Rheopteris
Rheopteris is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Vittarioideae of the family Pteridaceae with a single species, Rheopteris cheesmaniae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[1][2] Other sources sink the genus into Monogramma,[3] a genus not recognized in PPG I.[1] The species is native to New Guinea.[2]
| Rheopteris | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Division: | Polypodiophyta | 
| Class: | Polypodiopsida | 
| Order: | Polypodiales | 
| Family: | Pteridaceae | 
| Subfamily: | Vittarioideae | 
| Genus: | Rheopteris Alston[1]  | 
| Type species | |
| Rheopteris cheesmaniae Alston  | |
| Species | |
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), "Rheopteris", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.11, retrieved 2019-12-30
 - "Monogramma Comm. ex Schkuhr", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-12-30
 
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