Notholaena candida

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Notholaena
Species: Notholaena candida
Varietates: N. c. var. candida – N. c. var. copelandii

Name

Notholaena candida (M.Martens & Galeotti) Hook., Sp. Fil. 5: 110 (1864).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cheilanthes candida M.Martens & Galeotti, Mém. Foug. Mexique 73, t. 20, f. 1b (1842).
    • Typus: Mexico. Jalisco: N of Guadalajara, Galeotti 6442 (Holotype: BR, photo BM; isotype: BR).
• Homotypic
  • Aleuritopteris candida (M.Martens & Galeotti) Fée, Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic. 154 (1852).
  • Notholaena sulphurea var. candida (M.Martens & Galeotti) C.Chr., Index Filic. 460 (1906).
  • Chrysochosma candida (M.Martens & Galeotti) Kümmerle, Magyar Bot. Lapok 13: 42 (1914).
  • Hemionitis candida (M.Martens & Galeotti) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 11 (2018).
• Heterotypic
  • see Notholaena candida var. candida

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Regional: Mexico Mexico Central (México State, Morelos, Puebla), Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Northeast (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas), Mexico Northwest (Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, Sonora), Mexico Southeast (Chiapas), Mexico Southwest (Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca). Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hooker, W.J. 1859–1860. Species Filicum being descriptions of the known ferns, particularly of such as exist in the author's herbarium, or are with sufficient accuracy described in works to which are he has access; accompanied with numerous figures. Vol. III containing Lomaria – Actiniopteris. 291 pp., 70 tab., London: William Pamplin. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Mickel, J.T. & Smith, A.R. 2004. The Pteridophytes of Mexico. Part I (Descriptions and Maps). Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 88: i–xi, 1–1054. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Notholaena candida in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jun 10. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Notholaena candida. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Jun 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Notholaena candida. Published online. Accessed: 10 Jun 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Notholaena candida Accessed: 10 Jun 2023.

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