Microlepia speluncae

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Dennstaedtiaceae
Genus: Microlepia
Species: Microlepia speluncae

Name

Microlepia speluncae (L.) T.Moore, 1857

Synonyms

Acrophorus jamaicensis (Hook.) T.Moore
Alsophila grevilleana Wall.
Aspidium dicksoniifolium A.Rich.
Aspidium puberum Wall.
Aspidium speluncae (L.) Willd.
Cystopteris aspidioides C.Presl
Cystopteris orientalis Desv.
Davallia divergens Kunze
Davallia flaccida R.Br.
Davallia flaccida var. pyramidata C.B.Clarke
Davallia hirta Wall.
Davallia jamaicensis Hook.
Davallia mollis Kunze
Davallia padioides Zoll.
Davallia pilosa Roxb.
Davallia polypodioides (Desv.) Hook.
Davallia polypodioides D.Don
Davallia polypodioides var. pubescens Hook.
Davallia polypodioides var. subglabra Hook.
Davallia speluncae (L.) Bak.
Davallia speluncae var. trichosticha (Hook.) Baker
Davallia subvolubilis Kunze
Davallia trichosticha Hook.
Davallia virens Wall.
Dennstaedtia lindsayiformis (Fée) C.Chr.
Dicksonia lessonii Bory
Dicksonia multifida Sw.
Dicksonia polypodioides Sw.
Dryopteris asperula (J.Sm. ex Hook.) C.Chr.
Dryopteris speluncae (L.) Underw. ex Britton
Humata polypodioides (Sw.) Desv.
Microlepia aspidioides C.Presl
Microlepia flaccida (R.Br.) J.Sm.
Microlepia ganlanbaensis Ching
Microlepia hispidula Alderw.
Microlepia jamaicensis (Hook.) Fée
Microlepia lindsayiformis Fée
Microlepia mollis Moore
Microlepia multifida C.Presl
Microlepia pilosula Prantl
Microlepia pingpienensis Ching
Microlepia polypodioides (Desv.) C.Presl
Microlepia pyramidata (Wall. ex C.B.Cl.) Lacaita
Microlepia rhomboidea J.Sm.
Microlepia sablanensis Christ
Microlepia speluncae var. pubescens (Hook.) Sledge
Microlepia speluncae var. pyramidata (C.B.Cl.) Tard. & C.Chr.
Microlepia speluncae var. villosissima C.Chr.
Microlepia stenoloba Prantl
Microlepia straminea Ching
Microlepia subrhomboidea Ching
Microlepia subspeluncae Ching
Microlepia subvolubilis Moore
Microlepia trichosticha (Hook.) J.Sm. ex Copel.
Microlepia trichosticha (Hook.) J.Sm. ex Fée
Microlepia trichosticha J.Sm.
Polypodium asperulum J.Sm. ex Hook.
Polypodium nudum Forst.
Polypodium speluncae L.
Scyphofilix speluncae (L.) Farw.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan
- +Bermuda, French Guiana, Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Ecuador, NE-Brazil (Pernambuco), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), Argentina (Misiones), S-Brazil (Santa Catarina), Paraguay (Alto Parana, Central, Guaira, Paraguari), Bolivia (La Paz), ?Peru, Trinidad, Tobago, Australia (N-Western Australia, NE-Queensland, Christmas Isl. (Austr.)), China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan), Taiwan, Tibet, Ryukyu Isl., ?Japan, Cambodia, Laos, Philippines, Palawan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, India (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam State, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, ?Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Tripura), Bhutan, Andaman Isl., Nicobar Isl., Bangladesh, peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand (widespread), Myanmar [Burma], Nepal, Borneo, Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, Lombok, Sumba, Sumbawa, Flores, Alor, Timor), Moluccas (Seram, etc.), Sumatra, Sulawesi, Solomon Isl. (Bougainville, Gizo, Guadalcanal, Santa Ysabel, Kolombangara, Makira, Nggela, Rendova, Vella Lavella), Bismarck Arch. (New Ireland), Santa Cruz Isl. (Nendo), Bonin Isl. (Chichijima), Volcano Isl. (Iwojima, Minami-Iwojima), Wallis & Futuna (Futuna Isl.), Hawaii (Kauai, Oahu, Hawaii Isl.), Fiji (Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Ovalau, Taveuni), Southern Marianas (Guam, Rota Isl.), Palau Isl., Micronesia (Truk, Moen, Tol, Udot, Fefan, Pohnpei, Kosrae), Tonga (Vava'u, Niuafo'ou, 'Eua), Cook Isl. (Rarotonga), Western Samoa (Savaii, Upolu), American Samoa (Tutuila, Ofu, Ta'u), Vanuatu, Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo), So Tom, Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni), Gabon, Congo (Brazzaville), Central African Republic, D.R. Congo (Zaire), Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa (Limpopo, Gauteng, North West, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal), Swaziland, Comoros (Anjouan, Grande Comore), Madagascar, Seychelles, La Reunion.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Moore, T., 1857. Index Filicum 93.

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Microlepia speluncae – 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 03.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Microlepia speluncae. Published online. Accessed: Mar 03 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Microlepia speluncae in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 03. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Microlepia speluncae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 Mar 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Microlepia speluncae in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: limpleaf fern
中文: 热带鳞毛蕨

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