Lophosoria

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Lophosoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Cyatheales
Family:	Dicksoniaceae
Genus:	Lophosoria C.Presl
Species
About 4, including: Lophosoria quadripinnata

Lophosoria is a genus of tree ferns within the family Dicksoniaceae.

Although it is confined to tropical America in modern times, there is fossil evidence that it was once spread throughout Gondwana with the exception of New Zealand.

References[]

• Large & Braggins (2004): Tree Ferns ISBN 0-643-09076-2

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