Cheilanthes involuta

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Cheilanthes
Species: Cheilanthes involuta
Varietates: C. i. var. involuta – C. i. var. obscura

Name

Cheilanthes involuta (Sw.) Schelpe & N.C.Anthony, Contr. Bolus Herb. 10: 155 (1982).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Pteris involuta Sw., J. Bot. [Schrader] 1800(2): 69 (1801).
    • Type: Cape Province, sine coll. s.n. (Holotype: UPS-Thunb.,).
• Homotypic
  • Allosorus involutus (Sw.) C.Presl, Tent. Pterid.: 153 (1836).
  • Pellaea involuta (Sw.) Baker in Hooker & Baker, Syn. Fil. ed. 2: 148 (1874).
  • Pteridella involuta (Sw.) Mett. in F.A.M. Kuhn in C.C. von der Decken, Reisen Ost-Afr. 3(3): Bot. 15 (1879).
  • Pellaea viridis var. involuta (Sw.) Schelpe, Bol. Soc. Brot. sér. 2, 41: 214 (1967).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Rwanda, Zaïre. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Socotra. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces (Eastern Cape, Western Cape), Lesotho, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces (Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Northern Province). Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. & Anthony, N.C. 1982. New species and new combinations in African Pteridophyta and Orchidaceae. Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium 10: 143–161. Reference page. 
• Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. 1967. New Taxa of Pteridophyta from South East Tropical Africa. Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana 41: 203–217. Full volume PDF (180 MB) Reference page. 

Additional references

• Roux, J.P. 2009. Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands. Strelitzia 23: 1–296. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 978-1-919976-48-8. ARK: /t0ps2bc93 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2021. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Cheilanthes involuta Accessed: 17 Mar 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Cheilanthes involuta. 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 Mar 17. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cheilanthes involuta in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 17. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2021. Cheilanthes involuta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Mar 2021.
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cheilanthes involuta. Published online. Accessed: 17 Mar 2021.