Dicranopteris flexuosa

Dicranopteris flexuosa

Dicranopteris flexuosa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Gleicheniaceae
Genus: Dicranopteris
Species: Dicranopteris flexuosa

Name

Dicranopteris flexuosa (Schrad.) Underw., 1907

Synonyms

• Dicranopteris pumila (Mart.) Nakai, Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. (Tokyo) 29: 69 (1950)
• Dicranopteris rigida (Kunze) Nakai, Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. (Tokyo) 29: 69 (1950)
• Dicranopteris scalpturata (Fée) Nakai, Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. (Tokyo) 29: 69 (1950)
• Gleichenia flexuosa (Schrad.) Mett., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 1: 50 (1863)
• Gleichenia rigida (Kunze) J.Bommer & Christ, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belg. 86: 174 (1896) (nom. illeg.)
• Mertensia flexuosa Schrad., Gött. gel. Anz. 863 (1824)
• Mertensia pumila Mart., Ic. Cr. Bras. 111, t. 60, f. 2 (1834)
• Mertensia rigida Kunze, Linn. 9: 16 (1834)
• Mertensia scalpturata Fée, Cr. vasc. Br. 1: 199, t. 72, f. 1 (1889)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical America Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Underwood, L.M., 1907. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 34: 254

Additional references

• Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Dicranopteris flexuosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Dicranopteris flexuosa. Published online. Accessed: Sep 11 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Dicranopteris flexuosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Sep 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Dicranopteris flexuosa Accessed: 11 Sep 2021.

Vernacular names

English: drooping forkedfern

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