''Paesia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of large, coarse

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 exce ...

s in the

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Dennstaedtiaceae Dennstaedtiaceae is one of fifteen families in the order Polypodiales, the most derived families within monilophytes (ferns). It comprises 10 genera with ca 240 known species, including one of the world's most abundant ferns, ''Pteridium aquilin ...

described as a genus in 1833.Tropicos, ''Paesia'' J. St.-Hil.
/ref> Species are known from

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, and New Caledonia.Smith, A. R., K. M. Pryer, E. Schuettpelz, P. Korall, H. Schneider & P. Wolff. 2006. A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55(3): 705–731 ;accepted speciesThe Plant List, search for ''Paesia''
/ref> # '' Paesia acclivis'' (Kunze) Kuhn - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru # '' Paesia amazonica'' (Christ) C. Chr. - Loreto Region in Peru # '' Paesia anfractuosa'' (Christ) C. Chr. - Panama, Costa Rica # '' Paesia glandulosa'' (Sw.) Kuhn - Panama, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia # '' Paesia rugulosa'' (Labill.) Kuhn - Vietnam, New Caledonia # '' Paesia scalaris'' (Mett.) Kuhn # '' Paesia taiwanensis'' W.C. Shieh - Taiwan ;unresolved species include * '' Paesia scaberula'' Kuhn

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