Astrolepis sinuata

Taxonavigation

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

Astrolepis sinuata (Lag. ex Sw.) D.M.Benham & Windham, Amer. Fern J. 82: 56 (1992).

Basionym
- Acrostichum sinuatum Lag. ex Sw., Syn. Fil. 14 (1806).
Homotypic
- Notholaena sinuata (Lag. ex Sw.) Kaulf., Enum. Filic.: 135 (1824).
- Gymnogramma sinuata (Lag. ex Sw.) C.Presl, Tent. Pterid.: 219 (1836).
- Cheilanthes sinuata (Lag. ex Sw.) Domin, Bibl. Bot. 20(85–1): 133 nota (1913).
- Hemionitis sinuata (Lag. ex Sw.) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 21 (2018)..
Heterotypic
- Notholaena chalcolepis A.Braun ex Kunze, Linnaea 13: 135 (1839), pro syn.
- Astrolepis sinuata subsp. mexicana D.M.Benham, Amer. Fern J. 82: 59 (1992).
- Notholaena sinuata var. pinnatifida Farw., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 283 (1931).
  - Notholaena sinuata f. pinnatifida (Farw.) M.Broun, Index No. Amer. Ferns: 120 (1938).
- Notholaena sinuata var. robusta Hevly, J. Arizona Acad. Sci. 3(4): 208, fig. 1 (1965).
- Notholaena tectaria Desv., Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 219 (1827).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Oklahoma.
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Arizona.
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico, Texas.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Georgia.
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central (México Distrito Federal, México State, Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala), Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Northeast (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas), Mexico Northwest (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, Sonora), Mexico Southeast (Chiapas), Mexico Southwest (Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca).
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico.
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Venezuela.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northwest (Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán), Chile North (Tarapacá).

Benham, D.M. & Windham, M.D. 1992. Generic Affinities of the Star-Scaled Cloak Ferns. American Fern Journal 82(2): 47–58. JSTOR BHL Reference page.

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