Lophosoria

Lophosoria is a genus of tree ferns within the family Dicksoniaceae.

Lophosoria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Cyatheales
Family: Dicksoniaceae
Genus: Lophosoria
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Type species
Lophosoria pruinata
Species
Synonyms
  • Trichosorus Liebmann

Although it is confined to tropical America in modern times, there is fossil evidence that it was once spread throughout Gondwana with the exception of New Zealand.

Species

ImageScientific nameDistribution
Lophosoria quadripinnata (J.F.Gmel.) C.Chr.Argentina South, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Juan Fernández Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela
Lophosoria quesadae A.RojasCosta Rica.

References

  • Large & Braggins (2004): Tree Ferns ISBN 0-643-09076-2
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