Published December 31, 2025 | Version v1
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Lindsaea Pic. Serm.

  • 1. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. ORCID: 0000 - 0003 - 0442 - 6546 & Author for correspondence: pedro. castro. aguiar 10 @ gmail. com
  • 2. Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Chapadinha, MA, Brazil. ORCID: 0000 - 0001 - 6556 - 8092
  • 3. Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil. ORCID: <https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6755 - 2238>. & UniversidadeFederal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Cruz das Almas, BA, Brazil.

Description

10. Lindsaea Pic.Serm.

Pantropical genus, comprising around 150 species, some of which extend to the subtropical regions of Japan, Australia, and New Zealand (Lehtonen et al. 2010). In Brazil, 33 species are found in the Amazon biome (Pena et al. 2023). Two species were recorded in the study area.

Key for the species of Lindsaea in the PNNRP, Brazil

1. Fronds 2-pinnate; petioles dark brown to reddish-brown throughout, cylindrical abaxially, with wings paleaceous adaxially; pinnules dimidiate ..................................................................10.1. Lindsaea divaricata

1’. Fronds 1- or 2-pinnate; petiole dark brown only at the base, paleaceous distally, quadrangular, not winged; pinnae or pinnules sub-trapeziform ..................................................................10.2. Lindsaea lancea

Notes

Published as part of Castro-Aguiar, Pedro Henrique, Fernandes, Rozijane Santos & Zappi, Daniela Cristina, 2025, Ferns of the Parque Nacional das Nascentes do Rio Parnaíba Brazilian Cerrado, pp. 1-24 in Rodriguesia (e 00612024) (e 00612024) 76 on page 14, DOI: 10.1590/2175-7860202576004, http://zenodo.org/record/15519394

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Pic. Serm.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Polypodiales
Family
Lindsaeaceae
Genus
Lindsaea
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Lehtonen S, Tuomisto H, Rouhan G & Christenhusz MJM (2010) Phylogenetics and classification of the pantropical fern family Lindsaeaceae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163: 305-359.
  • Pena NTL, Miranda CV, Schwartsburd PB, Oliveira AGS & Smith-Braga N (2023) Lindsaeaceae in Flora e Funga do Brasil (continuously updated). Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro. Available at <https://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/FB91284>.Accesson 2 October 2023.