taxonID	type	description	language	source
411687AB3A0E8957DB8BFAC412E0BDA8.taxon	materials_examined	– Type: Sericopteris vestita (Hook.) Jing Zhao & X. M. Zhou. ≡ Gymnogramma vestita Hook., Icones Plantarum 2: pl. 115. 1837.	en	Zhao, Jing, Liang, Zhen-Long, Yu, Hong, He, Zhao-Rong, Zhou, Xin-Mao (2025): Toward a monophyletic Paragympteris (Cheilanthoideae, Pteridaceae): description of Sericopteris gen. nov. Phytotaxa 693 (2): 166-172, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5
411687AB3A0E8957DB8BFAC412E0BDA8.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Morphologically, this genus is different from Paragymnopteris s. s. in having dense sericeous hairs (vs. scales) on the abaxial surface of the lamina, and is different from Pellaea in having linear sori following the entire course or distal portion of veins that are covered with dense sericeous hairs (vs. abaxially glabrous, pubescent, or with hairlike scales scattered along costae, sporangia scattered along veins near segment margins).	en	Zhao, Jing, Liang, Zhen-Long, Yu, Hong, He, Zhao-Rong, Zhou, Xin-Mao (2025): Toward a monophyletic Paragympteris (Cheilanthoideae, Pteridaceae): description of Sericopteris gen. nov. Phytotaxa 693 (2): 166-172, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5
411687AB3A0E8957DB8BFAC412E0BDA8.taxon	etymology	Etymology: The genus name is a composite from the Latin sericeus (sericea) and pteris (fern), which emphasizes the abaxial silky hairs on them. The Chinese name is suggested as ‘ ḡƚḋẍã (juan mao luo jue shu) ’.	en	Zhao, Jing, Liang, Zhen-Long, Yu, Hong, He, Zhao-Rong, Zhou, Xin-Mao (2025): Toward a monophyletic Paragympteris (Cheilanthoideae, Pteridaceae): description of Sericopteris gen. nov. Phytotaxa 693 (2): 166-172, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5
411687AB3A0E8957DB8BFAC412E0BDA8.taxon	description	Plants usually epilithic, xeric. Rhizomes decumbent or ascending, short, stout; scales shiny, brown or dark brown, narrowly subulate. Fronds monomorphic, clustered; stipe light chestnut-colored, densely brownish sericeous; lamina lanceolate to broadly lanceolate or ovate, 1 - or 2 - pinnate, imparipinnate, papery or leathery, soft, abaxially densely sericeous, adaxially sparsely sericeous; rachis and costae sericeous. Pinnae lanceolate or deltoid-lanceolate, ovate or narrowly ovate, shortly stalked or long stalked, base rounded or cordate, margins entire, sometimes proximal pinnae with 1 or 2 free segments, apex obtuse; pinnules ovate-deltoid or hastate, margins entire or with 1 or 2 small segments, apex obtuse; veins obscure. Indusia absent. Sori linear, following entire course or distal portion of veins, covered with hairs, somewhat revealed when mature. Spores globose-tetrahedral, perispore cristate or rugate. Chromosome number n = 29, 30 or multiples there of 2 x- 4 x. Sericopteris currently contains four Asian species: Sericopteris auriculata, S. bipinnata, S. sargentii, and S. vestita.	en	Zhao, Jing, Liang, Zhen-Long, Yu, Hong, He, Zhao-Rong, Zhou, Xin-Mao (2025): Toward a monophyletic Paragympteris (Cheilanthoideae, Pteridaceae): description of Sericopteris gen. nov. Phytotaxa 693 (2): 166-172, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5
411687AB3A0C8957DBBEFD891422BFFF.taxon	distribution	This species is distributed across China, India, and Nepal (Chu & Zhang 2006, Zhang & Ranker 2013, Fraser-Jenkins et al. 2017).	en	Zhao, Jing, Liang, Zhen-Long, Yu, Hong, He, Zhao-Rong, Zhou, Xin-Mao (2025): Toward a monophyletic Paragympteris (Cheilanthoideae, Pteridaceae): description of Sericopteris gen. nov. Phytotaxa 693 (2): 166-172, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5
411687AB3A0C8957DBBEFD891422BFFF.taxon	discussion	In previous studies, Sericopteris auriculata was usually resolved as the variety of S. bipinnata (Yin et al. 2024). In our recent phylogenomic study, this species formed a well-supported clade of its own (Zhao et al. 2024).	en	Zhao, Jing, Liang, Zhen-Long, Yu, Hong, He, Zhao-Rong, Zhou, Xin-Mao (2025): Toward a monophyletic Paragympteris (Cheilanthoideae, Pteridaceae): description of Sericopteris gen. nov. Phytotaxa 693 (2): 166-172, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5
411687AB3A0C8957DBBEFD891422BFFF.taxon	vernacular_names	The Chinese name is suggested as ‘ ffľ ḡƚḋẍ (er yu juan mao luo jue) ’.	en	Zhao, Jing, Liang, Zhen-Long, Yu, Hong, He, Zhao-Rong, Zhou, Xin-Mao (2025): Toward a monophyletic Paragympteris (Cheilanthoideae, Pteridaceae): description of Sericopteris gen. nov. Phytotaxa 693 (2): 166-172, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5
411687AB3A0C8957DBBEFC5914C8B8B3.taxon	distribution	This species is distributed in northwest to southwest China (Chu & Zhang 2006, Zhang & Ranker 2013).	en	Zhao, Jing, Liang, Zhen-Long, Yu, Hong, He, Zhao-Rong, Zhou, Xin-Mao (2025): Toward a monophyletic Paragympteris (Cheilanthoideae, Pteridaceae): description of Sericopteris gen. nov. Phytotaxa 693 (2): 166-172, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5
411687AB3A0C8957DBBEFC5914C8B8B3.taxon	vernacular_names	The Chinese name is suggested as ‘ 三fl ḡƚḋẍ (san jiao juan mao luo jue) ’.	en	Zhao, Jing, Liang, Zhen-Long, Yu, Hong, He, Zhao-Rong, Zhou, Xin-Mao (2025): Toward a monophyletic Paragympteris (Cheilanthoideae, Pteridaceae): description of Sericopteris gen. nov. Phytotaxa 693 (2): 166-172, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5
411687AB3A0C8957DBBEFA9514C0B993.taxon	distribution	This species is endemic to southwest China (Chu & Zhang 2006, Zhang & Ranker 2013).	en	Zhao, Jing, Liang, Zhen-Long, Yu, Hong, He, Zhao-Rong, Zhou, Xin-Mao (2025): Toward a monophyletic Paragympteris (Cheilanthoideae, Pteridaceae): description of Sericopteris gen. nov. Phytotaxa 693 (2): 166-172, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5
411687AB3A0C8957DBBEFA9514C0B993.taxon	vernacular_names	The Chinese name is suggested as ‘ fflƌ ḡƚḋẍ (chuan xi juan mao luo jue) ’.	en	Zhao, Jing, Liang, Zhen-Long, Yu, Hong, He, Zhao-Rong, Zhou, Xin-Mao (2025): Toward a monophyletic Paragympteris (Cheilanthoideae, Pteridaceae): description of Sericopteris gen. nov. Phytotaxa 693 (2): 166-172, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5
411687AB3A0C8957DBBEF9B51448BBA7.taxon	distribution	This species is distributed across Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand (Chu & Zhang 2006, Zhang & Ranker 2013, Fraser-Jenkins et al. 2017).	en	Zhao, Jing, Liang, Zhen-Long, Yu, Hong, He, Zhao-Rong, Zhou, Xin-Mao (2025): Toward a monophyletic Paragympteris (Cheilanthoideae, Pteridaceae): description of Sericopteris gen. nov. Phytotaxa 693 (2): 166-172, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5
411687AB3A0C8957DBBEF9B51448BBA7.taxon	vernacular_names	The Chinese name is suggested as ‘ ḡƚḋẍ (juan mao luo jue) ’.	en	Zhao, Jing, Liang, Zhen-Long, Yu, Hong, He, Zhao-Rong, Zhou, Xin-Mao (2025): Toward a monophyletic Paragympteris (Cheilanthoideae, Pteridaceae): description of Sericopteris gen. nov. Phytotaxa 693 (2): 166-172, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5
411687AB3A0B8950DBBEFD2712E0BADC.taxon	materials_examined	– Type: Paragymnopteris marantae (L.) K. H. Shing. ≡ Acrostichum marantae L.; Sp. Pl. 2: 1071. 1753 (as " maranta ").	en	Zhao, Jing, Liang, Zhen-Long, Yu, Hong, He, Zhao-Rong, Zhou, Xin-Mao (2025): Toward a monophyletic Paragympteris (Cheilanthoideae, Pteridaceae): description of Sericopteris gen. nov. Phytotaxa 693 (2): 166-172, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5
411687AB3A0B8950DBBEFD2712E0BADC.taxon	description	Plants usually epilithic, xeric. Rhizomes ascending or decumbent, short, stout; scales tan, narrowly subulate. Fronds monomorphic, clustered or closely spaced; stipe chestnut-black, base slightly scaly and hairy, distally hairy or subglabrous; adaxial lamina pale green or brownish green, lanceolate, 1 - pinnate, imparipinnate or pinnate-pinnatifid, gradually tapered to pinnatifid apex, papery or leathery when dry, abaxially densely covered with brown, pellucid, ovate-lanceolate scales, adaxially glabrous; rachis with sparse, narrow subulate scales; veins obscure. Indusia absent. Sori linear, spreading along lateral veins, covered with scales, somewhat revealed when mature. Spores globose-tetrahedral, perispore cristate. Chromosome number n = 29, 30, 32 or multiples there of 2 x.	en	Zhao, Jing, Liang, Zhen-Long, Yu, Hong, He, Zhao-Rong, Zhou, Xin-Mao (2025): Toward a monophyletic Paragympteris (Cheilanthoideae, Pteridaceae): description of Sericopteris gen. nov. Phytotaxa 693 (2): 166-172, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5
411687AB3A0B8950DBBEFD2712E0BADC.taxon	discussion	Paragymnopteris s. s. contains about two species now and is mainly distributed from Europe to Asia (Shing 1993, Chu & Zhang 2006, Fraser-Jenkins et al. 2017, Zhang & Ranker 2013). Morphologically, this genus differs from the Gymnopteris Bernhardi (1799: 297), Sericopteris, and Pellaea in subfam. Cheilanthoideae in having abaxial lamina densely covered with scales. Shing (1993) selected Paragymnopteris marantae (≡ Acrostichum marantae Linnaeus (1753: 1071 )) as the type for Paragymnopteris. This species were previously lectotypified as the type of Notholaena R. Brown (1810: 145) by Christensen (1905) which has been adopted by some subsequent authors (Pichi Sermolli 1981, 1989, Fraser-Jenkins & Dulawat 2009, Fraser-Jenkins et al. 2017). However, the typification of Notholaena has been thoroughly discussed by Yatskievych and Smith (2003) who further suggested that the type of Notholaena is N. trichomanoides (Linnaeus 1753: 1074) Desvaux (1813: 92), rather than N. marantae (Linnaeus 1753: 1071) Desvaux (1813: 92), which we agree. Based on previous phylogenetic analyses, Paragymnopteris s. s. is relatively distantly related with Notholaena (Rothfels et al. 2008, Zhao et al. 2024). Paragymnopteris s. s. (two species in the Old World) is a member of “ pellaeoids ”, while Notholaena (ca. 30 species in New World) belongs to “ notholaenoids ” (Rothfels et al. 2008).	en	Zhao, Jing, Liang, Zhen-Long, Yu, Hong, He, Zhao-Rong, Zhou, Xin-Mao (2025): Toward a monophyletic Paragympteris (Cheilanthoideae, Pteridaceae): description of Sericopteris gen. nov. Phytotaxa 693 (2): 166-172, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5
411687AB3A0B8951DBBEF89513F2BD01.taxon	distribution	This species is distributed across China, Bhutan, India, and Nepal (Chu & Zhang 2006, Zhang & Ranker 2013).	en	Zhao, Jing, Liang, Zhen-Long, Yu, Hong, He, Zhao-Rong, Zhou, Xin-Mao (2025): Toward a monophyletic Paragympteris (Cheilanthoideae, Pteridaceae): description of Sericopteris gen. nov. Phytotaxa 693 (2): 166-172, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5
411687AB3A0A8951DBBEFE0A15AEB885.taxon	distribution	This species is distributed across from southern Europe to western China (Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan) and eastern Africa (Yatskievych & Smith 2003, Chu & Zhang 2006, Zhang & Ranker 2013).	en	Zhao, Jing, Liang, Zhen-Long, Yu, Hong, He, Zhao-Rong, Zhou, Xin-Mao (2025): Toward a monophyletic Paragympteris (Cheilanthoideae, Pteridaceae): description of Sericopteris gen. nov. Phytotaxa 693 (2): 166-172, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5
