The Lomariopsidaceae is a family 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 with a largely

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distribution. In the

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classification of 2016 (PPG I), the family is placed in the suborder Polypodiineae (eupolypods I) of the order

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. Alternatively, it may be treated as the subfamily Lomariopsidoideae of a very broadly defined 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 bro ...

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''.

Genera

The

classification of 2016 (PPG I) included four genera. ''Dryopolystichum'' was added in 2017, and ''Thysanosoria'' is now included in ''Lomariopsis'', so that four genera are recognized : *'' Cyclopeltis'' J.Sm. *'' Dracoglossum'' Christenh. *'' Dryopolystichum'' Copel. *'' Lomariopsis'' Fée (including ''Thysanosoria'') The genus '' Nephrolepis'' has also been placed in this family, but it is now placed in its own family, Nephrolepidaceae. Some members of the Lomariopsidaceae are cultivated as

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Phylogeny

The following cladogram for the suborder Polypodiineae (eupolypods I), based on the consensus cladogram in the

classification of 2016 (PPG I), shows a likely

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relationship between Lomariopsidaceae and the other families of the clade.

References

Polypodiales Fern families {{Polypodiales-stub