Acrostichum aureum

Acrostichum aureum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Parkerioideae
Genus: Acrostichum
Species: Acrostichum aureum

Name

Acrostichum aureum L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1069 (1753).

• Type locality: "Habitat in Jamaicae, Dominicae humentibus."
• Lectotype : Herb. Clifford: 475, Acrostichum 1 (BM), designated by Schelpe, Contr. Bolus Herb. 1 : 45 (1969).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Chrysodium aureum (L.) Mett., Fil. Hort. Bot. Lips.: 24 (1856).
• Heterotypic
  • Asplenium arifolium Burm.f., Fl. Ind.: 231 (1768).
    • Hemionitis arifolia (Burm.f.) T.Moore, Index Fil.: 114 (1859).
    • Gymnogramma arifolia (Burm.f.) Kuhn, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 4: 283 (1869).
    • Parahemionitis arifolia (Burm.f.) Panigrahi, Abstr. & Souv. Nation. Symp. Curr. Trends Pterid. 4-6 October 1991 13 (1991), comb. inval.
    • Parahemionitis arifolia (Burm.f.) Panigrahi, Indian Fern J. 9(1-2): 244 (1993) [1992 publ. 1993].
    • Parahemionitis arifolia (Burm.f.) Panigrahi, Amer. Fern J. 83(3): 90 (1993), comb. illeg.
  • Acrostichum marginatum Schkuhr, Deutschl. Krypt. Gew. 1: 185, t. 3 b (1809).
    • Acrostichum aureum var. marginatum (Schkuhr) T.Moore, Index Fil.: 6 (1857).
  • Aspidium emarginatum Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4 5: 235 (1810).
    • Acrostichum emarginatum Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 4: 480, t. 27 (1844).
    • Polystichum emarginatum (Willd.) T.Moore, Index Fil.: 91 (1858).
  • Acrostichum inaequale Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 5: 117 (1810).
    • Chrysodium inaequale (Willd.) Fée, Mém. Foug., 2. Hist. Acrostich.: 100 (1845).
  • Acrostichum formosum C.Presl, Delic. Prag. 1: 160 (1822).
  • Acrostichum juglandifolium Kaulf., Enum. Filic. 65 (1824).
  • Acrostichum obliquum Blume, Enum. Pl. Javae: 101 (1828).
  • Acrostichum crassifolium Wall. ex C.Presl, Tent. Pterid.: 241 (1836), nom. nud.
  • Acrostichum wightianum C.Presl, Tent. Pterid.: 241 (1836).
  • Chrysodium cayennense Fée, Mém. Foug., 2. Hist. Acrostich.: 100, t. 59 (1845).
    • Acrostichum cayennense (Fée) C.Presl, Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 6 (Epimel. Bot.): 181 (1851).
  • Chrysodium hirsutum Fée, Mém. Foug., 2. Hist. Acrostich.: 99, t. 62, f. 2 (1845).
    • Acrostichum aureum var. hirsutum (Fée) T.Moore, Index Fil. 6 (1857).
  • Chrysodium scalpturatum Fée, Mém. Foug., 2. Hist. Acrostich.: 100, t. 61 (1845).
    • Acrostichum scalpturatum C.Presl, Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 6 (Epimel. Bot.): 181 (1851).
  • Chrysodium speciosum Fée, Mém. Foug., 2. Hist. Acrostich.: 101 (1845).
  • Chrysodium urvillei Fée, Mém. Foug., 2. Hist. Acrostich.: 100, t. 60 (1845).
    • Acrostichum urvillei C.Presl, Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 6 (Epimel. Bot.): 181 (1851).
    • Acrostichum aureum var. urvillei (C.Presl) T.Moore, Index Fil.: 3 (1857).
  • Chrysodium vulgare Fée, Mém. Foug., 2. Hist. Acrostich.: 97 (1845).
  • Acrostichum rigens C.Presl, Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 6 (Epimel. Bot.): 180 (1851).
  • Acrostichum spectabile Zoll., Syst. Verz.: 33 (1854).
  • Chrysodium fasciculatum E.Fourn., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 5, 18: 272 (1873).
    • Acrostichum fasciculatum (E.Fourn.) C.Chr., Index Filic.: 9 (1905).
  • Polystichum dissimulans Maxon, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 31, t. 4 A (1909).
  • Acrostichum guineense Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 305 (1919).

Homonyms

• Acrostichum aureum Cav. = Asplenium aureum Cav.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands (Annobón, Bioko, Príncipe, São Tomé). Regional: East Tropical Africa Tanzania. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces (Eastern Cape), KwaZulu-Natal. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Comoros, Mauritius, Mozambique Channel Islands, Madagascar, Réunion. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central (Yunnan), Hainan, China Southeast (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong). Regional: Eastern Asia Nansei-shoto, Taiwan Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Bangladesh, India (Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal), Sri Lanka. Regional: Indo-China Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore), Philippines, Sulawesi. Regional: Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea), Solomon Islands (North Solomons, South Solomons). Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Northern Territory, Queensland. Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji, Niue, New Caledonia, Samoa (American Samoa, Western Samoa), Tonga, Wallis-Futuna Islands. Regional: South-Central Pacific Society Islands, Tubuai Islands. Regional: Northwestern Pacific Caroline Islands (Micronesia Federated States, Palau), Marianas (Guam, Northern Marianas). Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Florida. Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Northeast (Tamaulipas), Mexico Southeast (Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Yucatán), Mexico Southwest (Guerrero, Nayarit, Oaxaca). Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, Central American Pacific Islands (Cocos Island), El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands (Guadeloupe, Virgin Islands), Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Islands, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands (Barbados, Grenada, Martinique, St. Lucia). Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil Northeast (Bahia, Ceará, Pernambuco), Brazil South (Santa Catarina), Brazil Southeast (Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1069. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Dong, S.Y. & Funston, A.M. 2013. Acrostichum. Pp. 179–180 in Wu, Zh.Y. , Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.-Y. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 2–3: Lycopodiaceae through Polypodiaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 978-1-935641-11-7. efloras PDFReference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Acrostichum aureum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Aug 6. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Acrostichum aureum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 Aug 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Acrostichum aureum. Published online. Accessed: 6 Aug 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Acrostichum aureum Accessed: 6 Aug 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acrostichum aureum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

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