Loxsomopsis is a genus of ferns with a single described species, Loxsomopsis pearcei, found in eastern Central and South America, from Costa Rica to Ecuador.[1][2] In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the genus is placed in the family Loxsomataceae.[3] Other sources place it in an expanded family Cyatheaceae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Cyatheales |
| Family: | Loxsomataceae |
| Genus: | Loxsomopsis Christ[1] |
| Species: | L. pearcei
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| Binomial name | |
| Loxsomopsis pearcei (Baker) Maxon[1]
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References
edit- ^ a b c d Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019), "Loxsomopsis", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, Version 8.11, retrieved 2019-11-17
- ^ a b "Loxsomopsis Christ", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-11-16
- ^ 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.
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