''Alansmia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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 family
Polypodiaceae
Polypodiaceae is a Family (biology), family of ferns. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the family includes around 65 genus, genera and an estimated 1,650 species and is placed in the order Polypodiales, suborder ...
, subfamily
Grammitidoideae
Grammitidoideae is a subfamily of the fern family Polypodiaceae, whose members are informally known as grammitids. It comprises a clade of about 750 species. They are distributed over higher elevations in both the Old World, Old and New World. T ...
, according to the
Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group
The Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group (PPG) is an informal international group of systematic botanists who collaborate to establish on the classification of pteridophytes ( lycophytes and ferns) that reflects knowledge about plant relationships discove ...
classification of 2016 (PPG I).
[ The genus is mainly native to the ]Neotropics
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In biogeog ...
, with a few species in tropical Africa.[
]
Species
, the ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' accepted the following twenty-four species:[
*'' Alansmia bradeana'' (Labiak) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia canescens'' (A.Rojas) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia concinna'' (A.R.Sm.) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia contacta'' (Copel.) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia cultrata'' (Bory ex Willd.) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia dependens'' (Baker) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia diaphana'' (Moguel & M.Kessler) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia elastica'' (Bory ex Willd.) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia heteromorpha'' (Hook. & Grev.) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia immixta'' (Stolze) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia kirkii'' (Parris) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia lanigera'' (Desv.) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia laxa'' (C.Presl) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia longa'' (C.Chr.) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia monosora'' (Moguel & M.Kessler) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia reclinata'' (Brack.) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia semilunaris'' (Moguel & M.Kessler) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia senilis'' (Fée) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia smithii'' (A.Rojas) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia spathulata'' (A.R.Sm.) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia stella'' (Copel.) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia turrialbae'' (Christ) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia variabilis'' (Mett. ex Kuhn) Moguel & M.Kessler
*'' Alansmia xanthotrichia'' (Klotzsch) Moguel & M.Kessler
]
References
Polypodiaceae
Fern genera
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