Todea

Todea

Taxobox
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Pteridophyta
classis = Polypodiopsida
ordo = Osmundales
familia = Osmundaceae
genus = "Todea"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"Todea barbara"
*"Todea papuana"

The fern genus "Todea" is known from only two living species. "Todea barbara" L., known as the king fern, is native to South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia while "Todea papuana" H. is known only from Papua New Guinea. Species in the genus "Todea", as "Leptopteris", are distinct from other in Osmundaceae in that sporangia are born on laminar pinnules.

So far the fossil record of the genus "Todea" consists only of the permineralized rhizome "T. tidwellii" from the Lower Cretaceous of Vancouver Island, Canada.

References

* Jud, Nathan, Gar W. Rothwell, and Ruth A. Stockey (2008). "Todea" from the Lower Cretaceous of western North America: implications for the phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of modern Osmundaceae." American Journal of Botany, 95:330-339.
* Hennipman, E (1968). A new "Todea" from New Guinea, with remarks on the generic delimitation of recent Osmundaceae. Blumea 16: 105-108


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