Aleuritopteris elegans

Taxonavigation

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

Aleuritopteris elegans (Poir.) Windham & Schuettp., Taxon 74(2): 271 (2025).

Basionym
- Pteris elegans Poir. in J. Lamarck & al., Encycl. 5: 718 (1804).
  - Type locality: East India.
Homotypic
- Oeosporangium elegans (Poir.) Fraser-Jenk. & Pariyar, Annot. Checkl. Ind. Pterid. 1: 265 (2016).
Heterotypic
- Adiantum scandicinum Willd. in Swartz, Syn. Fil. (Kiliae): 326 (1806) (in obs.).
- Cheilanthes mysurensis Wall. ex Hook., Sp. Fil. 2: 94. tab. C A (1852) (non Asplenium mysurense B.Heyne ex Roth (1821)).
  - Typus: India, Wallich Cat. no. 66 (K 001109145– ~148)
  - Cheilosoria mysuriensis (Wall. ex Hook.) Ching & K.H.Shing, Fl. Fujianica 1: 84 (1982).
- Cheilanthes opposita Kaulf., Enum. Filic.: 211 (1824).
  - Typus: "Habitat in Promont. b. spei?" Rottler, Herb. Vahl
  - Hemionitis opposita (Kaulf.) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 18 (2018).
- Cheilanthes melanocoma Bory in Bélanger, Voy. Bot. 2: 71 (1833).
  - Typus: India: "Rochers humides et ombragés de la montagne de Gengy. Gâtes orientales." Bélanger s.n. (P 00607933– ~936)
- Cheilanthes swartzii Webb & Berthel., Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2; 3): 453 (1849).
- Cheilanthes cadieri Christ, J. Bot. (Morot) 19: 70 (1905).
  - Typus: Vietnam, "Trouvé aux grottes Ky Lua (frontières du Tonkin et Quang Si)." Cadière 130 (Holotype: P 00607937)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: China
  - Hainan, China Southeast (Fujian, Guangdong).
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - India (Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Orissa, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.

Schuettpelz, E., Windham, M.D., Prado, J., Hooper, E.A., Yatskievych, G.A., Huiet, L., Picard, K.T. & Pryer, K.M. 2025. A phylogenetically informed generic reclassification of the hemionitid ferns (Pteridaceae: Cheilanthoideae). Taxon 74(2): 260–291. DOI: 10.1002/tax.13314 Reference page.
Fraser-Jenkins, C.R., Gandhi, K.N., Kholia, B.S. & Benniamin, A. 2016. An annotated checklist of Indian Pteridophytes; 1: Lycopodiaceae to Thelypteridaceae. viii + 562 pp., Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun. ISBN 978-81-211-0952-9. Reference page.

Hassler, M. 2025. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Aleuritopteris elegans Accessed: 30 Apr 2025. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Aleuritopteris elegans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Apr 30. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Aleuritopteris elegans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Apr 2025. Reference page.