Megalastrum aquilinum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Megalastrum
Species: Megalastrum aquilinum

Name

Megalastrum aquilinum (Thouars) Sundue, Rouhan & R.C.Moran, Syst. Bot. 35(3): 462. 2010.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Polypodium aquilinum Thouars, Esquisse Fl. Tristan d'Acugna: 32. 1808.
    • Typus: Tristan da Cunha, without date, du Petit-Thouars, L.-M. A. s.n. (Lectotype: P 00713304; isolectoype: P 00713305, designated by Sundue et al., 2010: 462).
• Homotypic
  • Phegopteris aquilina (Thouars) Mett. ex Kuhn, Filic. Afr.: 121. 1868.
  • Nephrodium aquilinum (Thouars) Hemsl., Rep. Voy. Chall., Bot., 1(2): 167. 1885.
  • Dryopteris aquilina (Thouars) C.Chr., Index Filic.: 252. 1905.
  • Ctenitis aquilina (Thouars) Pic.Serm., Webbia 28: 468. 1973.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Antarctic Regional: Subantarctic Islands Tristan da Cunha. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Sundue, M.A., Rouhan, G. & Moran, R.C. 2010. Megalastrum (Dryopteridaceae) of the Circumaustral Region: Chile, Argentina, and Southern Islands of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. Systematic Botany 35(3): 461–475. DOI: 10.1600/036364410792495935 JSTOR ResearchGate. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. & Schmitt, B. 2019. World Ferns. Checklist of the Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 8.11 – November 2019. Accessed 21 Dec 2019.