Adiantum aethiopicum

Adiantum aethiopicum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Vittarioideae
Genus: Adiantum
Species: Adiantum aethiopicum

Name

Adiantum aethiopicum L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1329 (1759).

• Provenance: "Habitat [ad Cap. b. spei.] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1560 (1763)"
• Lectotype (designated by: Pichi Sermolli, Webbia 12: 695 (1957)): Herb. Linn. No. 1252.15 (LINN)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Adiantum assimile Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 83 (1801).
    • Type: Australia (Holotype: S?)
    • Adiantum aethiopicum f. assimile (Sw.) F.M.Bailey, Compr. Cat. Queensland Pl. 641 (1913).
  • Adiantum trigonum Labill., Nov. Holl. Pl. 2: 99 (1806).
    • Type: Tasmania, 'in capite Van-Diemen', J.J.H. de Labillardière (Holotype: P).
  • Adiantum aubertii Desv., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 310 (1827).
  • Adiantum subtrapezoideum Christ, Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 4: 1094 (1904).

Homonyms

• Adiantum aethiopicum Thunb., Fl. Jap.: 339 (1784), nom. illeg. (= Adiantum monochlamys D.C.Eaton)
• Adiantum aethiopicum Hook. & Baker, Syn. Fil.: 123 (1867), nom. illeg. (= Adiantum raddianum C.Presl)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Nigeria. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Congo, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaire. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia, Socotra, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Lesotho, Swaziland. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Malesia Sulawesi (introduced). Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Norfolk Islands, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia. Regional: New Zealand New Zealand North, New Zealand South. Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific New Caledonia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1759. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–iv+825–1384 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 1329. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Pichi-Sermolli, R.E.G. 1957. Adumbratio Florae Aethiopicae. 5. Parkeriaceae, Adiantaceae, Vittariaceae. Webbia 12(2): 645–703. DOI: 10.1080/00837792.1957.10669670 Reference page. 
• Bostock, P.D. 1998. Adiantaceae (except Cheilanthes). Pp. 248–271 in MacCarthy, P.M. (ed.), Flora of Australia 48. Ferns, Gymnosperms and allied groups. 766 pp. Melbourne: CSIRO. ISBN 0-643-05972-5 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Adiantum aethiopicum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 4. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Adiantum aethiopicum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 4 May 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Adiantum aethiopicum. Published online. Accessed: 4 May 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Adiantum aethiopicum Accessed: 4 May 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. Adiantum aethiopicum – World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World . In: Roskov Y., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J. & Penev L. (eds.) 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2022 May 4.

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