Loxsoma
| Loxsoma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Cyatheales |
| Family: | Loxsomataceae |
| Genus: | Loxsoma R.Br. ex A.Cunn. |
| Species: | L. cunninghamii
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| Binomial name | |
| Loxsoma cunninghamii R.Br. ex A.Cunn.
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Loxsoma is a terrestrial fern genus endemic to New Zealand with a single species, Loxsoma cunninghamii.[1]
In the original publication, the name was spelled Loxoma but subsequently it was spelled Loxsoma, and this is now the conserved spelling.[2]
References
- ^ Faculty of Science - The University of Auckland. "Loxsomataceae (loxsoma fern)". Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- ^ A.H. Alfarhan; M. Sivadasan; J. Thomas (2009). "(1912) Proposal to conserve the name Loxsoma (Loxsomataceae) with that spelling". Taxon. 58 (4): 1370–1371. doi:10.1002/tax.584027.
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