Rheopteris

Rheopteris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Subfamily: Vittarioideae
Genus: Rheopteris
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Type species
Rheopteris cheesmaniae
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Species

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). Other sources sink the genus into Monogramma, a genus not recognized in PPG I. The species is native to New Guinea.

References

  1. 1 2 3 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
  2. 1 2 Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019), "Rheopteris", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.11, retrieved 2019-12-30
  3. ↑ "Monogramma Comm. ex Schkuhr", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-12-30