Olfersia (plant)

{{Short description|Genus of ferns}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Olfersia_cervina_kz1.jpg

| image_caption = Olfersia cervina

| taxon = Olfersia (plant)

| image_alt = Species specimen

| authority = Raddi

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text.

| synonyms = Dorcapteris {{small|C.Presl}}

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Olfersia is a genus of ferns in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Polybotryoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). They are found in Mexico and parts of South America.

The genus name of Olfersia is in honour of Ignaz Franz Werner Maria von Olfers (1793–1871), who was a German naturalist, historian and diplomat.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 | s2cid=246307410 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}

The genus was circumscribed by Giuseppe Raddi in Opusc. Sci. vol.3 on page 283 in 1819.{{cite web |title=Olfersia Raddi {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17165850-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=31 August 2022 |language=en}}