Dickwhitea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Polypodiales

Familia: Athyriaceae
Genus: †Dickwhitea
Species: †D. allenbyensis

Name

†Dickwhitea Karafit, Rothwell, Stockey, & Nishida, 2006

• Type species: Dickwhitea allenbyensis Karafit, Rothwell, Stockey, & Nishida, 2006

Etymology

• "The generic name Dickwhitea recognizes the contributions by Richard A. White, Duke University, to our understanding of the vascular architecture of ferns.

References

• Karafit S.J.; Rothwell G.W.; Stockey R.A.; Nishida H. 2006. Evidence for sympodial vascular architecture in a filicalean fern rhizome: Dickwhitea allenbyensis gen. et sp. nov.(Athyriaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 167(3): 721–727. doi:10.1086/501036.