Gleichenia polypodioides

Gleichenia polypodioides

Gleichenia polypodioides

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Gleicheniaceae
Genus: Gleichenia
Species: Gleichenia polypodioides

Name

Gleichenia polypodioides (L.) Sm., 1793

Synonyms

• Calymella polypodioides (L.) Ching, Sunyatsenia 5: 288 (1940)
• Gleichenia argentea Kaulf., Enum. Fil. 36 (1824)
• Gleichenia bijouxii J.Koenig ex Bonap., Notes pterid. 2. 114 (1915)
• Gleichenia glauca Sw., Syn. 165, 393 (1806)
• Gleichenia glauca var. nudiuscula Kunze, Linnaea 10: 490 (1836)
• Gleichenia polypodioides var. argentea (Kaulf.) Schltdl., Adumbrationes plantarum 1: 12 (1825)
• Mertensia coeruleo-glauca Poir., Encycl. suppl. 3: 669 (1813)
• Onoclea polypodioides L., Mant. Pl. 306 (1771)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Eastern Africa Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Réunion, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zimbabwe Regional: Western Africa Angola Extinct in: Mauritius References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Smith, J.E. 1793. Tentamen botanicum. De filicum generibus dorsiferarum. Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 5: 401–422, pl. IX. BHL Reference page. : 5:419, t.9.

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.
• Roux, J.P. (2016). The Lycopods and Ferns of Drakensberg and Lesotho: 1-384. Briza academic books, Pretoria, South Africa

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Gleichenia polypodioides 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. Gleichenia polypodioides. Published online. Accessed: Sep 11 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Gleichenia polypodioides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Sep 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Gleichenia polypodioides Accessed: 11 Sep 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Gleichenia polypodioides in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Kystervaring, Ystervaring
English: Coral fern

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