Paesia Explained

Paesia is a genus of large, coarse ferns in the family Dennstaedtiaceae described as a genus in 1833.^{[1] [2]} Species are known from South America, Central America, East Asia, and New Caledonia.^[3]

accepted species^[4]

1. Paesia acclivis (Kunze) Kuhn - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
2. Paesia amazonica (Christ) C. Chr. - Loreto Region in Peru
3. Paesia anfractuosa (Christ) C. Chr. - Panama, Costa Rica
4. Paesia glandulosa (Sw.) Kuhn - Panama, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
5. Paesia rugulosa (Labill.) Kuhn - Vietnam, New Caledonia
6. Paesia scalaris (Mett.) Kuhn
7. Paesia taiwanensis W.C. Shieh - Taiwan

unresolved species include^[4]

• Paesia scaberula Kuhn

Notes and References

1. Saint-Hilaire, Jean Henri Jaume. 1833. Voyage dans le District des Diamans 1: 381
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40036275 Tropicos, Paesia J. St.-Hil.
3. Smith, A. R., K. M. Pryer, E. Schuettpelz, P. Korall, H. Schneider & P. Wolff. 2006. A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55(3): 705–731
4. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Paesia The Plant List, search for Paesia