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The genus Polystichum is in the family Dryopteridaceae in the major group Pteridophytes (Ferns and fern allies).

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Species in Polystichum

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Polystichum acanthophyllum (Franch.) H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum aculeatum (L.) Schott	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum acutidens H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum acutipinnulum Ching & K.H. Shing	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum adungense Ching & Fraser-Jenk. ex H.S. Kung & L.B. Zhang	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum alcicorne (Baker) Diels	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum alfaroi (Christ) Barrington	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum altum Ching	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum ammifolium (Poir.) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum andersonii Hopkins	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum andinum Phil.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum articulatipilosum H.G. Zhou & Hua Li	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum assurgentipinnum W.M. Chu & B.Y. Zhang	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum atkinsonii Bedd.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum attenuatum Tagawa & Z. Iwats.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum auriculum Ching	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum bakerianum (Atk. ex C.B. Clarke) Diels	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum baoxingense Ching & H.S. Kung	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum biaristatum (Blume) T. Moore	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum × bichnellii Hahne	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum bifidum Ching	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum bigemmatum Ching ex L.L. Xiang	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum bissectum C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum bomiense Ching & S.K. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum bonapartii Rosenst.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum brachypterum (Kunze) Ching	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum braunii (Spenn.) Fée	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum bulbiferum Barrington	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum caducum (T. Moore) Diels	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum californicum Diels	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum capillipes (Baker) Diels	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum castaneum (C.B. Clarke) B.K. Nayar & S. Kaur	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum chilense (H. Chr.) Diels	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum chingae Ching	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum christianae (Jenman) Underw. & Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum christii Ching	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum chunii Ching	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum concinnum Lellinger ex Barrington	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum consimile Ching	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum costularisorum Ching ex W.M. Chu & Z.R. He	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum craspedosorum (Maxim.) Diels	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum crassinervium Ching ex W.M. Chu & Z.R. He	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum crinigerum (C. Chr.) Ching	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum cuneatiforme W.M. Chu & Z.R. He	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum cyclolobum C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum daguanense Ching ex L.L. Xiang	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum deflexum Ching ex W.M. Chu	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum delavayi (H. Christ) Ching	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum deltodon (Baker) Diels	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum dielsii H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum diffundens H.S. Kung & L.B. Zhang	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum discretum (D. Don) J. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum disjunctum Ching ex W.M. Chu & Z.R. He	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum distans E. Fourn.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum dubium (H. Karst.) Diels	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum dudleyi Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum duthiei (C. Hope) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum echinatum (J.F. Gmel.) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum elevatovenusum Ching ex W.M. Chu & Z.R. He	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum emarginatum (Willd.) T. Moore	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum erosum Ching	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum erythrosorum A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum exauriforme H.S. Kung & L.B. Zhang	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum excellens Ching	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum excelsius Ching & Z.Y. Liu	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum eximium (Mett. ex Kuhn) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum falcatilobum Ching ex W.M. Chu & Z.R. He	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum fibrilloso-paleaceum (Kodama) Tagawa	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum fimbriatum H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum formosanum Rosenst.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum fournieri A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum fragrans (L.) Ledeb.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum frigidicola H.S. Kung & L.B. Zhang	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum fugongense Ching & W.M. Chu ex H.S. Kung & L.B. Zhang	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum furfuraceum A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum giganteum Fée	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum gongboense Ching & S.K. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum grandifrons C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum guangxiense W.M. Chu & H.G. Zhou	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum gymnocarpium Ching ex W.M. Chu & Z.R. He	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum habaense Ching & H.S. Kung	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum hancockii (Hance) Diels	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum harpophyllum (Zenker ex Kunze) Sledge	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum hartwegii (Klotzsch) Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum hecatopterum Diels	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum herbaceum Ching & Z.Y. Liu	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum houchangense Ching ex P.S. Wang	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum huae H.S. Kung & L.B. Zhang	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum ichangense H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum × illiricum Hahne	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum imbricans (D.C. Eaton) D.H. Wagner	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum inaense (Tagawa) Tagawa	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum incisopinnulum H.S. Kung & L.B. Zhang	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum integrilimbum Ching & H.S. Kung	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum integrilobum (Ching ex Y.T. Hsieh) W.M. Chu ex H.S. Kung	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum jinfoshanense Ching & Z.Y. Liu	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum jiulaodongense W.M. Chu & Z.R. He	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum kangdingense H.S. Kung & L.B. Zhang	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum kwangtungense Ching	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum lachenense (Hook.) Bedd.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum lanceolatum Baker	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum langchungense Ching ex H.S. Kung	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum latilepis Ching & H.S. Kung	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum lehmannii Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum lentum (D. Don) T. Moore	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum leveillei C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum liuii Ching	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum lonchitis (L.) Roth	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum longiaristatum Ching, Boufford & Shing in B. M. Barthol. et al.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum longidens Ching & S.K. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum longipaleatum H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum longipinnulum N.C. Nair	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum longispinosum Ching	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum longissimum Ching & Z.Y. Liu	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum luctuosum (Kunze) T. Moore	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum × luerssenii Hahne	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum macrochlaenum Ching & S.K. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum makinoi (Tagawa) Tagawa	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum manmeiense (H. Christ) Nakaike	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum marginatum (Wall.) Schott	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum martinii H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum maximum M. Kessler & A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum mayebarae Tagawa	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum medogense Ching & S.K. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum mehrae Fraser-Jenk. & Khullar	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum meiguense Ching & H.S. Kung	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum melanostipes Ching & H.S. Kung	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum mickelii A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum microchlamys (H. Christ) Matsum.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum mohrioides (Bory ex Willd.) C. Presl	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum mollissimum Ching	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum montevidense (Spreng.) Rosenst.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum monticola N.C. Anthony & Schelpe	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum morii Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum moupinense (Franch.) Bedd.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum mucronatum (Sw.) C. Presl	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum mucronifolium (Blume) C. Presl	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum muenchii (Christ) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum multifidum T. Moore	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum munitum (Kaulf.) C. Presl	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum muricatum (L.) Fée	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum muscicola Ching ex W.M. Chu & Z.R. He	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum nayongense P.S. Wang & X.Y. Wang	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum neolobatum Nakai	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum nepalense (Spreng.) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum nigrum Ching & H.S. Kung	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum ningshenense Ching & Y.P. Hsu	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum nudicaule Rosenst.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum nudisorum Ching	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum obliquum (D. Don) T. Moore	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum oblongum Ching ex W.M. Chu & Z.R. He	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum oligocarpum Ching ex H.S. Kung & L.B. Zhang	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum omeiense C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum orbiculatum (Desv.) J. Rémy & Fée	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum ordinatum (Kunze) Liebm.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum oreodoxa Ching ex H.S. Kung & L.B. Zhang	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum orientalitibeticum Ching	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum otophorum (Franch.) Bedd.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum ovatopaleaceum (Kodama) Sa. Kurata	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum paleaceum (Borkh.) Schwarz	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum paradeltodon L.L. Xiang	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum paramoupinense Ching	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum parvifoliolatum W.M. Chu	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum parvipinnulum Tagawa	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum pauciaculeatum Bonap.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum pianmaense W.M. Chu	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum piceopaleaceum Tagawa	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum plaschnickianum (Kunze) T. Moore	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum platyphyllum (Willd.) C. Presl	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum plicatum Hicken ex Hosseus	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum polyblepharum (Roem. ex Kunze) C. Presl	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum polystichiforme (Fée) Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum prescottianum (Wall. ex Mett.) T. Moore	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum prionolepis Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum pseudo-xiphophyllum Ching ex H.S. Kung	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum pseudoacutidens Ching ex W.M. Chu & Z.R. He	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum pseudocastaneum Ching & S.K. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum pseudomakinoi Tagawa	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum pseudorhomboideum H.S. Kung & L.B. Zhang	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum pseudosetosum Ching & Z.Y. Liu	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum punctiferum C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum pungens (Kaulf.) PRESL	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum pycnopterum (H. Christ) Ching ex W.M. Chu & Z.R. He	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum qamdoense Ching & S.K. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum rachichlaena Fée	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum retrosopaleaceum (Kodama) Tagawa	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum rhizophorum (Jenman) Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum rhombiforme Ching & S.K. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum rigens Tagawa	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum robustum Ching	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum rufobarbatum (Wall.) Schott	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum rufopaleaceum Ching	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum rupicola Ching ex W.M. Chu	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum salwinense Ching & H.S. Kung	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum saxicola Ching	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum schizophyllum Lorea-Hern. & A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum scopulinum (D.C. Eaton) Maxon	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum semifertile (C.B. Clarke) Ching	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum setiferum (Forssk.) Moore ex Woyn.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum setigerum (C. Presl) C. Presl	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum setillosum Ching	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum setosum (Wall.) Schott	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum shandongense J.X. Li & Y. Wei	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum shensiense H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum shimurae Kurata ex Seriz.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum silaense Ching	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum simplicipinnum Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum sinense (H. Christ) H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum sinotsussimense Ching & Z.Y. Liu	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum sozanense Ching ex H.S. Kung & L.B. Zhang	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum speciosissimum (A. Braun ex Kunze) Copel.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum squarrosum (D. Don) Fée	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum stenophyllum H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum stimulans (Kunze ex Mett.) Bedd.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum stuebelii Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum subacutidens Ching ex L.L. Xiang	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum subdeltodon Ching	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum subfimbriatum W.M. Chu & Z.R. He	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum subintegerrimum (Hook. & Arn.) Barrington	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum submarginale (Baker) Ching ex P.S. Wang	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum submite (H. Christ) Diels	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum subulatum Ching ex L.B. Zhang	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum tacticopterum (Kunze) T. Moore	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum taiwanense (Tagawa) C.M. Kuo	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum taizhongense H.S. Kung	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum talamancanum Barrington	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum tangmaiense H.S. Kung & Tateishi	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum tetragonum Fée	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum thomsonii (Hook. f.) Bedd.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum tibeticum Ching	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum tijucense Fée	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum tonkinense (H. Christ) W.M. Chu & Z.R. He	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum trapezoides (Sw.) C. Presl	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum triangulum (L.) Fée	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum tripteron (Kunze) C. Presl	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum tsingkanshanense Ching	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum tsus-simense (Hook.) H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum turrialbae Christ	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum wattii (Bedd.) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum wilsonii H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum xiphophyllum (Baker) Diels	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum yadongense Ching & S.K. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum yaeyamense (Makino) Makino	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum yuanum Ching	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum yunnanense H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Polystichum zayuense W.M. Chu & Z.R. He	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 853 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Polystichum. Of these 247 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 134 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Polystichum. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 853 species names for the genus Polystichum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	247	29.0%
◕	Synonym	210	24.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	396	46.4%

All names

The status of the 987 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Polystichum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	263	26.6%
◕	Synonym	325	32.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	399	40.4%

The confidence with which the status of the 853 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Polystichum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	246	207	0	0	453	53.1%
	Low confidence	1	3	0	396	400	46.9%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Polystichum, are as follows: