Lastreopsis

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Phylogeny & links to associated information

Wikipedia links:       Monilophytes > Polypodiales > Dryopteridaceae > Lastreopsis 

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Species:   L microsora    L acuminata

Plant  information

Common name:         Shield Fern 

Conservation status: . . .

Etymology:   

• From the genus Lastrea, and the Greek -opsis (looking like), a reference to the similarity between the two genera. Terrestrial (NZ) or rarely epiphytic ferns (not NZ)

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Distribution:                  

• Pantropical & southern temperate regions

• In Australia they are found in Qld, N.S.W., Vic., Tas & S.A

Species:                     

• World:            21

• Australia:      15

Additional notes:     

• A genus of ferns in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Elaphoglossoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I)

• Species

  • As of January 2020, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following species:

    • Lastreopsis amplissima (C.Presl) Tindale

    • Lastreopsis davalliaeformis (Tardieu) Tardieu

    • Lastreopsis davallioides (Brack.) Tindale

    • Lastreopsis decomposita (R.Br.) Tindale

    • Lastreopsis dissecta (C.T.White & Goy) Labiak, Sundue & R.C.Moran

    • Lastreopsis hispida (Sw.) Tindale

    • Lastreopsis killipii (C.Chr. & Maxon) Tindale

    • Lastreopsis marginans (F.Muell.) D.A.Sm. & Tindale ex Tindale

    • Lastreopsis nephrodioides (Baker) Tindale

    • Lastreopsis poecilophlebia (Hook.) Labiak, Sundue & R.C.Moran

    • Lastreopsis silvestris D.A.Sm. ex Tindale

    • Lastreopsis squamifera (C.Chr.) Lellinger

    • Lastreopsis subrecedens Ching

    • Lastreopsis subsericea (Mett.) Tindale

    • Lastreopsis subsparsa (Alderw.) Tindale

    • Lastreopsis tenera (R.Br.) Tindale

    • Lastreopsis tripinnata (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Labiak, Sundue & R.C.Moran

    • Lastreopsis velutina (A.Rich.) Tindale

    • Lastreopsis vieillardii (Mett.) Tindale

    • Lastreopsis walleri Tindale

    • Lastreopsis wurunuran (Domin) Tindale

Sources of information:

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