Rheopteris

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R. cheesmaniae

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Rheopteris is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Vittarioideae of the family Pteridaceae with a single species, Rheopteris cheesmaniae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Other sources sink the genus into Monogramma, a genus not recognized in PPG I. The species is native to New Guinea.

References

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{{Citation |last1=Hassler |first1=Michael |last2=Schmitt |first2=Bernd |date=November 2019 |contribution=Rheopteris |title=Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World |at=8.11 |url=https://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu/ferns/ |access-date=2019-12-30 |name-list-style=amp }}

{{citation |title=Monogramma Comm. ex Schkuhr |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17149800-1 |access-date=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