adenophorus × abbottiae W.H.Wagner

Adenophorus abietinus (D.C.Eaton) K.A.Wilson

Adenophorus × carsonii Ranker

Adenophorus epigaeus (L.E.Bishop) W.H.Wagner

Adenophorus haalilioanus (Brack.) K.A.Wilson

Adenophorus hymenophylloides (Kaulf.) Hook. & Grev.

Adenophorus montanus (Hillebr.) W.H.Wagner

Adenophorus oahuensis (Copel.) L.E.Bishop

Adenophorus periens L.E.Bishop

Adenophorus pinnatifidus Gaudich.

Adenophorus tamariscinus (Kaulf.) Hook. & Grev.

Adenophorus tenellus (Kaulf.) Ranker

Adenophorus tripinnatifidus Gaudich.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Adenophorus” as genus of plants. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewUseful for establishing the present vocabulary of the subject while preserving a route back to the evidence on which that vocabulary rests. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2016, 2025—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Adenophorus, genus and plants can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as genus of plants. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 3, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2842154. The first chronological checks are 2016 and 2025.

Critical limits

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This entry incorporates text from “Adenophorus” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.