Cosentinia
Cosentinia is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Pteridoideae of the family Pteridaceae with a single species Cosentinia vellea.[1] Its native distribution ranges from the Canary Islands through Europe, northern Africa and Western Asia to the west Himalayas in the Indian subcontinent.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Family: | Pteridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pteridoideae |
| Genus: | Cosentinia Tod.[1] |
| Species: | C. vellea |
| Binomial name | |
| Cosentinia vellea | |
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Subspecies
As of December 2019, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized two subspecies:[2]
- Cosentinia vellea subsp. bivalens (Reichstein) Rivas Mart. & Salvo
- Cosentinia vellea subsp. vellea
References
- 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
- Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019), "Cosentinia", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.11, retrieved 2019-12-28
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