Gaga (plant)

Gaga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Pteridophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Family:	Pteridaceae
Genus:	Gaga; Pryor, F. W. Li; & Windham
Type species
	Gaga marginata; (Kunth) F. W. Li & Windham
Species
	See text

Gaga is a genus of 19 species of ferns named for American singer and songwriter Lady Gaga. Two species are new: Gaga germanotta, a Costa Rican native named for Gaga's family; she was born Stefani Germanotta, and Gaga monstraparva, a Mexican native named for Gaga's fans, known as 'little monsters'. The remaining 17 species had been assigned to the genus Cheilanthes before reclassification.^[2]

Species

Gaga angustifolia
Gaga apiacea
Gaga arizonica
Gaga chaerophylla
Gaga complanata
Gaga cuneata
Gaga decomposita
Gaga decurrens
Gaga germanotta
Gaga harrisii
Gaga hintoniorum
Gaga hirsuta
Gaga kaulfussii
Gaga lerstenii
Gaga marginata
Gaga membranacea
Gaga monstraparva
Gaga pellaeopsis
Gaga purpusii

References

^ ^a ^b "Gaga Pryer, F. W. Li & Windham". Tropicos.org. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
^ "Nineteen Species of Fern Named for Lady Gaga". Duke University. 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2012-10-30.

Li, Fay-Wei; Pryer, Kathleen M.; Windham, Michael D (2012-10-01). "Gaga, a New Fern Genus Segregated from Cheilanthes (Pteridaceae)". Systematic Botany, vol. 37, no. 4. Retrieved 2012-10-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
"Gaga". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2012-10-31.

[TROP-1] "Gaga Pryer, F. W. Li & Windham". Tropicos.org. Retrieved 2012-10-30.

[2] "Nineteen Species of Fern Named for Lady Gaga". Duke University. 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2012-10-30.

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