Metaxya
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Metaxya is a neotropical genus of ferns in the order Cyatheales. It is the only genus in the family Metaxyaceae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[1] Alternatively, the genus may be placed in the subfamily Metaxyoideae of a more broadly defined family Cyatheaceae,[2] the family placement used in Plants of the World Online as of November 2019[update].[3]
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Metaxya rostrata | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Cyatheales |
Family: | Metaxyaceae Pic.Serm. |
Genus: | Metaxya C.Presl |
Type species | |
Metaxya rostrata (Kunth) C.Presl | |
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The species of the genus are characterized by large fronds that approach 8 ft (2.5 m) in length.