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. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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.