Loxsoma is a terrestrial fern genus endemic to New Zealand with a single species, Loxsoma cunninghamii.[1]
| Loxsoma | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Cyatheales |
| Family: | Loxsomataceae |
| Genus: | Loxsoma R.Br. ex A.Cunn. |
| Species: | L. cunninghamii
|
| Binomial name | |
| Loxsoma cunninghamii R.Br. ex A.Cunn.
| |
In the original publication, the name was spelled Loxoma but subsequently it was spelled Loxsoma, and this is now the conserved spelling.[2]
References
edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Loxsoma cunninghamii.
- ^ Faculty of Science - The University of Auckland. "Loxsomataceae (loxsoma fern)". Archived from the original on February 8, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- ^ A.H. Alfarhan; M. Sivadasan; J. Thomas (2009). "(1912) Proposal to conserve the name Loxsoma (Loxsomataceae) with that spelling". Taxon. 58 (4): 1370–1371. doi:10.1002/tax.584027.
 | This Cyatheales-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |