Plenasium


Plenasium is a genus of ferns in the family Osmundaceae. It is recognized in the Pteridophyte [Phylogeny Group] classification of 2016, but kept within a more broadly circumscribed genus Osmunda by other sources. The genus is known from Early Cretaceous to present.

Taxonomy

, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following four species:
Phylogeny of Plenasium
The following fossil species are also accepted.
  • P. arnoldii Bomfleur, Grimm & McLoughlin 2017
  • P. bransonii Bomfleur, Grimm & McLoughlin 2017.
  • P. burgii Bomfleur, Grimm & McLoughlin 2017.
  • P. chandleri Bomfleur, Grimm & McLoughlin
  • P. crossii Bomfleur, Grimm & McLoughlin 2017.
  • P. dakotense Bomfleur, Grimm & McLoughlin 2017.
  • P. dowkeri Bomfleur, Grimm & McLoughlin 2017
  • P. moorei Bomfleur, Grimm & McLoughlin 2017.
  • P. nebraskense Bomfleur, Grimm & McLoughlin 2017.
  • P. ''elegans Hiller et al. 2019
  • P. xiei'' Cheng et al. 2019