Metaxya

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Metaxya
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Metaxya rostrata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Cyatheales
Family: Metaxyaceae
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Genus: Metaxya
C.Presl
Type species
Metaxya rostrata
(Kunth) C.Presl
Species

See text.

Metaxya distribution.PNG
Metaxyaceae distribution
Synonyms
  • AmphidesmiumSchott 1834 ex Kunze

Metaxya is a neotropical genus of ferns in the order Cyatheales. It is the only genus in the family Metaxyaceae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). [1] Alternatively, the genus may be placed in the subfamily Metaxyoideae of a more broadly defined family Cyatheaceae, [2] the family placement used in Plants of the World Online as of November 2019. [3]

Contents

The species of the genus are characterized by large fronds that approach 8 ft (2.5 m) in length.

Species

As of January 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: [3]

ImageScientific nameDistribution
Metaxya contamanensis Tuomisto & G.G.CárdenasPeru to Bolivia
Metaxya elongata Tuomisto & G.G.CárdenasBelize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panamá, Venezuela
Metaxya lanosa A.R.Sm. & TuomistoPeru, Venezuela (Amazonas) to Guyana.
14938-Metaxya rostrata-Tabaro.jpg Metaxya rostrata (Kunth) C.PreslMexico (Chiapas), Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela
Metaxya scalaris Tuomisto & G.G.CárdenasBrazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela

Phylogeny

Phylogeny of Metaxya [4] [5]

M. parkeri (Hooker & Greville) Smith

M. rostrata (Kunth) Presl

M. scalaris Tuomisto & Cárdenas

M. lanosa Smith & Tuomisto

M. contamanensis Tuomisto & Cárdenas

M. elongata Tuomisto & Cárdenas

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