Gymnosphaera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Cyatheales |
Family: | Cyatheaceae |
Genus: |
Gymnosphaera Blume |
Type species | |
Gymnosphaera glabra | |
Species | |
See text. | |
Synonyms | |
Gymnosphaera is a genus of tree ferns in family Cyatheaceae.
The genus was originally described by Carl Ludwig Blume in 1828. [1] It was frequently treated by later authors as a synonym of Cyathea or Alsophila.
In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), Gymnosphaera was left as a synonym of Alsophila, as evidence to support its reliable separation was lacking. [2] More recently, Shi-Yong Dong and collaborators proposed the revival and recircumscription of the genus based on additional phylogenetic evidence, [3] an act subsequently accepted by other tree fern workers. [4]
As of January 2023 [update], the following species are accepted in the genus as currently circumscribed by the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World: [5]
Phylogeny of Gymnosphaera [6] [7]
Gymnosphaera |
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Other species include:
Gymnosphaera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Cyatheales |
Family: | Cyatheaceae |
Genus: |
Gymnosphaera Blume |
Type species | |
Gymnosphaera glabra | |
Species | |
See text. | |
Synonyms | |
Gymnosphaera is a genus of tree ferns in family Cyatheaceae.
The genus was originally described by Carl Ludwig Blume in 1828. [1] It was frequently treated by later authors as a synonym of Cyathea or Alsophila.
In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), Gymnosphaera was left as a synonym of Alsophila, as evidence to support its reliable separation was lacking. [2] More recently, Shi-Yong Dong and collaborators proposed the revival and recircumscription of the genus based on additional phylogenetic evidence, [3] an act subsequently accepted by other tree fern workers. [4]
As of January 2023 [update], the following species are accepted in the genus as currently circumscribed by the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World: [5]
Phylogeny of Gymnosphaera [6] [7]
Gymnosphaera |
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Other species include: