Cosentinia vellea (Aiton) Tod. is a plant in the Pteridaceae family, order Polypodiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Cosentinia vellea (Aiton) Tod. (Cosentinia vellea (Aiton) Tod.)
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Cosentinia vellea (Aiton) Tod.

Cosentinia vellea (Aiton) Tod.

Cosentinia vellea is the only species in the fern genus Cosentinia, native from the Canary Islands to the west Himalayas.

Family
Genus
Cosentinia
Order
Polypodiales
Class
Polypodiopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Cosentinia vellea (Aiton) Tod.

Cosentinia is a genus of ferns. It is classified in the subfamily Pteridoideae of the family Pteridaceae, and contains only one single species: Cosentinia vellea (Aiton) Tod. This species has a native distribution that extends from the Canary Islands, across Europe, northern Africa, and Western Asia, all the way to the west Himalayas in the Indian subcontinent.

Photo: (c) Christian Gilli, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Christian Gilli · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Polypodiopsida Polypodiales Pteridaceae Cosentinia

More from Pteridaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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