Rheopteris
Genus of ferns
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Rheopteris is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Vittarioideae of the family Pteridaceae with a single species, Rheopteris cheesmaniae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[1][2] Other sources sink the genus into Monogramma,[3] a genus not recognized in PPG I.[1] The species is native to New Guinea.[2]
| Rheopteris | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Family: | Pteridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Vittarioideae |
| Genus: | Rheopteris Alston[1] |
| Type species | |
| Rheopteris cheesmaniae Alston | |
| Species | |