Biology:Lonchitis

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Short description: Genus of ferns

Lonchitis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Lindsaeineae
Family: Lonchitidaceae
Doweld 2006
Genus: Lonchitis
L. 1753 non Bubani 1901[1]
Type species
Lonchitis hirsuta
L.
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]
  • Anisosorus Trevis. 1851 ex Maxon 1926
  • Antiosorus Roem. ex Kuhn 1882

Lonchitis is a neotropical genus of ferns. It is the sole genus in the family Lonchitidaceae. At one time Lonchitis was placed in the Dennstaedtiaceae, and then transferred to the Lindsaeaceae, before being placed in its own family.[3]

Phylogeny

Plants of the World Online as of (As of January 2023) recognizes the following species:[4]

Phylogeny of Lonchitis[5][6]

L. occidentalis Baker 1867

L. currorii (Hooker) Mett. ex Kuhn 1879 [syn. Lonchitis mannii (Baker) Alston 1956]

L. hirsuta L. 1753

References

Wikidata ☰ Q17197948 entry