Radiovittaria is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Vittarioideae of the family Pteridaceae.[3] Species are native to southeast Mexico and northern Southern America.[1]

Radiovittaria
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Subfamily: Vittarioideae
Genus: Radiovittaria
(Benedict) E.H.Crane[1]
Type species
Radiovittaria remota
(Fée) E.H.Crane
Species

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Synonyms[2]
  • Vittaria subgen. Radiovittaria Benedict

Phylogeny

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

Fern Tree of Life[4][5]
Radiovittaria

R. moritziana (Mett.) E.H.Crane

R. ruiziana (Fée) E.H.Crane

R. latifolia (Benedict) E.H.Crane

R. minima (Baker) E.H.Crane

R. stipitata (Kunze) E.H.Crane

R. gardneriana (Fée) E.H.Crane

R. remota (Fée) E.H.Crane

References

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  1. ^ a b "Radiovittaria (Benedict) E.H.Crane", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-12-30
  2. ^ a b Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019), "Radiovittaria", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.11, retrieved 2019-12-30
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Nitta, Joel H.; Schuettpelz, Eric; Ramírez-Barahona, Santiago; Iwasaki, Wataru; et al. (2022). "An Open and Continuously Updated Fern Tree of Life". Frontiers in Plant Science. 13: 909768. doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.909768. PMC 9449725. PMID 36092417.
  5. ^ "Tree viewer: interactive visualization of FTOL". FTOL v1.5.0 [GenBank release 256]. 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.