Leptolepia

Leptolepia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Pteridopsida
Order: Dennstaedtiales
Family: Dennstaedtiaceae
Genus: Leptolepia
Prantl
Binomial name
Leptolepia novae-zelandiae
(Thunb.) J.Sm.
Type species
Leptolepia novae-zelandiae
(Colenso) Mett. ex Diels.[1][2]
Synonyms[2]

Davallia novae-zelandiae Colenso

Leptolepia is a genus of ferns in the family Dennstaedtiaceae described as a genus in 1892.[3][2]

Leptolepia contains only one accepted species, Leptolepia novae-zelandiae, native to New Zealand.[2][4]

formerly included[5]

Leptolepia maxima (E. Fourn.) C. Chr., syn of Oenotrichia maxima (E.Fourn.) Copel.

References

  1. lectotype designated by Christensen, C. 1906. Index Filicicum xxviii. H. Hagerup, Copenhagen
  2. 1 2 3 4 The Plant List, Leptolepia novae-zelandiae (Colenso) Mett. ex Diels
  3. Prantl, Karl Anton Eugen. 1892. Arbeiten aus dem Königl. Botanischen Garten zu Breslau 1: 23.
  4. Fronds New Zealand
  5. The Plant List, Oenotrichia maxima (E. Fourn.) Copel.
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