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Lindsaea

Genus of ferns

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Lindsaea, common name necklace fern, is a genus of around 180 species of fern, 15 of which reach Australia. The name is in honour of surgeon John Lindsay of Jamaica. The genus is sometimes spelt Lindsaya.

01Species

As of November 2019, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following species:

Phylogeny of Lindsaea
section
Tropidolindsaea
(Isoloma)

L. plicata Baker

L. viridis Colenso

L. gueriniana (Gaudich.) Desv.

L. pellaeiformis Christ

L. divergens Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.

L. jamesonioides Baker

(Odontoloma)
section

L. lucida Blume

Stenolindsaea
section

L. brachypoda Salomon

L. lapeyrousei (Hook.) Baker

L. brevipes Copel.

L. kingii Copel.

L. regularis Rosenst.

L. rosenstockii Brause

L. borneensis Hook.

L. doryphora K.U.Kramer

L. parasitica (Roxburgh ex Griff.) Hieronymus

L. yaeyamensis Tagawa

L. apoensis Copel.

L. pectinata Blume

L. oblanceolata Alderw.

L. repens (Bory) Thwaites

L. carvifolia K.U.Kramer

L. merrillii Copel.

L. pseudohemiptera (Alderw.) Lehtonen & Tuomisto

Odontoloma
section

L. azurea Christ

L. novoguineensis S.Y.Dong

L. harveyi Carruth.

L. chrysolepis K.U.Kramer

L. obtusa J.Sm. ex Hook.

L. pacifica K.U.Kramer

L. pulchella Mett.

L. werneri Rosenst.

L. subobscura S.Y.Dong

L. pickeringii (Brack.) Mett.

L. pulchra Carruth.

L. vitiensis K.U.Kramer

L. tenuifolia Blume

L. multisora Alderw.

L. tetragona K.U.Kramer

L. parallelogramma Alderw.

L. rigida J.Sm.

L. longifolia Copel.

L. lobata Poir.

L. venusta Kaulf. ex Kuhn

L. malayensis Holttum

L. cultrata (Willd.) Sw.

L. crispa Baker

L. integra Holttum

Synaphlebium
(Lindsaea)

L. monocarpa Rosenstock

L. incisa Prentice

L. microphylla Swartz (lacy wedge fern, Australia)

L. imrayana (Hook.) Perez

section

L. linearis Sw. (screw fern, Australia)

L. botrychioides A.St.-Hil.

L. rufa K.U.Kramer

L. trichomanoides Dryand. 1797 (New Zealand, Australia)

Paralindsaea
section

L. nervosa Mett.

L. prolongata E.Fourn.

L. fraseri Hook.

L. hamiguitanensis Karger & V.B.Amoroso

L. eberhardtii (Christ) K.U.Kramer

L. austrosinica Ching

L. grandiareolata (Bonap.) K.U.Kramer

L. walkerae Hook.

×Lindsaeosoria flynnii Wagner 1993

L. millefolium K.U.Kramer

L. goudotiana (Kunze) Mettenius

L. subtilis K.U.Kramer

L. ensifolia Sw.

L. bouillodii Christ [Lindsaea interrupta (Wallich ex Roxburgh) Morton]

L. orbiculata (Lam.) Mett. ex Kuhn

L. repanda Kunze

L. bonii Christ

L. heterophylla Dryand.

L. cambodgensis Christ

L. kawabatae Sa.Kurata

L. schizophylla Christ

L. gomphophylla Baker

L. vieillardii Mett.

L. blotiana K.U.Kramer

L. oxyphylla Baker

L. agatii (Brack.) Lehtonen & Tuomisto

L. media R.Br.

Schizoloma
section

L. ovoidea Fée

L. virescens Sw.

L. bifida Mett.

L. feei C.Chr.

L. schomburgkii Klotzsch

L. stricta (Sw.) Dryand.

L. cubensis Underw. & Maxon

L. sagittata Dryand.

L. pallida Klotzsch

L. reniformis Dryand.

L. phassa K.U.Kramer

L. quadrangularis Raddi

L. lancea (L.) Bedd.

L. digitata Lehtonen & Tuomisto

L. divaricata Klotzsch

L. hemiptera K.U.Kramer

L. tetraptera K.U.Kramer

L. falcata Dryand.

L. dubia Spreng.

L. guianensis (Aubl.) Dryand.

L. bolivarensis V.Marcano

L. taeniata K.U.Kramer

L. portoricensis Desv.

L. coarctata K.U.Kramer

L. hemiglossa K.U.Kramer

L. ulei Hieron.

L. rigidiuscula Lindm.

L. pendula Klotzsch

L. meifolia Mett.

L. semilunata C.Chr.

L. parkeri (Hook.) Kuhn

L. jamesoniiformis (Kramer) Rojas

L. tenuis Klotzsch

L. sphenomeridopsis K.U.Kramer

L. surinamensis Posth.

L. arcuata Kunze

L. spruceana Mett.

L. submontana (Boudrie & Cremers) Rojas

L. cyclophylla K.U.Kramer

L. lherminieri Fée

Lindsaea

Other species include:

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