Lonchitis

Lonchitis is a neotropical genus of ferns. It is the sole genus in the family Lonchitidaceae. At one time Lonchitis was placed in the Dennstaedtiaceae, and then transferred to the Lindsaeaceae, before being placed in its own family.[3]

Lonchitis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Lindsaeineae
Family: Lonchitidaceae
Doweld 2006
Genus: Lonchitis
L. 1753[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms

Anisosorus Trevis. ex Maxon 1926[2]

Species
  • Lonchitis hirsuta L. 1753
  • Lonchitis repens L. 1753 ═ Hypolepis repens (L.) C.Presl 1836 (Dennstaedtiaceae)
  • Lonchitis pedata L. 1763 ═ Pteris podophylla Sw. 1801 (Pteridaceae)
  • Lonchitis bipinnata Forssk. 1775 ═ Asplenium rutaefolium (Bergius) Kunze 1836 (Aspleniaceae)
  • Lonchitis tenuifolia G. Forst. 1786 ═ Hypolepis tenuifolia (G. Forst.) Bernh. 1805
  • Lonchitis caffrorum Bernh. 1801 ═ Anemia caffrorum (L.) Christenh. 2011 (Anemiaceae)
  • Lonchitis glabra Bory 1804 ═ Blotiella glabra (Bory) R.M.Tryon 1962 (Dennstaedtiaceae)
  • Lonchitis hirsuta Bory 1804 (nom. illeg.) ═ Lonchitis pubescens Willd. ex Kaulf. 1824
  • Lonchitis anthriscifolia Bory 1810 ═ Dennstaedtia anthriscifolia T. Moore 1861 (Dennstaedtiaceae)
  • Lonchitis pubescens Willd. ex Kaulf. 1824
    • L. pubescens var. nudiuscula Kunze 1844 ═ Blotiella natalensis (Hook.) R.M.Tryon 1962
    • L. pubescens var. glabra Baker 1867 ═ Blotiella glabra (Bory) R.M.Tryon 1962
    • L. pubescens var. polypus (Baker) Tardieu 1958
  • Lonchitis lindeniana Hook. 1851 ═ Blotiella lindeniana (Hook.) R.M.Tryon 1962
  • Lonchitis madagascariensis Hook. 1851
  • Lonchitis tomentosa Fée 1857 ═ Lonchitis pubescens Willd. ex Kaulf. 1824
  • Lonchitis natalensis Hook 1858 ═ Blotiella natalensis (Hook.) R.M.Tryon 1962
  • Lonchitis occidentalis Baker 1867
  • Lonchitis polypus Baker 1876 ═ L. pubescens var. polypus (Baker) Tardieu 1958
  • Lonchitis currorii (Hook.) Mett. ex Kuhn 1879
  • Lonchitis natalensis Sandford 1894 (illeg.) ═ Blotiella natalensis (Hook.) R.M.Tryon 1962
  • Lonchitis reducta C.Chr. 1911
  • Lonchitis pubescens A. Chev. 1914 (illeg.) ═ Blotiella natalensis (Hook.) R.M.Tryon 1962
  • Lonchitis hieronymi Kümmerle 1915
  • Lonchitis javanica Tardieu 1951 ═ Blotiella natalensis (Hook.) R.M.Tryon 1962
  • Lonchitis tisserantii Alston & Tardieu 1953
  • Lonchitis coriacea Tardieu 1955
  • Lonchitis sinuata Alston 1956
  • Lonchitis stipitata Alston 1956
  • Lonchitis gracilis Alston in Exell 1956 ═ Blotiella glabra (Bory) R.M.Tryon 1962
  • Lonchitis mannii (Bak. in Hook. & Baker ) Alston 1956
  • Lonchitis isaloensis Tardieu 1957
  • Lonchitis coursii Tardieu 1957

Homonyms

Lonchitis is also an illegitimate name for a genus of orchids (Lonchitis Bubani 1901), whose species include:

  • Lonchitis cordigera (L.) Bubani 1901 ═ Serapias cordigera L. 1763
  • Lonchitis oxyglottis (Willd.) Bubani 1901 ═ Serapias oxyglottis Willd. 1805
  • Lonchitis longipetala (Moric.) Bubani 1901 ═ Serapias pseudo-cordigera L. 1820
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References
  1. Christenhusz et al. "A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns" Phytotaxa 19: 7-54. 18 Feb. 2011
  2. Lonchitis Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 03 Feb 2012
  3. Lehtonen et al.: Phylogenetics and classification of the pantropical fern family Lindsaeaceae in the Botanical Journal of the Linnaen Society 2010
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