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Lytoneuron

Lytoneuron is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Cheilanthoideae of the family Pteridaceae. Species are native to South America, many to Brazil.

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Subfamily: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Lytoneuron
(Klotzsch) Yesilyurt1
Species

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Synonyms2
  • Doryopteris sect. Lytoneuron Klotzsch

Lytoneuron is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Cheilanthoideae of the family Pteridaceae.1 Species are native to South America, many to Brazil.3

Species

As of December 2019, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:3

  • Lytoneuron acutilobum (Prantl) Yesilyurt
  • Lytoneuron bradei (Rosenst.) Yesilyurt
  • Lytoneuron crenulans (Fée) Yesilyurt
  • Lytoneuron feei (Brade) Yesilyurt
  • Lytoneuron itatiaiense (Fée) Yesilyurt
  • Lytoneuron lomariaceum (Klotzsch) Yesilyurt
  • Lytoneuron microphyllum (Christ) Yesilyurt
  • Lytoneuron ornithopus (Hook.) Yesilyurt
  • Lytoneuron paradoxum (Fée) Yesilyurt
  • Lytoneuron quinquelobatum (Fée) Yesilyurt
  • Lytoneuron rosenstockii (Brade) Yesilyurt
  • Lytoneuron rufum (Brade) Yesilyurt
  • Lytoneuron subsimplex (Fée) Yesilyurt
  • Lytoneuron tijucanum (Brade) Yesilyurt
References

References

  1. 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. "Lytoneuron (Klotzsch) Yesilyurt", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2019-12-31
  3. Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019), "Lytoneuron", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.11, retrieved 2019-12-31