Loxsomopsis

Loxsomopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Cyatheales
Family: Loxsomataceae
Genus: Loxsomopsis
Christ
Species:
L. pearcei
Binomial name
Loxsomopsis pearcei
(Baker) Maxon
Synonyms

(Species)

  • Dennstaedtia pearcei (Baker) C.Chr.
  • Dicksonia pearcei Baker
  • Loxsomopsis costaricensis Christ
  • Loxsomopsis lehmannii Hieron.
  • Loxsomopsis lehmannii var. crespiana Bosco
  • Loxsomopsis lehmannii var. glabra Bosco
  • Loxsomopsis notabilis Sloss.

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. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the genus is placed in the family Loxsomataceae. Other sources place it in an expanded family Cyatheaceae.

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