Cheilanthes multifida subsp. multifida

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Cheilanthes
Species: Cheilanthes multifida
Subspecies: Cheilanthes multifida subsp. multifida

Name

Cheilanthes multifida (Sw.) Sw. subsp. multifida, autonym

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Adiantum globatum Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 14$ (1810).
    • Type: Cape Peninsula, Table Mountain ‘Cette plante croit au Cap de Bonne-Esperance’, sine coll. s.n. (Holotype: P-JU 1433).
  • Polypodium dicksonifolium Roxb. in A. Beatson, St. Helena: 318 (1816).
    • Type: St Helena, Diana’s Peak, J. Roxburgh s.n. (Holotype: ?BM).
  • Cheilanthes multifida var. flexa Kunze, Linnaea 10: 537 (1836).
    • Type: ‘Ad rupes summitatis prope Omsamaba, Febr.’, J.F. Drège s.n. (LZ†; lectotype: B 20 0046041, designated by Anthony (1984: 190, 191); isolectotype: L).
  • Cheilanthes bolusii Baker, Hooker's Icon. Pl. 17: t. 1636 (1886).
    • Type: ‘Cape Colony; south-western district on the banks of the Breede River at Darling bridge, Oct. 1886’, H. Bolus 2801 (Holotype: K 000435545; isotype: BOL).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces (Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape), Namibia. Regional: Middle Atlantic Ocean St. Helena. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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 multifida subsp. multifida Accessed: 13 Apr 2021.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cheilanthes multifida subsp. multifida in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr 13. Reference page.