Olfersia (plant)

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Olfersia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Subfamily: Polybotryoideae
Genus: Olfersia
Raddi [1]
Species

See text.

Synonyms [1]

DorcapterisC.Presl

Olfersia is a genus of ferns in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Polybotryoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). [2] They are found in Mexico and parts of South America. [3]

Contents

The genus name of Olfersia is in honour of Ignaz Franz Werner Maria von Olfers (1793–1871), who was a German naturalist, historian and diplomat. [4]

The genus was circumscribed by Giuseppe Raddi in Opusc. Sci. vol.3 on page 283 in 1819. [3]

Species

As of January 2020, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following species: [1]

As of August 2022, Plants of the World Online only accepts Olfersia alataC.Sánchez & Caluff and Olfersia cervina(L.) Kunze [3]

Native

They are found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles and the Windward Islands. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020). "Olfersia". Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. 8.20. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
  2. 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
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Olfersia Raddi | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN   978-3-946292-41-8 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.