Leptopteris

Leptopteris

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Osmundaceae
Genus: Leptopteris
Species: L. alpina – L. fraseri – L. hymenophylloides – L. laxa – L. moorei – L. superba – L. wilkesiana
Nothospecies: L. × intermedia

Name

Leptopteris C.Presl, Suppl. Tent. Pterid. 70 (1845).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Todea sect. Leptopteris (C.Presl) T.Moore, Ind. Filicum: 120 (1857).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Malesia Maluku. Regional: Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Norfolk Islands, New South Wales, Queensland. Regional: New Zealand Chatham Islands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South. Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Vanuatu. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Presl, K.B. 1845. Botanische Bemerkungen. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften ser. 5, 3: 431–584. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Doweld, A.B. 2019. (2683) Proposal to conserve the name Leptopteris C. Presl (Osmundaceae, Pteridophyta) against Leptopteris Brongn. (Fossil Plants). Taxon 68(2): 411. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12044 Reference page. 
• Large, M.F. & Braggins, J.E. 2004. Tree Ferns. 360 pp., ISBN 0-643-09076-2. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2021. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Leptopteris Accessed: 8 Jul 2021. Reference page.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Leptopteris in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 8. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2021. Leptopteris. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 Jul 2021. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Leptopteris. Published online. Accessed: 8 Jul 2021. Reference page.