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Lophosoria | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Cyatheales |
Family: | Dicksoniaceae |
Genus: | Lophosoria C.Presl |
Type species | |
Lophosoria pruinata | |
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Lophosoria is a genus of tree ferns within the family Dicksoniaceae.[1]
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.