Cosentinia

Genus of ferns

Cosentinia
In Morocco
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Subfamily: Pteridoideae
Genus: Cosentinia
Tod.[1]
Species:
C. vellea
Binomial name
Cosentinia vellea
(Aiton) Tod.[1]
Subspecies

See text.

Cosentinia is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Pteridoideae of the family Pteridaceae with a single species Cosentinia vellea.[1] 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 December 2019[update], the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized two subspecies:[2]

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

References

  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019), "Cosentinia", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.11, archived from the original on 2017-09-02, retrieved 2019-12-28
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Classification of Archaeplastida or Plantae s.l.
Domain
Archaea
Bacteria
Eukaryota
(major groups
Excavata
Diaphoretickes
Hacrobia
Cryptista
Rhizaria
Alveolata
Stramenopiles
Plants
Amorphea
Amoebozoa
Opisthokonta
Animals
Fungi
Mesomycetozoea)
Archaeplastida
Picozoa
Rhodelphidia
Rhodophyta
(red algae)
Glaucophyta
incertae sedis
Viridiplantae
or Plantae s.s.
(green algae &
land plants)
Prasinodermophyta
 Chlorophyta
Prasinophytina
Chlorophytina
Streptophyta
Phragmoplastophyta
Anydrophyta
Embryophyta
(land plants)
  • (see below↓)
Embryophytes or Plantae sensu strictissimo
Bryophytes
Marchantiophyta
(liverworts)
Anthocerotophyta
(hornworts)
Bryophyta
(mosses)
 Polysporangiophytes
Protracheophytes*
Tracheophytes
(vascular plants)
Paratracheophytes*
Eutracheophytes
Lycophytes
Euphyllophytes
Moniliformopses
Lignophytes
Progymnosperms*
  • †Noeggerathiopsida
  • †Aneurophytopsida
  • †Archaeopteridopsida
  • †Protopityales
Spermatophytes
(seed plants)
Pteridosperms*
(seed ferns)
and other extinct
seed plant groups
Acrogymnospermae
(living gymnosperms)
Angiospermae
(flowering plants)
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Fern classification
  • Supergroup Plant:
  • Bryophyta
  • Marchantiophyta
  • Polypodiophyta
  • Acrogymnospermae
  • Angiospermae
Basal clade
Cladoxylopsida
  • †Cladoxylales
    • †Cladoxylaceae
    • †Voelkeliaceae
  • †Hyeniales
    • †Hyeniaceae
  • Iridopteridales
    • †Iridopteridaceae
  • Pseudosporochnales
    • †Pseudosporochnaceae
  • †Steloxylales
    • †Steloxylaceae
Polypodiopsida
†Stauropterididae
†Zygopterididae
Equisetidae
Equisetales
  • †Asterocalamitaceae
  • †Autophyllitaceae
  • †Honseleriaceae
  • Archaeocalamitaceae
  • †Paracalamitaceae
  • Calamitaceae
  • †Apocalamitaceae
  • †Konnostachyaceae
  • †Manchurostachyaceae
  • †Notocalamitaceae
  • †Schizoneuraceae
  • †Sorocaulinaceae
  • †Echinostachyaceae
  • †Gondwanostachyaceae
  • †Tchernoviaceae
  • Equisetaceae
Ophioglossidae
Psilotales
Ophioglossales
Marattiidae
Marattiales
  • †Knorripteridaceae
  • †Pecopteridaceae
  • †Ptychocarpaceae
  • †Weichseliaceae
  • †Asterothecaceae
  • †Danaeopsidaceae
  • Marattiaceae
Polypodiidae
  • †Anachoropteridales
    • †Anachoropteridaceae
    • †Psalixochlaenaceae
    • †Sermayaceae
  • †Botryopteridiales
    • †Botryopteridiaceae
  • †Senftenbergiales
    • †Senftenbergiaceae
  • †Urnatopteridales
    • †Crossothecaceae
    • †Discopteridaceae
    • †Urnatopteridaceae
Osmundales
Hymenophyllales
Gleicheniales
Schizaeales
Salviniales
Cyatheales
Thyrsopteridineae
Cyatheineae
Polypodiales
Saccolomatineae
Lindsaeineae
Pteridineae
Dennstaedtiineae
Aspleniineae
Polypodiineae
Taxon identifiers
Cosentinia
Cosentinia vellea
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