Pellaea cordifolia

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Pellaea
Species: Pellaea cordifolia

Name

Pellaea cordifolia (Sessé & Moc.) A.R.Sm., Amer. Fern J. 70(1): 26 (1980).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Adiantum cordifolium Sessé & Moc., Naturaleza (Mexico City) ser. 2, 1 app.: 182 (1890), non Hemionitis cordifolia Roxb. ex Wall.
    • Type. Mexico. [Distrito Federal:] Cuyuacán [Coyoacán] and San Agustín near Mexico City (MA).
• Homotypic
  • Hemionitis cordifolia (Sessé & Moc.) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 12 (2018).
• Heterotypic
  • Pteris cordata Cav., Descr. Pl.: 267 (1802).
    • Type. Mexico. [Morelos?:] Chapultepec, Née s.n. (MA; isotype F).
    • Allosorus cordatus (Cav.) C.Presl, Tent. Pterid.: 153 (1836).
    • Platyloma cordatum (Cav.) J.Sm., J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 160 (1841).
    • Pellaea cordata (Cav.) J.Sm., Cat. Kew Ferns: 4 (1856) (non Fée).
    • Notholaena cordata (Cav.) Keyserl., Polyp. Herb. Bunge 29 (1873), nom. illeg.
    • Cassebeera cordata (Cav.) Farw., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 281 (1931).
    • Pellaea cardiomorpha Weath., J. Arnold Arbor. 24: 309 (1943), nom. nov.
    • Pellaea sagittata var. cordata (Cav.) A.F.Tryon, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 44: 166 (1957).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. Regional: Mexico Mexico Central (México Distrito Federal, México State, Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala), Mexico Northeast (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas), Mexico Northwest (Sonora), Mexico Southeast (Chiapas), Mexico Southwest (Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Smith, A.R. 1970. New Taxa and Combinations of Pteridophytes from Chiapas, Mexico. American Fern Journal 70(1): 15–27. JSTOR 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. Pellaea cordifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jul 5. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Pellaea cordifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 Jul 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Pellaea cordifolia. Published online. Accessed: 5 Jul 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Pellaea cordifolia. Accessed: 5 Jul 2023.