Cosentinia

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Cosentinia
In Morocco
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Subfamily: Pteridoideae
Genus: Cosentinia
Tod.[1]
Species:
C. vellea
Binomial name
Cosentinia vellea
(Aiton) Tod.[1]
Subspecies

See text.

Cosentinia is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Pteridoideae of the family Pteridaceae with a single species Cosentinia vellea.[1] Its native distribution ranges from the Canary Islands through Europe, northern Africa and Western Asia to the west Himalayas in the Indian subcontinent.

Subspecies[edit]

As of December 2019, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized two subspecies:[2]

  • Cosentinia vellea subsp. bivalens (Reichstein) Rivas Mart. & Salvo
  • Cosentinia vellea subsp. ×rivas-martinezii Amp.Castillo & Salvo
  • Cosentinia vellea subsp. vellea (Aiton) Tod.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c PPG I (2016), "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns", Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 54 (6): 563–603, doi:10.1111/jse.12229, S2CID 39980610
  2. ^ Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019), "Cosentinia", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.11, archived from the original on 2017-09-02, retrieved 2019-12-28