Ananthacorus

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|taxon = Ananthacorus

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|authority = Underw. & Maxon

|type_species = Ananthacorus angustifolius

|type_species_authority = (Swartz 1788) Underwood & Maxon 1908

| synonyms =

  • Pteris angustifolia Swartz 1788
  • Pteropsis angustifolia (Swartz 1788) Desvaux 1827
  • Taenitis angustifolia (Swartz 1788) Sprengel 1827
  • Vittaria angustifolia (Swartz 1788) Baker 1870
  • Oetosis angustifolia (Swartz) Kuntze 1891
  • Vittaria costata Kunze 1834
  • Vittaria onusta Trevis. 1851

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Ananthacorus is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Vittarioideae of the family Pteridaceae with a single species Ananthacorus angustifolius. Its native distribution ranges from Mexico through Central America to northern South America. It has been introduced into parts of Malesia.

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{{Citation |last1=Hassler |first1=Michael |last2=Schmitt |first2=Bernd |date=November 2019 |contribution=Ananthacorus angustifolius |title=Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World |at=8.11 |url=https://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu/ferns/ |accessdate=2019-12-30 |name-list-style=amp |archive-date=2017-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902225743/http://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu/ferns/ |url-status=dead }}

{{citation |title=Ananthacorus angustifolius (Sw.) Underw. & Maxon |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:12371-2 |accessdate=2019-12-30 }}

{{Citation |author=PPG I |year=2016 |title=A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns |journal=Journal of Systematics and Evolution |volume=54 |issue=6 |pages=563–603 |doi=10.1111/jse.12229|s2cid=39980610 |doi-access=free }}

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Category:Pteridaceae

Category:Monotypic fern genera

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