The Leptopteris is a small genus of ferns native to the New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. They are similar to ferns in the related genus Todea, and were originally included in that genus. However, the very thin fronds of Leptopteris differ from the thick leathery fronds of Todea, and the genera are considered distinct.[1] A probable extinct species, Leptopteris estipularis is known from the Early Cretaceous of India.[2]
| Leptopteris Temporal range:
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| L. fraseri, New South Wales | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Osmundales |
| Family: | Osmundaceae |
| Genus: | Leptopteris C.Presl |
| Type species | |
| Leptopteris fraseri | |
Species edit
There are seven living species and one naturally-occurring interspecific hybrid.[3]
- Leptopteris alpina (Baker) C.Chr. – New Guinea and Seram
- †Leptopteris estipularis (Sharma, Bohra & Singh) Bomfleur, Grimm & McLoughlin
- Leptopteris fraseri (Hook. & Grev.) C.Presl – eastern New South Wales and northeastern Queensland
- Leptopteris hymenophylloides (A.Rich.) C.Presl – New Zealand and the Chatham Islands
- Leptopteris × intermedia (B.S.Williams ex T.Moore) Gower (L. hymenophylloides × L. superba) – New Zealand
- Leptopteris laxa Copeland – Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands
- †Leptopteris minuta Romanovskaja
- Leptopteris moorei (Baker) Christ – Lord Howe Island
- Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl – New Zealand
- Leptopteris wilkesiana (Brack.) Gower – Fiji, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Samoan Islands, and Vanuatu
Phylogeny edit
Phylogeny of Leptopteris[4][5]
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References edit
- ^ PPG I (2016). "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 54 (6): 563–603. doi:10.1111/jse.12229. S2CID 39980610.
- ^ Bomfleur, Benjamin; Grimm, Guido W.; McLoughlin, Stephen (2017-07-11). "The fossil Osmundales (Royal Ferns)—a phylogenetic network analysis, revised taxonomy, and evolutionary classification of anatomically preserved trunks and rhizomes". PeerJ. 5: e3433. doi:10.7717/peerj.3433. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5508817. PMID 28713650.
- ^ Leptopteris C.Presl. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ Nitta, Joel H.; Schuettpelz, Eric; Ramírez-Barahona, Santiago; Iwasaki, Wataru; et al. (2022). "An Open and Continuously Updated Fern Tree of Life". Frontiers in Plant Science. 13: 909768. doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.909768. PMC 9449725. PMID 36092417.
- ^ "Tree viewer: interactive visualization of FTOL". FTOL v1.5.0 [GenBank release 256]. 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ "Leptopteris fraseri". Zipcodezoo.
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