Lonchitis

Lonchitis is a neotropical genus of ferns. It is the sole genus in the family Lonchitidaceae. At one time Lonchitis was placed in the Dennstaedtiaceae, and then transferred to the Lindsaeaceae, before being placed in its own family.

Lonchitis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Lindsaeineae
Family: Lonchitidaceae
Doweld 2006
Genus: Lonchitis
L. 1753 non Bubani 1901
Type species
Lonchitis hirsuta
L.
Species

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Synonyms
  • Anisosorus Trevis. 1851 ex Maxon 1926
  • Antiosorus Roem. ex Kuhn 1882
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