Lomariopsidaceae

Lomariopsidaceae
Nephrolepis cordifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Pteridophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
(unranked):	Eupolypods I
Family:	Lomariopsidaceae Alston
Genera
Cyclopeltis Lomariopsis Thysanosoria

The Lomariopsidaceae is a family of ferns with a largely tropical distribution. It is part of the eupolypods I clade of the order Polypodiales,^[1] in the class Polypodiopsida,^[2] and contains the following genera:

• Cyclopeltis
• Lomariopsis
• Thysanosoria

The genus Nephrolepis has also been placed in this family,^[3] but because its exact phylogenic placement is uncertain, it has been placed in its own family, Nephrolepidaceae, pending more complete data.^[1]

Some members of the Lomariopsidaceae are cultivated as ornamental plants.

References

1. Maarten J. M. Christenhusz, Xian-Chun Zhang & Harald Schneider (2011). "A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns" (PDF). Phytotaxa 19: 7–54.
2. Alan R. Smith, Kathleen M. Pryer, Eric Schuettpelz, Petra Korall, Harald Schneider & Paul G. Wolf (2006). "A classification for extant ferns" (PDF). Taxon 55 (3): 705–731. doi:10.2307/25065646.
3. Eric Schuettpelz & Kathleen M. Pryer (2007). "Fern phylogeny inferred from 400 leptosporangiate species and three plastid genes" (PDF). Taxon 56 (4): 1037–1050. doi:10.2307/25065903.