''Lytoneuron'' is a genus of
fern
The ferns (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta) are a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. They differ from mosses by being vascular, i.e., having specialized tissue ...
s in the subfamily
Cheilanthoideae
Cheilanthoideae is one of the five subfamilies of the fern family Pteridaceae. The subfamily is understood to be monophyletic, but some of the genera as currently defined are not. Most species are xeric-adapted, and the subfamily is most diverse ...
of the family
Pteridaceae
Pteridaceae is a family of ferns in the order Polypodiales, including some 1150 known species in ca 45 genera (depending on taxonomic opinions), divided over five subfamilies. The family includes four groups of genera that are sometimes recogni ...
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[ Species are native to South America, many to Brazil.][
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Species
, the ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' recognized the following species:[
*'' Lytoneuron acutilobum'' (Prantl) Yesilyurt
*'' Lytoneuron bradei'' (Rosenst.) Yesilyurt
*'' Lytoneuron crenulans'' (Fée) Yesilyurt
*'' Lytoneuron feei'' (Brade) Yesilyurt
*'' Lytoneuron itatiaiense'' (Fée) Yesilyurt
*'' Lytoneuron lomariaceum'' (Klotzsch) Yesilyurt
*'' Lytoneuron microphyllum'' (Christ) Yesilyurt
*'' Lytoneuron ornithopus'' (Hook.) Yesilyurt
*'' Lytoneuron paradoxum'' (Fée) Yesilyurt
*'' Lytoneuron quinquelobatum'' (Fée) Yesilyurt
*'' Lytoneuron rosenstockii'' (Brade) Yesilyurt
*'' Lytoneuron rufum'' (Brade) Yesilyurt
*'' Lytoneuron subsimplex'' (Fée) Yesilyurt
*'' Lytoneuron tijucanum'' (Brade) Yesilyurt
]
References
Pteridaceae
Fern genera
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