Adiantum philippense

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales 

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Vittarioideae
Genus: Adiantum
Species: Adiantum philippense
Subspecies: A. p. subsp. intermedium – A. p. subsp. philippense – A. p. subsp. teestae

Name edit

Adiantum philippense L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1094 (1753).

  • Provenance: "Habitat in Philippinis."
  • Lectotype : "Adiantum Philippense, folio rotundo laciniato" in Petiver, Gazophyl. Nat., 8, t. 4, f. 4, 1702–1709 (designated by Pichi Sermolli in Webbia 12: 665 (1957)).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Macaronesia
      • Cape Verde.
    • Regional: West Tropical Africa
      • Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
    • Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaire.
    • Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad, Ethiopia, Sudan.
    • Regional: East Tropical Africa
      • Tanzania.
    • Regional: South Tropical Africa
      • Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
    • Regional: Southern Africa
      • Northern Provinces.
    • Regional: Western Indian Ocean
      • Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar.
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Arabian Peninsula
      • Oman, Yemen.
    • Regional: China
      • China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast.
    • Regional: Eastern Asia
      • Taiwan.
  • Continental: Asia-Tropical
    • Regional: Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya.
    • Regional: Indo-China
      • Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
    • Regional: Malesia
      • Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi.
    • Regional: Papuasia
      • Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
  • Continental: Australasia
    • Regional: Australia
      • Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia.
  • Continental: Pacific
    • Regional: Southwestern Pacific
      • Fiji, Samoa.
    • Regional: Northwestern Pacific
      • Caroline Islands, Marianas.
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Cuba.

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

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