Loxsomopsis
Genus of ferns
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
| Loxsomopsis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Cyatheales |
| Family: | Loxsomataceae |
| Genus: | Loxsomopsis Christ[1] |
| Species: | L. pearcei |
| Binomial name | |
| Loxsomopsis pearcei (Baker) Maxon[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
(Species)
| |
