Palhinhaea

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Palhinhaea
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Palhinhaea cernua
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: Lycopodiales
Family: Lycopodiaceae
Subfamily: Lycopodielloideae
Genus: Palhinhaea
Franco & Vasc. [1]
Species

See text.

Palhinhaea is a genus of lycophytes in the family Lycopodiaceae. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is placed in the subfamily Lycopodielloideae. [2] Some sources do not recognize the genus, sinking it into Lycopodiella . [3] Palhinhaea species are widespread in the tropics and subtropics. [1]

Species

As of June 2025, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following twenty-seven species: [1]

BinomialNotesDistributionImage
Palhinhaea bradei (Nessel) Holub Brazil
Palhinhaea brevibracteata (Alderw.) Holub New Guinea
Palhinhaea camporum (B.Øllg. & P.G.Windisch) HolubSouth America
Palhinhaea cernua (L.) Vasc. & Francoworldwide
Palhinhaea cerrojefensis B.Øllg.Panama
Palhinhaea crassifolia (Spring) Fraser-Jenk. & KholiaIndia and Southeast Asia
Palhinhaea curvata (Sw.) HolubCentral and South America, Greater Antilles
Palhinhaea descendens (B.Øllg.) HolubAndean South America
Palhinhaea divaricata B.Øllg.Central America
Palhinhaea eichleri (Fée) HolubBrazil
Palhinhaea glaucescens (C.Presl) HolubCentral and South America
Palhinhaea hainanensis C.Y.YangSoutheast Asia
Palhinhaea hydrophila(Alderw.) comb. ined.currently Lycopodiella hydrophila (Alderw.) P.J.EdwardsNew Guinea
Palhinhaea lehmannii (Hieron.) Holubnorthern South America
Palhinhaea lugubris B.Øllg.Bolivia
Palhinhaea maniculata (B.Øllg.) B.Øllg.northern South America
Palhinhaea pendulina (Hook.) HolubCentral and South America
Palhinhaea pseudocurvata B.Øllg.northern South America, Greater Antilles
Palhinhaea pungens (Alderw.) HolubMalesia
Palhinhaea raiateensis(J.W.Moore) comb. ined.currently Lycopodium raiateense J.W.Moore Society Islands
Palhinhaea reflexifolia B.Øllg.Andean South America
Palhinhaea riofrioi (Sodiro) HolubCentral and South America
Palhinhaea steyermarkii (B.Øllg.) HolubCentral and northern South America
Palhinhaea tomentosa (Alderw.) HolubNew Guinea
Palhinhaea torta (Sieber ex Underw. & F.E.Lloyd) Christenh. Lesser Antilles
Palhinhaea trianae (Hieron.) Holubnorthern South America
Palhinhaea veigae Vasc.(epithet is also wrongly spelt viegae) Madeira

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hassler, Michael. "Palhinhaea". World Ferns. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
  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. "Palhinhaea Franco & Carv.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-12-05