Loxsomopsis

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Loxsomopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Cyatheales
Family: Loxsomataceae
Genus: Loxsomopsis
Christ[1]
Species:
L. pearcei
Binomial name
Loxsomopsis pearcei
(Baker) Maxon[1]
Synonyms[1]

(Species)

  • Dennstaedtia pearcei (Baker) C.Chr.
  • Dicksonia pearcei Baker
  • Loxsomopsis costaricensis Christ
  • Loxsomopsis lehmannii Hieron.
  • Loxsomopsis notabilis Sloss.

Loxsomopsis is a genus of ferns with a single described species, Loxsomopsis pearcei, found in eastern Central and South America, from Costa Rica to Ecuador.[1][2] In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the genus is placed in the family Loxsomataceae.[3] Other sources place it in an expanded family Cyatheaceae.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019), "Loxsomopsis", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, Version 8.11, retrieved 2019-11-17
  2. ^ a b "Loxsomopsis Christ", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-11-16
  3. ^ PPG I (2016). "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 54 (6): 563–603. doi:10.1111/jse.12229. S2CID 39980610.