Stromatopteris

Stromatopteris
Stromatopteris moniliformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Gleicheniales
Family: Gleicheniaceae
Genus: Stromatopteris
Mett.
Species:
S. moniliformis
Binomial name
Stromatopteris moniliformis
Mett.
Synonyms
  • Gleichenia moniliformis (Mettenius) Moore

Stromatopteris is a genus of ferns in the family Gleicheniaceae, endemic to New Caledonia. The only species in the genus is Stromatopteris moniliformis.[1][2] Its closest relative is the more widespread genus Gleichenia.[3]

  1. ^ Brownlie, G. (1069). Ptéridophytes. In Flore de La Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances, edited by A. Aubréville, 3:1–307. Paris: Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle.
  2. ^ Morat, P., T. Jaffré, F. Tronchet, J. Munzinger, Y. Pillon, J. M. Veillon, and M. Chalopin (2012). The taxonomic reference base Florical and characteristics of the native vascular flora of New Caledonia. Adansonia 34 (2): 179–221. https://dx.doi.org/10.5252/a2012n2a1
  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.