Olfersia (plant)
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Olfersia is a genus of ferns in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Polybotryoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[2] They are found in Mexico and parts of South America.[3]
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
Family: | Dryopteridaceae |
Subfamily: | Polybotryoideae |
Genus: | Olfersia Raddi [1] |
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Synonyms[1] | |
Dorcapteris C.Presl |
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The genus name of Olfersia is in honour of Ignaz Franz Werner Maria von Olfers (1793–1871), who was a German naturalist, historian and diplomat.[4]
The genus was circumscribed by Giuseppe Raddi in Opusc. Sci. vol.3 on page 283 in 1819.[3]