Lophosoria

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

Lophosoria is a genus of tree ferns within the family Dicksoniaceae.[1]

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.

  1. ^ Large, Mark F.; Braggins, John E. (1 May 2004). Tree Ferns. Oregon: Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-630-2. Wikidata Q126935644.

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