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Lophosoria

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Lophosoria is a genus of tree ferns within the family Dicksoniaceae.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Lophosoria is referenced by 11 other articles, and connects out to Wikidata, New Zealand and plant.

It sits within the topics Dicksoniaceae, Fern genera and Flora of the Neotropical realm.

Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassPolypodiopsida
  4. OrderCyatheales
  5. FamilyDicksoniaceae
Native toArgentina South, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
68
With media
50
Family
Dicksoniaceae
Collections
IBUNAM, US, MO, BRIT, VT, CM
Recorded in
Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, Argentina

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Dicksoniaceae
Image
Lophosoria quadripinnata-pinna.JPG
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taxon name
Lophosoria
taxon rank
genus
taxon common name
lophosoria
topic's main category
Category:Lophosoria
Commons category
Lophosoria
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Species
  • References

Lophosoria is a genus of tree ferns within the family Dicksoniaceae.

Although it is confined to tropical America in modern times, there is fossil evidence that it was once spread throughout Gondwana with the exception of New Zealand.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lophosoria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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