Leucostegia
Leucostegia pallida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Hypodematiaceae
Genus: Leucostegia
C.Presl
Type species
Leucostegia immersa
C.Presl
Species
  • L. amplissima
  • L. immersa
  • L. pallida

Leucostegia is a genus of ferns in the family Hypodematiaceae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[1]

Species

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As of November 2025, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the three species below.[2]

Phylogeny

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Phylogeny from Fern Tree of Life[3][4]
Leucostegia

L. pallida (Mettenius ex Kuhn) Copeland

L. amplissima (Christ) Chen

L. immersa Presl

References

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  1. ^ PPG I (2016), "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns", Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 54 (6): 563–603, Bibcode:2016JSyEv..54..563., doi:10.1111/jse.12229, S2CID 39980610
  2. ^ Hassler, Michael. "Hypodematium". World Ferns. Retrieved 2025-11-01.
  3. ^ Nitta, Joel H.; Schuettpelz, Eric; Ramírez-Barahona, Santiago; Iwasaki, Wataru; et al. (2022). "An Open and Continuously Updated Fern Tree of Life". Frontiers in Plant Science. 13 909768. Bibcode:2022FrPS...1309768N. doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.909768. PMC 9449725. PMID 36092417.
  4. ^ "Tree viewer: interactive visualization of FTOL". FTOL v1.7.0 (GenBank release 261). 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2025.