Gleichenia

Gleichenia
Gleichenia microphylla, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Gleicheniales
Family: Gleicheniaceae
Genus: Gleichenia
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Type species
Gleichenia polypodioides
(L.) Smith
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Calymella K.B.Presl 1836
  • Gleicheniastrum K.B.Presl 1847

Gleichenia is a genus of ferns.[2] Its closest relative is the genus Stromatopteris,[3] restricted to New Caledonia.

  1. ^ "Gleichenia". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Genus Gleichenia". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
  3. ^ Pryer, K. M., E. Schuettpelz, P. G. Wolf, H. Schneider, A. R. Smith, and R. Cranfill (2004). Phylogeny and Evolution of Ferns (Monilophytes) with a Focus on the Early Leptosporangiate Divergences. American Journal of Botany 91 (10): 1582–98.