Actiniopteris radiata

Actiniopteris radiata

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales 

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Pteridoideae
Genus: Actiniopteris
Species: Actiniopteris radiata

Name edit

Actiniopteris radiata (J.Koenig ex Sw.) Link, Fil. Spec.: 80 (1841).

Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Asplenium radiatum J.Koenig ex Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 50 (1801).
      • Lectotypus: Acrostichum radiatum. Habitat in India. Specimen e collect. D. Dris. Konig misit Nob. Dnus Banks 1776. Herb. Montin. (S-PA) (designated by Pichi-Sermolli 1962).
  • Homotypic
    • Acrostichum radiatum (Sw.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 128 (1810).
    • Acropteris radiata (Sw.) Link, Hort. Berol. 2: 56 (1833).
    • Blechnum radiatum (Sw.) C.Presl, Tent. Pterid.: 103 (1836).
    • Pteris radiata (Sw.) Bojer, Hortus Maurit.: 399 (1837).
    • Actiniopteris australis var. radiata (J.Koenig ex Sw.) C.Chr., Dansk Bot. Ark. 7: 125 (1932).
  • Heterotypic
    • Acrostichum dichotomum Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 184 (1775), nom. illeg. non L. 1763.
      • Actiniopteris dichotoma (Forssk.) Kuhn, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 29: 504 (1871).
      • Pteris dichotoma Kuhn in C.C.von der Decken, Reisen Ost Afr. 3(3): 18 (1879), non L. 1753.
      • Acropteris dichotoma (Kuhn) Farw., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 289 (1931).
    • Asplenium polydactylon Webb in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 193 (1849).
    • Blechnum flabellatum C.Presl, Tent. Pterid.: 103 (1836).
    • Acrostichum australe Vahl, Symb. Bot. 1: 84, pl. 25 (1790), non L.f. (1782).
    • Actiniopteris australis Ettingsh., Farnkr. Jetztw.: 85, pl. 51, figs 10–13 (1864), nom. illeg. non Link (1841). |57}}

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Northern Africa
      • Egypt.
    • Regional: Macaronesia
      • Cape Verde (Fogo, Santo Antão, São Nicolau).
    • Regional: West Tropical Africa
      • Benin, Mali, Nigeria, Togo.
    • Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon, Zaire.
    • Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan.
    • Regional: East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
    • Regional: South Tropical Africa
      • Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
    • Regional: Southern Africa
      • Botswana, Cape Provinces (North Cape), Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces (North West, Limpopo, Mpulamanga).
    • Regional: Western Indian Ocean
      • Comoros, Mauritius (extinct, Madagascar, Seychelles.
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Western Asia
      • Afghanistan, Iran.
    • Regional: Arabian Peninsula
      • Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
  • Continental: Asia-Tropical
    • Regional: Indian Subcontinent
      • East Himalaya (Bhutan), India (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh), Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya (Uttarakhand).
    • Regional: Indo-China
      • Myanmar.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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