Adiantum tetraphyllum

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

Adiantum tetraphyllum Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 5: 441 (1810).

• Lectotype: Venezuela: Monagas: near Guanaguana and Caripe. Humboldt & Bonpland s.n. (Lectotype (designated by Lellinger, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash 89: 704 (1977)): B-W-20082-2 (photo GH); isolectotype: NY.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Adiantum prionophyllum Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 20 (1815).
  • Synaphlebium tetraphyllum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Fée, Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 109 (1852).
  • Adiantum lancea Baker in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 1(2): 373 (1870).
  • Adiantum tetraphyllum f. genuina Hieron., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 491 (1904), nom. inval.
• Heterotypic
  • Adiantum ternatum Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 5: 436 (1810).
    • Type: Habitat in America meridionale prope Caripe. Humboldt & Bonpland (B-W 20075-01)-
  • Adiantum falcatum Vell., Fl. Flumin. 11: t. 96, nom. illeg. (1831).
  • Adiantum laxum Kunze, Linnaea 9: 79 (1834).
    • Typus: Ad Arborum radices sylvarum ins. Cubae interirorum, Sep. 1822, Poeppig (B 20 0004903).
  • Adiantum kohautianum C.Presl, Tent. Pterid.: 158 (1836).
  • Adiantum macrocarpum C.Presl, Tent. Pterid.: 158 (1836).
  • Adiantum tetraphyllum var. microphyllum Splitg., Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 7: 427 (1840).
    • Type: Surinam, crescit in sylvis prope Paramaribo.
  • Adiantum rigidum Link, Fil. Spec.: 69 (1841).
  • Adiantum tetraphyllum var. macropterum Kunze, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 3: 284 (1845).
    • Type: Caracas ({{aut|Moritz I: 37)
  • Adiantum pachysorum Rchb. ex Kunze, Linnaea 21: 224 (1848).
    • Type: Surinam, in sylvis prope Poelebantje, Jul 1844, Kappler 1732o LZ†.
  • Adiantum prionophyllum var. curtum T.Moore, Index Fil.: 35 (1857).
    • Type: Fernando Po, Esmarald.
  • Adiantum prionophyllum var. subcoriaceum T.Moore, Index Fil.: 35 (1857).
    • Type: Guadeloupe, L'Herm. 4
  • Adiantum hendersonii Linden, Ill. Hort. 20: t. 127 (1873).
    • Type: in nova Granata, Linden.
  • Adiantum serrulatum Sw. ex Keyserl., Mém. Ac. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersb. 22(2): 9, 32 (1875).
  • Adiantum tetraphyllum f. apiculatum Kuhn ex Urb., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 94 (1897).
    • Adiantum tetraphyllum var. paucijugum Jenman, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 94 (1897), nom. inval..
    • Type: Jamaica, Bot. Dep. hb. 427
  • Adiantum tetraphyllum f. obtusum Kuhnex Urb., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 94 (1897).
    • Adiantum tetraphyllum var. obtusum Mett., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 94 (1897).
  • Adiantum tetraphyllum var. subsimplex Christ, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 95 (1897).
    • Syntypes: Grenada, Eggers 6141b, 6469.
  • Adiantum tetraphyllum var. costaricense Christ, Primit. Fl. Costaric. 3: 19 (1901).
    • Type: Déboisements de Tuís, 670 m , Tonduz 11313. (Holotype: US 00142170; isotype: P 00608538)
  • Adiantum rondonii Samp., Comm. Linh. telegr. Mato Grosso ao Amazonas Publ. 33: 13, t. 1, f. 2 (1916) (accepted by POWO, not accepted by WorldFerns, Flora do Brasil 2020))

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central (Puebla), Mexico Northeast (Querétaro, San Luis Potosí), Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Southwest (Guerrero, Nayarit, Oaxaca), Mexico Southeast (Chiapas, Tabasco). Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil West-Central (Brasilia Distrito Federal, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso), Brazil Northeast (Bahia, Ceara, Maranhão, Pernambuco), Brazil Southeast (Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo), Brazil North (Acre, Amazonas, Amapá, Pará, Roraima, Rondônia, Tocantins), Brazil South (Parana, Santa Catarina). 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

• Willdenow, C.L. 1810. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta. Tomus 5, pars 1. pp. [i]–l, 1–542. Berolini: G.C. Nauk. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

Additional references

• Lellinger, D.B. 1977. Nomenclatural and taxonomic notes on the Pteridophytes of Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia, I. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 89(61): 703–732. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Adiantum tetraphyllum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Nov 7. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Adiantum tetraphyllum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 Nov 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Adiantum tetraphyllum. Published online. Accessed: 7 Nov 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Adiantum tetraphyllum Accessed: 7 Nov 2022.
• JSTOR Global Plants