Paesia
| Paesia | |
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| Paesia scaberula | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Family: | Dennstaedtiaceae |
| Genus: | Paesia J. St.-Hil.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Paesia viscosa (syn of P. glandulosa) J. St.-Hil.[1]
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Paesia is a genus of large, coarse ferns in the family Dennstaedtiaceae described as a genus in 1833.[2][1] Species are known from South America, Central America, East Asia, and New Caledonia.[3]
- accepted species[4]
- Paesia acclivis (Kunze) Kuhn - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- Paesia amazonica (Christ) C. Chr. - Loreto Region in Peru
- Paesia anfractuosa (Christ) C. Chr. - Panama, Costa Rica
- Paesia glandulosa (Sw.) Kuhn - Panama, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
- Paesia rugulosa (Labill.) Kuhn - Vietnam, New Caledonia
- Paesia scalaris (Mett.) Kuhn
- Paesia taiwanensis W.C. Shieh - Taiwan
- unresolved species include[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Tropicos, Paesia J. St.-Hil.
- ^ Saint-Hilaire, Jean Henri Jaume. 1833. Voyage dans le District des Diamans 1: 381
- ^ Smith, A. R., K. M. Pryer, E. Schuettpelz, P. Korall, H. Schneider & P. Wolff. 2006. A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55(3): 705–731
- ^ a b The Plant List, search for Paesia