Pellaea ternifolia

Pellaea ternifolia

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Pellaea
Species: Pellaea ternifolia
Subspecies: P. t. subsp. arizonica – P. t. subsp. brandegeei – P. t. subsp. ternifolia

Name

Pellaea ternifolia (Cav.) Link, Fil. Spec. 59 (1841).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Pteris ternifolia Cav., Descr. Pl.: 266 (1802).
• Homotypic
  • Platyloma ternifolium (Cav.) J.Sm., Bot. Mag. 72, Comp. 21 (1846).
  • Allosorus ternifolius (Cav.) Kunze ex Klotzsch, Linnaea 20: 339 (1847).
  • Cheilanthes ternifolia (Cav.) T.Moore, Index Fil.: 255 (1861).
  • Notholaena ternifolia (Cav.) Keyserl., Polyp. Herb. Bunge: 29 (1873).
  • Cassebeera ternifolia (Cav.) Farw., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 281 (1931).
  • Hemionitis ternifolia (Cav.) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 22 (2018).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Pacific Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaii (Hawaiian Islands: Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Hawaii Island) Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. South Carolina. Regional: Mexico Mexico Central (México Distrito Federal, México State, Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala), Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Northeast (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas), Mexico Northwest (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, Sonora), Mexico Southeast (Chiapas), Mexico Southwest (Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca). Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua. Regional: Caribbean Dominican Republic. Regional: Northern South America Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast (Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Chaco, La Pampa), Argentina Northwest (Catamarca, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, Santiago del Estero, San Juan, San Luis), Chile Central (Biobío, La Araucania, O’Higgins, Valparaíso), Chile North (Antofagasta, Tarapacá), Chile South (Los Lagos). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Link, H.F. 1841. Filicum Species in Horto Regio Botanico Berolinensi Cultae. 179 pp. Veit, Berolini [Berlin]. Gallica Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Pellaea ternifolia 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. Pellaea ternifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Jun 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Pellaea ternifolia. Published online. Accessed: 10 Jun 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Pellaea ternifolia Accessed: 10 Jun 2023.

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