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Maxonia

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Maxonia is a genus of ferns in the fern family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Polybotryoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[2] The genus has a single species Maxonia apiifolia, native to Cuba and Jamaica.[1] It formerly occurred in Florida, but is now extinct there.[3]

The genus name of Maxonia is in honour of William Ralph Maxon (1877-1948), who was an American botanist and pteridologist.[4]

The genus was circumscribed by Carl Frederik Albert Christensen in Smithsonian Misc. Collect. vol.6 (Issue 9) n page 3 in 1916.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020), "Maxonia", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.20, retrieved 2020-01-17
  2. ^ PPG I (2016), "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns", Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 54 (6): 563–603, doi:10.1111/jse.12229, S2CID 39980610
  3. ^ "Maxonia apiifolia (Sw.) C.Chr.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2020-01-17
  4. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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Maxonia: Brief Summary

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Maxonia is a genus of ferns in the fern family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Polybotryoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). The genus has a single species Maxonia apiifolia, native to Cuba and Jamaica. It formerly occurred in Florida, but is now extinct there.

The genus name of Maxonia is in honour of William Ralph Maxon (1877-1948), who was an American botanist and pteridologist.

The genus was circumscribed by Carl Frederik Albert Christensen in Smithsonian Misc. Collect. vol.6 (Issue 9) n page 3 in 1916.

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