Metaxya
Metaxya is a neotropical genus of ferns in the order Cyatheales. It is the only genus in the family Metaxyaceae in the Pteridophyte [Phylogeny Group] classification of 2016. Alternatively, the genus may be placed in the subfamily Metaxyoideae of a more broadly defined family Cyatheaceae, the family placement used in Plants of [the World Online] as of 2019.
The species of the genus are characterized by large fronds that approach 8 ft in length.
Species
, Plants of the [World Online] accepted the following species:| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
| Metaxya contamanensis Tuomisto & G.G.Cárdenas | Peru to Bolivia | |
| Metaxya elongata Tuomisto & G.G.Cárdenas | Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panamá, Venezuela | |
| Metaxya lanosa A.R.Sm. & Tuomisto | Peru, Venezuela to Guyana. | |
| Metaxya rostrata C.Presl | Mexico, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela | |
| Metaxya scalaris Tuomisto & G.G.Cárdenas | Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela |