Loxsoma

Loxsoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Cyatheales
Family:	Loxsomataceae
Genus:	Loxsoma ; R.Br. ex A.Cunn.
Species:	L. cunninghamii
Binomial name
	Loxsoma cunninghamii; R.Br. ex A.Cunn.
Synonyms
	LoxomaBrown & Cunningham non Garay 1972; Loxoma cunninghamiiBrown & Cunningham;

Last updated November 02, 2025

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)". Archived from the original on February 8, 2013. 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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[1] Faculty of Science - The University of Auckland. "Loxsomataceae (loxsoma fern)". Archived from the original on February 8, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2012.

[2] 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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