Christella

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Phylogeny & links to associated information

Wikipedia links:       Monilophytes > Polypodiales > Aspleniineae >  Aspleniaceae > Thelypteridaceae > Christella

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Etymology:   

• The genus was named after Konrad H. Christ, a Swiss botanist

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• The distribution of these plants is mostly in the tropics and sub tropical areas

• An Australian example is C. dentata

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• World:            70 - 80

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• Taxonomy

  • Christella is a genus in the subfamily Thelypteridoideae of the family Thelypteridaceae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I)

  • Other sources sink Christella into a very broadly defined genus Thelypteris

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christella (2023)