Leptopteris

Leptopteris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Osmundales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Osmundales

Familia: Osmundaceae
Genus: Leptopteris
Species: L. alpina – L. fraseri – L. hymenophylloides – L. laxa – L. moorei – L. superba – L. wilkesiana

Nothospecies: L. × intermedia

Name

Leptopteris C.Presl, Suppl. Tent. Pterid. 70 (1845)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Todea sect. Leptopteris (C.Presl) T.Moore, Ind. Filicum: 120 (1857).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-tropical Regional: Southeastern Asia Bismarck Archipelago, Fiji, Maluku, Samoa, Solomon Is., Vanuatu Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Chatham Is., New South Wales, Norfolk Is., Queensland Regional: Papuasia New Caledonia, New Guinea Regional: New Zealand New Zealand North, New Zealand South References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Presl, K.B. 1845. Botanische Bemerkungen. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften ser. 5, 3: 431–584. BHL Reference page. : 70

Additional references

• Doweld, A.B. 2019. (2683) Proposal to conserve the name Leptopteris C. Presl (Osmundaceae, Pteridophyta) against Leptopteris Brongn. (Fossil Plants). Taxon 68(2): 411. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12044 Reference page. 
• Large, M.F. & Braggins, J.E. 2004. Tree Ferns. 360 pp., ISBN 0-643-09076-2. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2021. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Leptopteris Accessed: 8 Jul 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Leptopteris – World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World . In: Roskov Y., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J. & Penev L. (eds.) 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jul 8.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Leptopteris in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 8. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2021. Leptopteris. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 Jul 2021.
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Leptopteris. Published online. Accessed: 8 Jul 2021.