Biology:Loxsoma

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Short description: Genus of ferns

Loxsoma
Loxoma cunninghamii drawing.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Cyatheales
Family: Loxsomataceae
Genus: Loxsoma
R.Br. ex A.Cunn.
Species:
L. cunninghamii
Binomial name
Loxsoma cunninghamii
R.Br. ex A.Cunn.

Loxsoma is a terrestrial fern genus endemic to New Zealand with a single species, Loxsoma cunninghamii.[1]

In the original publication, the name was spelled Loxoma but subsequently it was spelled Loxsoma, and this is now the conserved spelling.[2]

References

  1. Faculty of Science - The University of Auckland. "Loxsomataceae (loxsoma fern)". http://web.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/science/about/departments/sbs/newzealandplants/ferns/native-ferns/loxsomataceae-loxsoma.cfm. 
  2. A.H. Alfarhan; M. Sivadasan; J. Thomas (2009). "(1912) Proposal to conserve the name Loxsoma (Loxsomataceae) with that spelling". Taxon 58 (4): 1370–1371. doi:10.1002/tax.584027. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6694391 entry