Paesia

Paesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Pteridopsida
Order: Dennstaedtiales
Family: Dennstaedtiaceae
Genus: Paesia
J. St.-Hil.[1]
Type species
Paesia viscosa (syn of P. glandulosa)
J. St.-Hil.[1]

Paesia is a genus of large, coarse ferns in the family Dennstaedtiaceae described as a genus in 1833.[2][1] Species are known from South America, Central America, East Asia, and New Caledonia.[3]

accepted species[4]
  1. Paesia acclivis (Kunze) Kuhn - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  2. Paesia amazonica (Christ) C. Chr. - Loreto Region in Peru
  3. Paesia anfractuosa (Christ) C. Chr. - Panama, Costa Rica
  4. Paesia glandulosa (Sw.) Kuhn - Panama, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
  5. Paesia rugulosa (Labill.) Kuhn - Vietnam, New Caledonia
  6. Paesia scalaris (Mett.) Kuhn
  7. Paesia taiwanensis W.C. Shieh - Taiwan

References

  1. 1 2 3 Tropicos, Paesia J. St.-Hil.
  2. ↑ Saint-Hilaire, Jean Henri Jaume. 1833. Voyage dans le District des Diamans 1: 381
  3. ↑ Smith, A. R., K. M. Pryer, E. Schuettpelz, P. Korall, H. Schneider & P. Wolff. 2006. A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55(3): 705–731
  4. ↑ The Plant List, search for Paesia
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