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Stellatheca ornata

Polypodiopsida - Osmundaceae

Taxonomy

Stellatheca ornata was named by Lesquereux (1884).

Synonyms

Pecopteris ornata was named by Lesquereux (1884).

It was replaced with Stellatheca latiloba by Pfefferkorn et al. (1971); it was replaced with Stellatheca ornata by Pfefferkorn et al. (1971).
Pecopteris halli was named by Lesquereux and Langford (1958).

It was replaced with Stellatheca ornata by Pfefferkorn et al. (1971).
Pecopteris solida was named by Lesquereux and Langford (1963).

It was replaced with Stellatheca ornata by Pfefferkorn et al. (1971).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1884	Stellatheca ornata Lesquereux
1884	Pecopteris ornata Lesquereux p. 760 figs. pl. 111, fig. 30a
1958	Pecopteris halli Lesquereux and Langford pp. 172-173 figs. fig. 299
1963	Pecopteris solida Lesquereux and Langford p. 215 fig. 827
1971	Stellatheca ornata Pfefferkorn et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Plantae
phylum	Pteridophyta
class	Polypodiopsida

Rank	Name	Author
family	Osmundaceae	Berchtold and Presl
genus	Stellatheca	Danzea 1956
species	ornata	Lesquereux 1884

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Stellatheca ornata Lesquereux 1884

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Invalid names: Pecopteris halli Lesquereux and Langford 1958 [replaced], Pecopteris ornata Lesquereux 1884 [replaced], Pecopteris solida Lesquereux and Langford 1963 [replaced]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
H. W. Pfefferkorn et al. 1971	Lesquereux originally established Pecopteris ornata. Pfefferkorn, et al. described the species as belonging to the genus Stellatheca, instead of Pecopteris.