Pellaea ovata

Pellaea ovata

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

Pellaea ovata (Desv.) Weath., Contr. Gray Herb. 114: 34 (1936).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Pteris ovata Desv., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 301 (1827).
    • Type. Peru. s. coll. s.n. (P-Desv., photos GH, UC).
• Homotypic
  • Hemionitis ovata (Desv.) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 18 (2018).
• Heterotypic
  • Pteris flexuosa Kaulf. ex Schltdl. & Cham., Linnaea 5: 614 (1830).
    • Type. Mexico. [Veracruz:] Near Jalapa, Schiede & Deppe s.n., Aug 1828 (Holotype: B; isotype LE).
    • Allosorus flexuosus (Kaulf. ex Schltdl. & Cham.) Kunze, Linnaea 13: 136 (1839).
    • Pellaea flexuosa (Kaulf. ex Schltdl. & Cham.) Link, Fil. Spec.: 60 (1841).
    • Platyloma flexuosum (Kaulf. ex Schltdl. & Cham.) J.Sm., Bot. Mag. 72: Comp.: 21 (1846).
    • Pellaea cordata var. flexuosa (Kaulf. ex Schltdl. & Cham.) Baker in W.J.Hooker & J.G.Baker, Syn. Fil.: 153 (1867).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Regional: Mexico Mexico Central (México Distrito Federal, 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, Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, Sonora), Mexico Southeast (Chiapas), Mexico Southwest (Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca). Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua. Regional: Northern South America Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northwest (Catamarca, Jujuy, La Rioja, Salta, Santiago Tucumán). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Weatherby, C.A. 1936. On the Types of Desvaux's American Species of Ferns. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 114: 13–35. 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

• Hassler, M. 2021. Pellaea ovata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 11. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pellaea ovata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 11. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2021. Pellaea ovata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Feb 2021.
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pellaea ovata. Published online. Accessed: 11 Feb 2021.

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