Lomariopsidaceae
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| Lomariopsidaceae | |
|---|---|
| Nephrolepis cordifolia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pteridophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida/Pteridopsida
(disputed) |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| (unranked): | Eupolypods I |
| Family: | Lomariopsidaceae Alston |
| Genera | |
The Lomariopsidaceae is a family of ferns with a largely tropical distribution. The family is here restricted to the cladistic grouping determined by the paper cited below.
Some are cultivated as ornamental plants.
[edit] References
- Schuettpelz & Pryer. "Fern phylogeny inferred from 400 leptosporangiate species and three plastid genes." Taxon 56(4): 1037-1050. 2007.
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