Lonchitidaceae

Lonchitidaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida /
Pteridopsida (disputed)
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Lonchitidaceae
Doweld 2006
Genus

Lonchitis L. 1753[1]

Synonyms

Anisosorus Trevis. ex Maxon 1926[2]

Lonchitidaceae is a neotropical family of ferns in the order Polypodiales. It contains the single genus Lonchitis, which was at one time placed in the Dennstaedtiaceae, and then transferred to the Lindsaeaceae, before being placed in its own family.[3]

Species

Homonyms

Lonchitis is also an illegitimate name for a genus of orchids (Lonchitis Bubani 1901), whose species include:

References

  1. Christenhusz et al. "A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns" Phytotaxa 19: 7-54. 18 Feb. 2011
  2. Lonchitis Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 03 Feb 2012
  3. Lehtonen et al.: Phylogenetics and classification of the pantropical fern family Lindsaeaceae in the Botanical Journal of the Linnaen Society 2010