Cheilanthes viridis

Cheilanthes viridis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Cheilanthes
Species: Cheilanthes viridis
Varietates: C. v. var. glauca – C. v. var. macrophylla – C. v. var. viridis

Name

Cheilanthes viridis (Forssk.) Sw., Syn. Fil.: 127 (1806).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Pteris viridis Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 186 (1775).
    • Type: ‘Yemen, montium Hadiensium’, P. Forsskål s.n. (missing).
• Homotypic
  • Adiantum viride (Forssk.) Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3: 104 (1794).
  • Pellaea viridis (Forssk.) Prantl, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 3: 420 (1882).
  • Pteridella viridis (Forssk.) Mett. in F.A.M.Kuhn in C.C. von der Decken, Reisen Ost-Afr. 3(3): Bot. 16 (1879).
  • Allosorus viridis (Forssk.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 806 ((1891).
  • Cassebeera viridis (Forssk.) Kaulf., Farwell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 281 (1931).
  • Oeosporangium viride (Forssk.) Fraser-Jenk. & Pariyar, Annot. Checkl. Ind. Pterid. 1: 263 (2016).
  • Hemionitis viridis (Forssk.) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 22 (2018).
• Heterotypic
  • see Cheilanthes viridis var. viridis

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Macaronesia Azores (Faial, Pico; introduced), Cape Verde (Fogo, Santo Antão, São Nicolau), Madeira (Madeira; introduced). Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Congo, Rwanda, Zaïre. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Lesotho, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Comoros (Mayotte), Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion, Rodrigues, Seychelles (doubtful) Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia, Yemen. Continental: Asia-Tropical (introduced) Regional: Indian Subcontinent India, Sri Lanka. Continental: Australasia (introduced) Regional: Australia New South Wales, Queensland. Regional: New Zealand Continental: Pacific (introduced) Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaii (Hawaiian Islands: Kauai, Oahu, Maui) Continental: Southern America Regional: Brazil Brazil Southeast (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Swartz, O.P. 1806. Synopsis Filicum earum Genera et species. 445 pp. Kiliae. BHL 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

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Cheilanthes viridis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 8. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Cheilanthes viridis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 May 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Cheilanthes viridis. Published online. Accessed: 8 May 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Cheilanthes viridis Accessed: 8 May 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cheilanthes viridis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: green cliff brake

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