Acrostichum

Acrostichum aureum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Polypodiales

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Parkerioideae
Genus: Acrostichum
Species: A. aureum – A. danaeifolium – A. speciosum

Name

Acrostichum L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1067 (1753); Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 484 (1754).

• Lectotype species: Acrostichum aureum L. (designated by Mirbel, Dict. Sci. Nat. 1: 244 (1816).)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Chrysodium Fée, Mém. Foug., 2. Hist. Acrostich.: 22, 97 (1845).
    • Type species: Chrysodium vulgare Fée
  • Parahemionitis Panigrahi, Indian Fern J. 9(1–2): 244 (1993) [1992 publ. 1993].
    • Type species: Parahemionitis arifolia (Burm.f.) Panigrahi

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaire. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion, Seychelles. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia. Regional: China China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast. Regional: Eastern Asia Nansei-shoto, Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka. Regional: Indo-China Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi. Regional: Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia. Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji, Niue, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga, Wallis-Futuna Islands. Regional: South-Central Pacific Cook Islands, Society Islands, Tubuai Islands. Regional: Northwestern Pacific Caroline Islands, Marianas. Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Florida. Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, Central American Pacific Islands, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Islands, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil South. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Paraguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1067. Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 484. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Smith, A.R., Pryer, K.M., Schuettpelz, E., Korall, P., Schneider, H. & Wolf, P.G. 2006. A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55(3): 705–731. DOI: 10.2307/25065646 JSTOR ResearchGate PDF. Reference page. 
• Lloyd, R.M. 1993. Acrostichum. Pp. 130–131 in Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.), Flora of North America North of Mexico. Volume 2: Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford, XVI, 475 pp. ISBN 0-19-508242-7. efloras FNA Website Internet Archive, Lending Library Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Acrostichum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Aug 1. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Acrostichum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 Aug 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Acrostichum. Published online. Accessed: 1 Aug 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Acrostichum Accessed: 1 Aug 2023.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Acrostichum in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2023 Aug 2.
• USDA NRCS PLANTS Profile

Vernacular names

中文: 卤蕨属

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