''Alansmia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
fern
A fern (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta ) is a member of a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. The polypodiophytes include all living pteridophytes except t ...
s in the family
Polypodiaceae
Polypodiaceae is a family of ferns. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the family includes around 65 genera and an estimated 1,650 species and is placed in the order Polypodiales, suborder Polypodiineae. A broader ...
, subfamily
Grammitidoideae
Grammitidoideae is a subfamily of the fern family Polypodiaceae, whose members are informally known as grammitids. It comprises a clade of about 750 species. They are distributed over higher elevations in both the Old and New World. This group w ...
, according to the
Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group
The Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group, or PPG, is an informal international group of systematic botanists who collaborate to establish a consensus on the classification of pteridophytes (lycophytes and ferns) that reflects knowledge about plant relation ...
classification of 2016 (PPG I).
[ The genus is mainly native to the ]Neotropics
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropics, tropical Ecoregion#Terrestrial, terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperat ...
, with a few species in tropical Africa.[
]
Species
, the ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' accepted the following species and hybrids:[
*'' Alansmia bradeana'' (Labiak) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia canescens'' (A.Rojas) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia concinna'' (A.R.Sm.) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia contacta'' (Copel.) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia cultrata'' (Bory ex Willd.) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia dependens'' (Baker) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia diaphana'' (Moguel & M.Kessler) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia elastica'' (Bory ex Willd.) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia esquiveliana'' (A.Rojas) A.Rojas
*'' Alansmia heteromorpha'' (Hook. & Grev.) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia immixta'' (Stolze) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia kirkii'' (Parris) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia lanigera'' (Desv.) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia laxa'' (C.Presl) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia lobulata'' (A.Rojas) A.Rojas
*'' Alansmia longa'' (C.Chr.) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia monosora'' (Moguel & M.Kessler) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia reclinata'' (Brack.) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia semilunaris'' (Moguel & M.Kessler) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia senilis'' (Fée) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia smithii'' (A.Rojas) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia spathulata'' (A.R.Sm.) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia stella'' (Copel.) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia turrialbae'' (Christ) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia variabilis'' (Mett. ex Kuhn) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia xanthotrichia'' (Klotzsch) Moguel & M.Kessler
]
References
Polypodiaceae
Fern genera
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