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Megalastrum
Sign in to saveMegalastrum is a genus of ferns in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Elaphoglossoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). The genus has around 100 species, mainly found in tropical America and Africa.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassPolypodiopsida
- OrderPolypodiales
- FamilyDryopteridaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 581
- With media
- 459
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Collections
- VT, FC-UNAM, BRIT, US
- Recorded in
- Colombia, Mexico, Argentina, Costa Rica
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Megalastrum is a genus of ferns in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Elaphoglossoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). The genus has around 100 species, mainly found in tropical America and Africa.
==Taxonomy== The genus name Megalastrum was first published by Richard Holttum in 1987.
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