Lygodium

Lygodium japonicum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lygodiaceae
Genus: Lygodium
Species:

L. altum – L. articulatum – L. auriculatum – L. boivinii – L. borneense – L. circinnatum – L. cubense – L. dimorphum – L. flexuosum – L. heterodoxum – L. hians – L. japonicum – L. kerstenii – L. lanceolatum – L. longifolium – L. merrillii – L. microphyllum – L. oligostachyum – L. palmatum – L. polystachyum – L. radiatum – L. reticulatum – L. salicifolium – L. smithianum – L. trifurcatum – L. venustum – L. versteegii – L. volubile – L. yunnanense
Nothospecies: L. × fayae – L. × lancetillanum 
Paleospecies: †L. kaulfussi

Name

Lygodium Swartz, J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 7, 106 (1801).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Hugona Cav. ex Roem., Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 2(3): 486 (1801), nom. superfl.
  • Gisopteris Bernh., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 129 (1801).
  • Odontopteris Bernh., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 127 (1801).
  • Ramondia Mirb., Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 2: 179 (1801), nom. rej.
  • Ugena Cav., Icon. 6: 73 (1801).
  • Hydroglossum Willd., Abh. Kurfürstl.-Mainz. Akad. Nützl. Wiss. Erfurt 2(5): 13, 20 (1802).
  • Cteisium Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 275 (1803).
  • Vallifilix Thouars, Gen. Nov. Madagasc.: 1 (1809), nom. superfl.
  • Lygodictyon J.Sm. in W.J.Hooker, Gen. Fil.: t. 111B (1842).
  • Arthrolygodes C.Presl, Suppl. Tent. Pterid. 101 (1845).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaire. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces (introduced), KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central, Hainan, China North-Central, China Southeast, Tibet. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera. Regional: Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia. Regional: New Zealand New Zealand North. Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji, New Caledonia, Santa Cruz Islands, Vanuatu. Regional: South-Central Pacific Line Islands, Society Islands. Regional: Northwestern Pacific Caroline Islands, Marianas. Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaii (introduced). Continental: Northern America Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Missouri (introduced). Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. Texas (introduced). Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas (introduced), Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana (introduced), Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico (introduced), Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Paraguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Swartz, O. 1801. Genera et species filicum ordine systematico redactarum, adiectis synonymis et iconibus selectis, nec non speciebus recenter detectis, et demum plurimis dubiosis, ulterius investigandis. Journal für die Botanik (Schrader) 1800(2): 1–120. MDZ Reference page. 

Additional references

• Pabst, M.B. 1968. The flora of the Chuckanut Formation: the Equisetales, Filicales, and Coniferales. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 76: i–v, 1–85. Reference page. 
• Smith, A.R., Pryer, K.M., Schuettpelz, E., Korall, P., Schneider, H. & Wolf, P.G. 2006. A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55(3): 705–731. DOI: 10.2307/25065646 JSTOR ResearchGate PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Lygodium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Aug 15. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Lygodium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Aug 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Lygodium. Published online. Accessed: 15 Aug 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Lygodium Accessed: 15 Aug 2023.

Vernacular names

Bahasa Indonesia: Hata
日本語: カニクサ
polski: Wężówka
中文: 海金沙屬

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