Haplopteris guineensis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Vittarioideae
Genus: Haplopteris
Species: Haplopteris guineensis

Name

Haplopteris guineensis (Desv.) E.H.Crane, Syst. Bot. 22: 514 (1997 publ. 1998).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Vittaria guineensis Desv., Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. 5: 325 (1811).
• Homotypic
  • Pteris guineensis (Desv.) Desv., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 293 (1827).
• Heterotypic
  • Vittaria congoensis Christ, Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 1(1): 9 (1903).
  • Vittaria guineensis var. cancellata Hieron., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 425 (1915).

Notes

• Varieties without valid combination in Haplopteris, accepted by Hassler, WorldPlants and elsewhere
  • Vittaria guineensis var. camerooniana Schelpe, Contr. Bolus Herb. 1: 23 (1969) (Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Islands).
  • Vittaria guineensis var. orientalis Hieron., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 426 (1915) (Liberia, Togo; Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire; Ethiopia; Kenya, Tansania, Uganda; Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia. Regional: East Tropical Africa Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Zambia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Crane, E.H. 1997. A Revised Circumscription of the Genera of the Fern Family Vittariaceae. Systematic Botany 22(3): 509–517. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Haplopteris guineensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Feb 3. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Haplopteris guineensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 Feb 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Haplopteris guineensis. Published online. Accessed: 3 Feb 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Haplopteris guineensis Accessed: 3 Feb 2023.

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