Lonchitis
| Lonchitis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Lindsaeineae |
| Family: | Lonchitidaceae Doweld 2006 |
| Genus: | Lonchitis L. 1753 non Bubani 1901 |
| Type species | |
| Lonchitis hirsuta L. | |
| Species | |
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Lonchitis is a neotropical genus of ferns. It is the sole genus in the family Lonchitidaceae. At one time Lonchitis was placed in the Dennstaedtiaceae, and then transferred to the Lindsaeaceae, before being placed in its own family.