| Oeosporangium | |
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| Oeosporangium guanchicum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Family: | Pteridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cheilanthoideae |
| Genus: | Oeosporangium Vis. [1] |
| Species | |
Oeosporangium is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Cheilanthoideae of the family Pteridaceae. [2] The genus has not always been recognized. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) it was included in Allosorus [2] (a genus since subsumed into Aleuritopteris ). It was accepted by the Checklist of the Ferns and Lycophytes of the Worldas of January 2020 [update] . [1] As circumscribed there, the genus is native to the Old World. [1]
As of January 2020 [update] , the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species: [1]