Aleuritopteris bicolor

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Aleuritopteris
Species: Aleuritopteris bicolor

Name

Aleuritopteris bicolor (Roxb.) Fraser-Jenk., Fern Gaz. 18(5): 223 (2009).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Pteris bicolor Roxb., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 4: 507 (1844).
• Homotypic
  • Cheilanthes bicolor (Roxb.) Griff. ex Fraser-Jenk., Pakistan Syst. 5(1–2): 94 (1992).
  • Aleuritopteris bicolor (Roxb.) Kholia & Punetha, J. Indian Bot. Soc. 74: 184 (1995), comb. inval., sine basionym.
  • Hemionitis bicolor (Roxb.) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 10 (2018).
• Heterotypic
  • Aleuritopteris kathmanduensis Ching & S.K.Wu, Acta Bot. Yunnan. 5(2): 167 (1983).
  • Ceropteris monosticha Fée, Mém. Foug., 7. Ic. Esp. Nouv. 44, t. 22, f. 2 (1857).
  • Cheilanthes bullosa Bedd., Ferns S. India t. 192 (1863).
  • Cheilanthes discolor Griff., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 4: 466 (1844).
  • Cheilanthes farinosa var. tenera C.B.Clarke & Baker, J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 24: 411 (1889). WorldPlants: "25: 441"
  • Cheilanthes pulveracea Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16, 4: 115 (1827).
  • Pteris argentea Bory, Voy. Iles Afrique 1: 327 (1804).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam (Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura), Bangladesh, East Himalaya (Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan, Sikkim), India (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, ?Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu-Kashmir, Uttaranchal). Regional: Indo-China Laos, Myanmar, ?Thailand. Regional: Malesia Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia). Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica (introduced). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. 2009. A summary of Indian cheilanthoid ferns and the discovery of Negripteris (Pteridaceae), an Afro-Arabian fern genus new to India. Fern Gazette 18(5): 216–229. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2021. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Aleuritopteris bicolor Accessed: 21 Feb 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Aleuritopteris bicolor. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 21. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Aleuritopteris bicolor in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 21. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2021. Aleuritopteris bicolor. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Feb 2021.
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Aleuritopteris bicolor. Published online. Accessed: 21 Feb 2021.