Oeosporangium is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Cheilanthoideae of the family Pteridaceae.[2] The genus has not always been recognized. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) it was included in Allosorus[2] (a genus since subsumed into Aleuritopteris). It was accepted by the Checklist of the Ferns and Lycophytes of the World as of January 2020.[1] As circumscribed there, the genus is native to the Old World.[1]

Oeosporangium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Subfamily: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Oeosporangium
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Species

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Species edit

As of January 2020, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019), "Oeosporangium", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.11, retrieved 2020-01-01
  2. ^ a b 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