Gaga membranacea

Taxonavigation

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

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

Basionym
- Pellaea membranacea Davenp., Bot. Gaz. 21: 262, t. 18, f. 5–6 (1896).
  - Type: Mexico, Oaxaca: Sierra de San Felipe, Pringle 5963 ((GH)).
Homotypic
- Cheilanthes membranacea (Davenp.) Maxon, Amer. Fern J. 8: 119 (1918).
- Hemionitis membranacea (Davenp.) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 17 (2018).
Heterotypic
- Cheilanthes selinoides Mickel, Fl. Novo-Galiciana 17: 243 (1992).
  - Type: Mexico. Jalisco: Nevado de Colima, McVaugh 12869 (Holotype: MICH; isotype: US).
  - Hemionitis selinoides (Mickel) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 21 (2018).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central (México State), Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Northeast (Guanajuato), Mexico Southeast (Chiapas), Mexico Southwest (Colima, Jalisco, Oaxaca).
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama.

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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