Actiniopteris

Actiniopteris radiata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Pteridoideae
Genus: Actiniopteris
Species: A. australis – A. dimorpha – A. kornasii – A. pauciloba – A. radiata – A. semiflabellata

Name

Actiniopteris Link, Fil. Spec.: 73, 79 (1841).

• Lectotypus: Actiniopteris radiata (Sw.) Link (designated by Pichi-Sermolli, 1962).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Egypt. Regional: Macaronesia Cape Verde. Regional: West Tropical Africa Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Togo. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaire. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion, Seychelles. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan, Iran. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Myanmar. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Link, J.H.F. 1841. Filicum Species in Horto Regio Botanico Berolinensi Cultae. 179 pp. Veit, Berolini [Berlin]. Gallica Reference page. 

Additional references

• Vaganov, A.V. & Shmakov, A.I. 2016. Synopsis of the Genus Actiniopteris Link (Pteridaceae). Biological Bulletin of Bogdan Chmelnitskiy Melitopol State Pedagogical University 6(3): 39–45. DOI: 10.15421/201668 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Actiniopteris in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Aug 13. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Actiniopteris. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Aug 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Actiniopteris. Published online. Accessed: 13 Aug 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Actiniopteris Accessed: 13 Aug 2023.

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