Palhinhaea is a genus of lycophytes in the family Lycopodiaceae. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is placed in the subfamily Lycopodielloideae. Some sources do not recognize the genus, sinking it into Lycopodiella. Palhinhaea species are widespread in the tropics and subtropics.
Species , the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World recognized the following twenty-seven species: Binomial Notes Distribution ImagePalhinhaea bradei (Nessel) Holub Brazil Palhinhaea brevibracteata (Alderw.) Holub New Guinea Palhinhaea camporum (B.Øllg. & P.G.Windisch) Holub South America Palhinhaea cernua (L.) Vasc. & Franco worldwide Palhinhaea cerrojefensis B.Øllg. Panama Palhinhaea crassifolia (Spring) Fraser-Jenk. & Kholia India and Southeast Asia Palhinhaea curvata (Sw.) Holub Central and South America, Greater Antilles Palhinhaea descendens (B.Øllg.) Holub Andean South America Palhinhaea divaricata B.Øllg. Central America Palhinhaea eichleri (Fée) Holub Brazil Palhinhaea glaucescens (C.Presl) Holub Central and South America Palhinhaea hainanensis C.Y.Yang Southeast Asia Palhinhaea hydrophila (Alderw.) comb. ined. currently Lycopodiella hydrophila (Alderw.) P.J.Edwards New Guinea Palhinhaea lehmannii (Hieron.) Holub northern South America Palhinhaea lugubris B.Øllg. Bolivia Palhinhaea maniculata (B.Øllg.) B.Øllg. northern South America Palhinhaea pendulina (Hook.) Holub Central and South America Palhinhaea pseudocurvata B.Øllg. northern South America, Greater Antilles Palhinhaea pungens (Alderw.) Holub Malesia Palhinhaea raiateensis (J.W.Moore) comb. ined. currently Lycopodium raiateense J.W.Moore Society Islands Palhinhaea reflexifolia B.Øllg. Andean South America Palhinhaea riofrioi (Sodiro) Holub Central and South America Palhinhaea steyermarkii (B.Øllg.) Holub Central and northern South America Palhinhaea tomentosa (Alderw.) Holub New Guinea Palhinhaea torta (Sieber ex Underw. & F.E.Lloyd) Christenh. Lesser Antilles Palhinhaea trianae (Hieron.) Holub northern South America Palhinhaea veigae Vasc. (epithet is also wrongly spelt viegae) Madeira
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