Lophosoria is a genus of tree ferns within the family Dicksoniaceae.[1]

Lophosoria
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Cyatheales
Family: Dicksoniaceae
Genus: Lophosoria
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Type species
Lophosoria pruinata
Species
Synonyms
  • Trichosorus Liebmann

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.

Species

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Image Scientific name Distribution
  Lophosoria quadripinnata (J.F.Gmel.) C.Chr. Argentina South, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Juan Fernández Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela
Lophosoria quesadae A.Rojas Costa Rica.

References

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  1. ^ Large, Mark F.; Braggins, John E. (1 May 2004). Tree Ferns. Oregon: Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-630-2. Wikidata Q126935644.