Metaxya

Metaxya
Metaxya rostrata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Cyatheales
Family: Metaxyaceae
Pic.Serm.
Genus: Metaxya
C.Presl
Type species
Metaxya rostrata
(Kunth) C.Presl
Species

See text.

Metaxyaceae distribution
Synonyms
  • Amphidesmium Schott 1834 ex Kunze

Metaxya is a neotropical genus of ferns in the order Cyatheales. It is the only genus in the family Metaxyaceae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[1] Alternatively, the genus may be placed in the subfamily Metaxyoideae of a more broadly defined family Cyatheaceae,[2] the family placement used in Plants of the World Online as of November 2019.[3]

The species of the genus are characterized by large fronds that approach 8 ft (2.5 m) in length.

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