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Lophosoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Cyatheales
Family:	Dicksoniaceae
Genus:	Lophosoria C.Presl
Type species
Lophosoria pruinata C.Presl
Species
L. quadripinnata L. quesadae
Synonyms
TrichosorusLiebmann

Lophosoria is a genus of tree ferns within the family Dicksoniaceae. ^[1]

Although it is confined to tropical America in modern times, there is fossil evidence that it was once spread throughout Gondwana with the exception of New Zealand.

Species

Image	Scientific name	Distribution
	Lophosoria quadripinnata (J.F.Gmel.) C.Chr.	Argentina South, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Juan Fernández Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela
	Lophosoria quesadae A.Rojas	Costa Rica.

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