Leucotrichum
Sign in to saveLeucotrichum is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Grammitidoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). It is one of about 26 genera of "grammitids". The name of the genus refers to the white hairs that are usually present on the underside of the frond.
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- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassPolypodiopsida
- OrderPolypodiales
- FamilyPolypodiaceae
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Leucotrichum is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Grammitidoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). It is one of about 26 genera of "grammitids". The name of the genus refers to the white hairs that are usually present on the underside of the frond.
==Taxonomy== Leucotrichum was established in 2010 and has about six currently recognized species. The type species for the genus is Leucotrichum organense. Four of the species had been in Lellingeria, and one, Leucotrichum mortonii, had been in the defunct genus Xiphopteris.