Maxonia

Maxonia is a genus of ferns in the fern family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Polybotryoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[2] The genus has a single species Maxonia apiifolia, native to Cuba and Jamaica.[1] It formerly occurred in Florida, but is now extinct there.[3]

Maxonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Maxonia
C.Chr.[1]
Species:
M. apiifolia
Binomial name
Maxonia apiifolia
(Sw.) C.Chr.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Aspidium apiifolium (Sw.) Mett.ex Kuhn
  • Aspidium ascendens (Heward) Hook.
  • Aspidium ascendens Heward
  • Dennstaedtia apiifolia (Sw.) Moore
  • Dicksonia apiifolia Sw.
  • Dryopteris apiifolia (Sw.) Kuntze
  • Lastrea ascendens (Heward) J.Sm.
  • Nephrodium ascendens (Heward) Donn.Sm.
  • Polystichum apiifolium (Sw.) C.Chr.
  • Polystichum ascendens (Heward) Moore

References
  1. Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020), "Maxonia", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.20, retrieved 2020-01-17
  2. 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
  3. "Maxonia apiifolia (Sw.) C.Chr.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2020-01-17


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