Leptopteris
| Leptopteris Temporal range:
| |
|---|---|
| |
| L. fraseri, New South Wales | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Osmundales |
| Family: | Osmundaceae |
| Genus: | Leptopteris C.Presl |
| Type species | |
| L. fraseri | |
The fern genus Leptopteris is a small group of plants found growing in the Pacific Islands, New Guinea and Australia. They are similar to ferns in the related genus Todea, and were originally included in that genus. However, the very thin fronds of Leptopteris differ from the thick leathery fronds of Todea, and the genera are considered distinct.[1] A probable extinct species, Leptopteris estipularis is known from the Early Cretaceous of India.[2]
Species
Species include:
- Leptopteris alpina
- Leptopteris fraseri - Crepe fern, Australia
- Leptopteris hymenophylloides - Single crepe fern
- Leptopteris intermedia
- Leptopteris laxa
- Leptopteris marginata
- Leptopteris moorei
- Leptopteris sumatrana
- Leptopteris superba - Prince of Wales feather
- Leptopteris wilkesiana[3]
References
- ^ PPG I (2016). "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 54 (6): 563–603. doi:10.1111/jse.12229. S2CID 39980610.
- ^ Bomfleur, Benjamin; Grimm, Guido W.; McLoughlin, Stephen (2017-07-11). "The fossil Osmundales (Royal Ferns)—a phylogenetic network analysis, revised taxonomy, and evolutionary classification of anatomically preserved trunks and rhizomes". PeerJ. 5: e3433. doi:10.7717/peerj.3433. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5508817. PMID 28713650.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ "Leptopteris fraseri". Zipcodezoo.
 | This Polypodiidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |