Gaga angustifolia

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Gaga
Species: Gaga angustifolia

Name

Gaga angustifolia (Kunth) Fay W.Li & Windham, Syst. Bot. 37(4): 856 (2012).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cheilanthes angustifolia Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 21 (1816).
    • Type: Mexico. Michoacán, Humboldt & Bonpland s.n. (B-Willd. 20116, P-Humb.)
• Homotypic
  • Allosorus angustifolius (Kunth) C.Presl, Tent. Pterid.: 152 (1836).
  • Onychium angustifolium (Kunth) Kunze, Farrnkräuter 2: 11 (1848).
  • Pellaea angustifolia (Kunth) Baker in W.J.Hooker & J.G.Baker, Syn. Fil.: 150 (1867).
  • Pteris angustifolia (Kunth) F.Muell., Fragm. 7(55): 121 (1870).
  • Hemionitis angustifolia (Kunth) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 9 (2018).
• Heterotypic
  • Allosorus angustifolius var. minor Liebm., Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd. (ser. 5) 1: 219 [reprint page: 67] (1849).
  • Cheilanthes venusta Fée, Mém. Foug. 9 (Cat. Foug. Mex.): 12 (1857).
  • Cheilanthes venusta var. aurata Fée, Mém. Foug. 9 (Cat. Foug. Mex.): 12 (1857).
  • Cheilanthes angustifolia var. cuneata Brause, Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 51: 5 (1910).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central (México Distrito Federal, México State, Morelos, Puebla), Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Northeast (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas), Mexico Northwest (Sinaloa, Sonora), Mexico Southeast (Chiapas), Mexico Southwest (Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca). Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Western South America Colombia, Galápagos. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Li, F.-W., Pryer, K.M. & Windham, M.D. 2012. Gaga, a new fern genus segregated from Cheilanthes (Pteridaceae). Systematic Botany 37(4): 845–860. DOI: 10.1600/036364412X656626 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Gaga angustifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 24. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Gaga angustifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 May 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Gaga angustifolia. Published online. Accessed: 24 May 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Gaga angustifolia Accessed: 24 May 2023.