Cosentinia

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|image = Cosentinia vellea kz02.jpg

|image_caption = In Morocco

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|genus = Cosentinia

|parent_authority = Tod.

|species = vellea

|authority = (Aiton) Tod.

|subdivision_ranks = Subspecies

|subdivision = See text

| synonyms =

Cheilanthes (Cosentinia) Sáenz de Rivas & Rivas Mart. 1979
Notholaena (Cosentinia) (Todaro 1866) Salvo 1982

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Cosentinia is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Pteridoideae of the family Pteridaceae with a single species Cosentinia vellea. Its native distribution ranges from the Canary Islands through Europe, northern Africa and Western Asia to the west Himalayas in the Indian subcontinent.

Subspecies

{{As of|2019|December}}, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized two subspecies:

Cosentinia vellea subsp. bivalens (Reichstein) Rivas Mart. & Salvo
Cosentinia vellea subsp. ×rivas-martinezii Amp.Castillo & Salvo
Cosentinia vellea subsp. vellea (Aiton) Tod.

References

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{{Citation |last1=Hassler |first1=Michael |last2=Schmitt |first2=Bernd |date=November 2019 |contribution=Cosentinia |title=Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World |at=8.11 |url=https://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu/ferns/ |accessdate=2019-12-28 |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 |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