Gaga hirsuta

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

Gaga hirsuta (Link) Fay W.Li & Windham, Syst. Bot. 37(4): 857 (2012).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cheilanthes hirsuta Link, Hort. Berol. 2: 42 (1833).
    • Lectotype (designated by Li, Pryer & Windham, 2012: 857): ‘Hort. Berol. 1832’ (B 20 0036984).

• Homotypic
  • Hemionitis hirsuta (Link) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 15 (2018).
• Heterotypic
  • Cheilanthes crenulata Link, Hort. Berol. 2: 41 (1833).
    • Type: Described from cultivated plants (Holotype: B; isotype: PH).
  • Cheilanthes pyramidalis Fée, Mém. Foug. 7: 38, t. 25, f. 3 (1857).
    • Syntypes: Mexico: Valley of Mexico, Schaffner 88 (syntype: P); Guatimalpan, Schaffner 304 (syntype: P); San Agostín, Schaffner 305 (isosyntype: K).
    • Pellaea marginata var. pyramidalis (Fée) Baker in W.J.Hooker & J.G.Baker, Syn. Fil.: 151 (1867).
  • Cheilanthes rufescens Link, Hort. Berol. 2: 39 (1833).
    • Type: Described from cultivated plants (Holotype: B; isotype: PH).
  • Pellaea angustifolia var. elongata Rovirosa, Pteridogr. Mex. 130 (1909).
    • Type: Mexico, Chiapas: Mesa de Coapilla, Rovirosa 1059 (PH, frag. US).
  • Cheilanthes spiculata Mickel, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 88 (Pterid. Mexico): 210 (2004).
    • Type: Mexico. México: Temascaltepec, Hinton et al. 6837 (Holotype: NY; isotypes: F, LL, MO).
    • Hemionitis spiculata (Mickel) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 21 (2018).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central (México Distrito Federal, México State, Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala), Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Northeast (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas), Mexico Northwest (Baja California Sur, 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 (doubtful), Nicaragua. 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 hirsuta 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 hirsuta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 May 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Gaga hirsuta. Published online. Accessed: 24 May 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Gaga hirsuta Accessed: 24 May 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Gaga hirsuta in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.