Megalastrum atrogriseum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Megalastrum
Species: Megalastrum atrogriseum

Name

Megalastrum atrogriseum (C.Chr.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran, Amer. Fern J. 77(4): 127. 1988.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Dryopteris atrogrisea C.Chr., Vid. Selsk. Skr. 8(6): 71, f. 15. 1920.
    • Type: Costa Rica, San José Prov., "Tablazo", P. Biolley 70. (Holotypus: C; isotypes BM, MO, RB, US)
• Homotypic
  • Ctenitis atrogrisea (C.Chr.) Ching, Sunyatsenia 5: 250. 1940.
• Heterotypic
  • Aspidium karstenianum var. navarrense Christ, Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 4(10): 56. 1906.
    • Lectotype: Costa Rica, Cartago Prov., Navarro, C. Wercklé s.n. (P; isolectotypes BM, C, CR, US), designated by Moran & Prado (2010: 149).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Northeast (Hidalgo), Mexico Southwest (Oaxaca). Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Smith, A.R. & Moran, R.C. 1987. New Combinations in Megalastrum (Dryopteridaceae). American Fern Journal 77(4): 124–130. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 
• Moran, R.C. & Prado, J. 2010. Megalastrum (Dryopteridaceae) in Central America. Kew Bulletin 65(2): 137–188. DOI: 10.1007/s12225-010-9214-3 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2020. Megalastrum atrogriseum – World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World . In: Roskov Y., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J. & Penev L. (eds.) 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Mar 8.