Paraselliguea
Paraselliguea is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Drynarioideae of the family Polypodiaceae according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), with a single species Paraselliguea leucophora.[1]
| Paraselliguea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
| Family: | Polypodiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Drynarioideae |
| Genus: | Paraselliguea Hovenkamp[1] |
| Species: | P. leucophora |
| Binomial name | |
| Paraselliguea leucophora | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Taxonomy
The genus Paraselliguea was first erected by Peter Hans Hovenkamp in 2000 for the species Polypodium leucophorum. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the genus is placed in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Drynarioideae.[1] Other sources place Paraselliguea leucophora in a more broadly circumscribed genus Selliguea as Selliguea leucophora.[2][3]
References
- PPG I (2016), "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns", Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 54 (6): 563–603, doi:10.1111/jse.12229, S2CID 39980610
- Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020), "Paraselliguea", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, Version 8.20, retrieved 2020-02-08
- "Paraselliguea leucophora (Baker) Hovenkamp", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2020-02-08
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