Biology:Lophosoria

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Short description: Genus of ferns

Lophosoria
Lophosoria quadripinnata-pinna.JPG
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Cyatheales
Family: Dicksoniaceae
Genus: Lophosoria
C.Presl
Type species
Lophosoria pruinata
C.Presl
Species
Synonyms
  • Trichosorus Liebmann

Lophosoria is a genus of tree ferns within the family Dicksoniaceae.

Although it is confined to tropical America in modern times, there is fossil evidence that it was once spread throughout Gondwana with the exception of New Zealand.

Species

Image Scientific name Distribution
Lophosoria quadripinnata - San Francisco Botanical Garden - DSC00004.JPG Lophosoria quadripinnata (J.F.Gmel.) C.Chr. Argentina South, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Juan Fernández Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela
Lophosoria quesadae A.Rojas Costa Rica.

References

  • Large & Braggins (2004): Tree Ferns ISBN:0-643-09076-2

Wikidata ☰ Q11986775 entry