Loxsomopsis

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Loxsomopsis
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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 pearceiBaker
  • Loxsomopsis costaricensisChrist
  • Loxsomopsis lehmanniiHieron.
  • Loxsomopsis lehmannii var. crespianaBosco
  • Loxsomopsis lehmannii var. glabraBosco
  • Loxsomopsis notabilisSloss.

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. 1 2 3 4 Hassler, Michael. "Loxsomopsis". World Ferns. Retrieved 2025-07-16.
  2. 1 2 "Loxsomopsis Christ". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 2025-07-16.
  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.


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