Sericopteris bipinnata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Regnum*: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Regnum*: Viridiplantae Cladus: Streptophyta Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta Cladus: Embryophyta Cladus: Polysporangiophyta Divisio*: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Polypodiales

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Sericopteris
Species: Sericopteris bipinnata

Name

Sericopteris bipinnata (Christ) Jing Zhao & X.M.Zhou, Phytotaxa 693(2): 169 (2025).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Gymnopteris bipinnata Christ, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 55 (1909), non Notholaena bipinnata Liebm. (1849), nec al..
• Homotypic
  • Hemionitis bipinnata (Christ) Mickel, Brittonia 31(3): 411 (1979).
  • Paraceterach bipinnata (Christ) R.M.Tryon, Amer. Fern J. 76(4): 186 (1986).
  • Paragymnopteris bipinnata Christ K.H.Shing, Indian Fern J. 10(1–2): 230 (1994) [1993 publ. 1994].
  • Notholaena dipinnata Fraser-Jenk., Fern Gaz. 18(5): 217 (2009), nom. nov..
  • Notholaena dipinnula Fraser-Jenk., Annot. Checkl. Ind. Pterid. 1: 250 (2016), nom. superfl..
  • Pellaea bipinnata (Christ) G.M.Zhang & Y.Yin, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 44(4): 499 (2024).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central (Sichuan, Yunnan), China North-Central (Gansu, Shaanxi), Tibet. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent East Himalaya (Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan), Nepal. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Zhao, J., Liang, Z.-L., Yu, H., He, Z.-R. & Zhou, X.-M. 2025. Toward a monophyletic Paragympteris (Cheilanthoideae, Pteridaceae): description of Sericopteris gen. nov. Phytotaxa 693(2): 166–172. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5 Reference page. 
• Shing, K.H. 1994 ("1993"). A new genus, Paragymnopteris Shing separated from Gymnopteris Bernh. Indian Fern Journal 10(1–2): 226–231. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Sericopteris bipinnata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 Apr 26. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2026. Sericopteris bipinnata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Apr 2026. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Sericopteris bipinnata. Published online. Accessed: 26 Apr 2026. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2026. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Sericopteris bipinnata Accessed: 26 Apr 2026. Reference page.