Stromatopteris is a genus of ferns in the family Gleicheniaceae, endemic to New Caledonia. The only species in the genus is Stromatopteris moniliformis.Brownlie, G. (1069). Ptéridophytes. In Flore de La Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances, edited by A. Aubréville, 3:1–307. Paris: Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle.Morat, P., T. Jaffré, F. Tronchet, J. Munzinger, Y. Pillon, J. M. Veillon, and M. Chalopin (2012). The taxonomic reference base Florical and characteristics of the native vascular flora of New Caledonia. Adansonia 34 (2): 179–221. https://dx.doi.org/10.5252/a2012n2a1 Its closest relative is the more widespread genus Gleichenia.Pryer, K. M., E. Schuettpelz, P. G. Wolf, H. Schneider, A. R. Smith, and R. Cranfill (2004). Phylogeny and Evolution of Ferns (Monilophytes) with a Focus on the Early Leptosporangiate Divergences. American Journal of Botany 91 (10): 1582–98.
References