Gaga marginata

Taxonavigation

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

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

Basionym
- Cheilanthes marginata Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 22 (1815)
  - Typus: Ecuador. Quito, Humboldt & Bonpland s.n. (Holotype: P; isotype: B-Willd. 20126).
Homotypic
- Allosorus marginatus (Kunth) J.Sm. in Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald 9: 341 (1854).
- Pellaea marginata (Kunth) Baker in W.J.Hooker & J.G.Baker, Syn. Fil.: 151 (1867).
- Cassebeera marginata (Kunth) Farw., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 281 (1931).
- Hemionitis marginata (Kunth) Christenh., Global Fl. 44: 17 (2018).
Heterotypic
- Allosorus ciliatus C.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 59 (1825).
  - Cheilanthes ciliata (C.Presl) Fée, Mém. Foug. 9 (Cat. Foug. Mex.): 12 (1857).
- Allosorus ciliatus var. minor C.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 59 (1825).
  - Type: Mexico. Haenke s.n. (PR or PRC).
- Allosorus ciliatus var. laxus Kunze, Linnaea 18: 325 (1845), "laxa"
- Allosorus caespitosus Kunze, Linnaea 23: 218 (1850).
  - Cheilanthes caespitosa (Kunze) Mett., Fil. Hort. Bot. Lips. 51 (1856).
- Cheilanthes chaerophylloides Fée, Mém. Foug. 8: 117 (1857).
- Pellaea cuneata J.Sm., Ferns Brit. For. 180 (1866).
- Cheilanthes marginata var. ovalis E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 1: 122 (1872).
- Cheilanthes marginata var. reflexa E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 1: 122 (1872).
- Allosorus marginatus var. brevilobus Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3[3]: 376 (1898).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central (México Distrito Federal, México State, Morelos, Puebla), Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Northeast (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas), Mexico Northwest (Baja California Sur, 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: Northern South America
  - Venezuela.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast (Córdoba), Argentina Northwest (Catamarca, Jujuy, La Rioja, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán).

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.

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International Plant Names Index. 2023. Gaga marginata. Published online. Accessed: 25 May 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Gaga marginata Accessed: 25 May 2023.