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Alansmia

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Alansmia is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Grammitidoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). The genus is mainly native to the Neotropics, with a few species in tropical Africa.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassPolypodiopsida
  4. OrderPolypodiales
  5. FamilyPolypodiaceae

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Specimen records
132
With media
125
Family
Polypodiaceae
Collections
NY, US, F, MO, NHMUK
Recorded in
Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname

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Alansmia is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Grammitidoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). The genus is mainly native to the Neotropics, with a few species in tropical Africa.

==Species== , the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following twenty-four species: Alansmia bradeana (Labiak) Moguel & M.Kessler Alansmia canescens (A.Rojas) Moguel & M.Kessler Alansmia concinna (A.R.Sm.) Moguel & M.Kessler Alansmia contacta (Copel.) Moguel & M.Kessler Alansmia cultrata (Bory ex Willd.) Moguel & M.Kessler Alansmia dependens (Baker) Moguel & M.Kessler Alansmia diaphana (Moguel & M.Kessler) Moguel & M.Kessler Alansmia elastica (Bory ex Willd.) Moguel & M.Kessler Alansmia heteromorpha (Hook. & Grev.) Moguel & M.Kessler Alansmia immixta (Stolze) Moguel & M.Kessler Alansmia kirkii (Parris) Moguel & M.Kessler Alansmia lanigera (Desv.) Moguel & M.Kessler Alansmia laxa (C.Presl) Moguel & M.Kessler Alansmia longa (C.Chr.) Moguel & M.Kessler Alansmia monosora (Moguel & M.Kessler) Moguel & M.Kessler Alansmia reclinata (Brack.) Moguel & M.Kessler Alansmia semilunaris (Moguel & M.Kessler) Moguel & M.Kessler Alansmia senilis (Fée) Moguel & M.Kessler Alansmia smithii (A.Rojas) Moguel & M.Kessler Alansmia spathulata (A.R.Sm.) Moguel & M.Kessler Alansmia stella (Copel.) Moguel & M.Kessler Alansmia turrialbae (Christ) Moguel & M.Kessler Alansmia variabilis (Mett. ex Kuhn) Moguel & M.Kessler Alansmia xanthotrichia (Klotzsch) Moguel & M.Kessler

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