Lytoneuron

Lytoneuron
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Subfamily: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Lytoneuron
(Klotzsch) Yesilyurt[1]
Species

See text.

Synonyms[2]
  • Doryopteris sect. Lytoneuron Klotzsch

Lytoneuron is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Cheilanthoideae of the family Pteridaceae.[1] Species are native to South America, many to Brazil.[3]

Species

As of July 2026, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following seventeen species:[3]

  • Lytoneuron acutilobum (Prantl) Yesilyurt
  • Lytoneuron bradei (Rosenst.) Yesilyurt
  • Lytoneuron columbinum (Hook.) Yesilyurt
  • Lytoneuron crenulans (Fée) Yesilyurt
  • Lytoneuron feei (Brade) Yesilyurt
  • Lytoneuron itatiaiense (Fée) Yesilyurt
  • Lytoneuron lomariaceum (Klotzsch) Yesilyurt
  • Lytoneuron magdalenense (Brade) Yesilyurt
  • Lytoneuron microphyllum (Christ) Yesilyurt
  • Lytoneuron ornithopus (Hook.) Yesilyurt
  • Lytoneuron paradoxum (Fée) Yesilyurt
  • Lytoneuron poseidonii Smith-Braga & Schwartsburd
  • Lytoneuron quinquelobatum (Fée) Yesilyurt
  • Lytoneuron rosenstockii (Brade) Yesilyurt
  • Lytoneuron rufum (Brade) Yesilyurt
  • Lytoneuron subsimplex (Fée) Yesilyurt
  • Lytoneuron tijucanum (Brade) Yesilyurt

References

  1. 1 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
  2. ↑ "Lytoneuron (Klotzsch) Yesilyurt", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2019-12-31
  3. 1 2 Hassler, Michael. "Lytoneuron". World Ferns. Retrieved 2026-07-04.