{{Short description|Genus of ferns}} {{Use dmy dates|cs1-dates=ly|date=June 2020}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | display_parents = 2 | genus = Ananthacorus | parent_authority = Underw. & Maxon<ref name=PPGI/> | species = angustifolius | authority = (Swartz 1788) Underwood & Maxon 1908 | synonyms = * ''Pteris angustifolia'' <small>Swartz 1788</small> * ''Pteropsis angustifolia'' <small>(Swartz 1788) Desvaux 1827</small> * ''Taenitis angustifolia'' <small>(Swartz 1788) Sprengel 1827</small> * ''Vittaria angustifolia'' <small>(Swartz 1788) Baker 1870</small> * ''Oetosis angustifolia'' <small>(Swartz) Kuntze 1891</small> * ''Vittaria costata'' <small>Kunze 1834</small> * ''Vittaria onusta'' <small>Trevis. 1851</small> }}

'''''Ananthacorus''''' is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Vittarioideae of the family Pteridaceae with a single species '''''Ananthacorus angustifolius'''''.<ref name=PPGI/><ref name=CFLW/> Its native distribution ranges from Mexico through Central America to northern South America. It has been introduced into parts of Malesia.<ref name=POWO_12371-2/>

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=CFLW>{{Citation |last1=Hassler |first1=Michael |last2=Schmitt |first2=Bernd |date=November 2019 |contribution=Ananthacorus angustifolius |title=Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World |at=8.11 |url=https://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu/ferns/ |accessdate=2019-12-30 |name-list-style=amp |archive-date=2017-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902225743/http://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu/ferns/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name=POWO_12371-2>{{citation |title=''Ananthacorus angustifolius'' (Sw.) Underw. & Maxon |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:12371-2 |accessdate=2019-12-30 }}</ref>

<ref name=PPGI>{{Citation |author=PPG I |year=2016 |title=A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns |journal=Journal of Systematics and Evolution |volume=54 |issue=6 |pages=563–603 |doi=10.1111/jse.12229|s2cid=39980610 |doi-access=free }}</ref> }}

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Category:Pteridaceae Category:Monotypic fern genera

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