Loxsomopsis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Cyatheales |
Family: | Loxsomataceae |
Genus: |
Loxsomopsis Christ [1] |
Species: | L. pearcei
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Binomial name | |
Loxsomopsis pearcei (Baker) Maxon
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Synonyms [1] | |
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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. [1] [2] In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the genus is placed in the family Loxsomataceae. [3] Other sources place it in an expanded family Cyatheaceae. [2]