# Cosentinia

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{{Short description|Genus of ferns}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Cosentinia vellea kz02.jpg
|image_caption = In Morocco
|display_parents = 2
|genus = Cosentinia
|parent_authority = [Tod.](/source/Agostino_Todaro)<ref name=PPGI/>
|species = vellea
|authority = ([Aiton](/source/William_Aiton)) Tod.<ref name=PPGI/>
|subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
|subdivision = See text
| synonyms = 
* ''Cheilanthes'' (''Cosentinia'') <small>Sáenz de Rivas & Rivas Mart. 1979</small>
* ''Notholaena'' (''Cosentinia'') <small>(Todaro 1866) Salvo 1982</small>
}}

'''''Cosentinia''''' is a genus of [fern](/source/fern)s in the subfamily [Pteridoideae](/source/Pteridoideae) of the family [Pteridaceae](/source/Pteridaceae) with a single species '''''Cosentinia vellea'''''.<ref name=PPGI/> Its native distribution ranges from the [Canary Islands](/source/Canary_Islands) through Europe, northern Africa and [Western Asia](/source/Western_Asia) to the west Himalayas in the [Indian subcontinent](/source/Indian_subcontinent).

==Subspecies==
{{As of|2019|December}}, the ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' recognized two subspecies:<ref name=CFLW/>
*''Cosentinia vellea'' subsp. ''bivalens'' <small>(Reichstein) Rivas Mart. & Salvo</small>
*''Cosentinia vellea'' subsp. ×''rivas-martinezii'' <small>Amp.Castillo & Salvo</small>
*''Cosentinia vellea'' subsp. ''vellea'' <small>([Aiton](/source/William_Aiton)) Tod.</small>

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=CFLW>{{Citation |last1=Hassler |first1=Michael |last2=Schmitt |first2=Bernd |date=November 2019 |contribution=Cosentinia |title=Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World |at=8.11 |url=https://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu/ferns/ |accessdate=2019-12-28 |name-list-style=amp |archive-date=2017-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902225743/http://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu/ferns/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name=PPGI>{{Citation |author=PPG I |year=2016 |title=A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns |journal=Journal of Systematics and Evolution |volume=54 |issue=6 |pages=563–603 |doi=10.1111/jse.12229|s2cid=39980610 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
}}

{{Plant classification}}
{{Fern classification}}
{{Taxonbar|from1=Q2191071|from2=Q5157030}}
Category:Pteridaceae
Category:Monotypic fern genera
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