Megalastrum spectabile

Megalastrum spectabile

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Megalastrum
Species: Megalastrum spectabile
Varietates: M. s. var. philippianum – M. s. var. spectabile

Name

Megalastrum spectabile (Kaulf.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran, Amer. Fern J. 77(4): 129. 1988 [1987 publ. 1988]

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Polypodium spectabile Kaulf., Enum. Fil.: 121. 1824.
    • Typus: Chile. 1827, L.A. von Chamisso s.n. (Lectotype, designated by Christensen (1920): P)
• Homotypic
  • Phegopteris spectabilis (Kaulf.) Fée, Mém. Foug. 5 Gen. Filic. 243. 1852.
  • Dryopteris spectabilis (Kaulf.) C.Chr., Kongel. Dankse Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., ser. 8, 6: 69. 1920.
  • Dryopteris spectabilis (Kaulf.) Macloskie & Dusén, Rep. Princeton Univ. Exp. Patagonia 8. Suppl. 10. 1915. comb. illeg.
  • Ctenitis spectabilis (Kaulf.) G.Kunkel, Nova Hedwigia 13: 333. 1967.
  • Nephrodium spectabile (Kaulf.) Hieron., Engl. Jahrb. 84: 446. 1904, nom. illeg. non Hook. (1862)
  • Nephrodium villosum var. spectabile (Kaulf.) Sodiro, Crypt. Vasc. Quit. 258. 1893.
• Heterotypic
  • see Megalastrum spectabile var. spectabile

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina South (Chubut, Neuquén, Rio Negro), Chile Central (Biobío, Coquimbo, La Araucania, O’Higgins, Valparaíso), Chile South (Aisén, Los Lagos). 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. 
• 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. 

Links

• 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.

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