Megalastrum pulverulentum

Megalastrum pulverulentum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Megalastrum
Species: Megalastrum pulverulentum

Name

Megalastrum pulverulentum (Poir.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran, Amer. Fern J. 77(4): 128. 1988. ["1987"]

• Typus: "Hispaniola", Ch. Plumier, Traité Foug. Amér. 27: pl. 34. 1707. (Lectotypus, designated in Proctor, Ferns Jam. 1985.)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Polypodium pulverulentum Poir. in J.B.A.M. de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 555. 1804.
• Homotypic
  • Aspidium lutescens Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 5: 272. 1810, nom. superfl. pro Polypodium pulverulentum
  • Aspidium pulverulentum (Poir.) Desv., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(3): 251. 1827.
  • Dryopteris pulverulenta (Poir.) C.Chr. in Urban, Symb. Antill. 9: 305. 1925.
  • Ctenitis pulverulenta (Poir.) Copel., Ann. Crypt. Phytopath. 5: 124. 1947.
• Heterotypic
  • Polypodium barbatum Desv.,Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(3): 242. 1827.
    • Typus: "Hispaniola", A.N. Desvaux s.n. (Holotypus: P)
  • Polypodium karstenianum Klotzsch, Linnaea 20: 390. 1847.
    • Typus: "Venezuela", H. Karsten II, 3 (Lectotypus: B; isolectotype: H, designated by Moran & Prado (2010: 178)).
    • Phegopteris karsteniana (Klotzsch) Mett., Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges. 2(2): 314. 1858.
    • Nephrodium villosum var. karstenianum (Klotzsch) Jenman, Bull. Bot. Dept. Jamaica 3: 114. 1896.
    • Dryopteris subincisa var. karsteniana (Klotzsch) C.Chr., Index Filic.: 295. 1905.
    • Aspidium karstenianum (Klotzsch) Christ, Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 2, 6: 56. 1906.
    • Dryopteris karsteniana (Klotzsch) Hieron., Hedwigia 46: 348. 1907.
    • Ctenitis karsteniana (Klotzsch) Vareschi, Fl. Venez. 1: 405. 1969.
    • Megalastrum karstenianum (Klotzsch) A.Rojas, Rev. Biol. Trop. 49: 483. 2001.
  • Phegopteris hirsuta Fée, Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 248. 1852.
    • Typus: Venezuela (not "Mexico" as cited in the protologue): "Mérida", H. Funck & L.J. Schlim 975 (Lectotypus: P; isolectotypes BM, P, designated by Moran & Prado (2010: 178)).
  • Lastrea lutescens T.Moore, Index Fil. 5: 95. 1858.
  • Aspidium erythrostemma Christ, Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 4(10): 961. 1904.
    • Typus: "Costa Rica", C. Wercklé s.n. (Lectotypus: P-00600398, designated by Moran & Prado (2010: 178)).
    • Dryopteris erythrostemma (Christ) C.Chr., Index Filic.: 263. 1905.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central (Puebla), Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Northeast (Querétaro, San Luis Potosí), Mexico Southeast (Chiapas), Mexico Southwest (Oaxaca): Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama: Regional: Caribbean Haiti, Jamaica: Regional: Northern South America Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northwest (Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Smith, A.R. & Moran, R.C. 1987. New Combinations in Megalastrum (Dryopteridaceae). American Fern Journal 77(4): 124–130. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2020. Megalastrum pulverulentum – 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 Apr 04.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Megalastrum pulverulentum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 04. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Megalastrum pulverulentum. Published online. Accessed: Apr 04 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Megalastrum pulverulentum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 Apr 2020.