Stromatopteris

Stromatopteris
Stromatopteris moniliformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Pteridophyta
Class:Polypodiopsida/Pteridopsida
(disputed)
Order:Gleicheniales
Family:Gleicheniaceae
Genus:Stromatopteris
Mett.
Species: S. moniliformis
Binomial name
Stromatopteris moniliformis
Mett.

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

References

  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.


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