Megalastrum spectabile var. spectabile

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Megalastrum
Species: Megalastrum spectabile
Varietas: Megalastrum spectabile var. spectabile

Name

Megalastrum spectabile (Kaulf.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran var spectabile, autonym

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Polypodium contractum Desv. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 242. 1827.
    • Typus: Chile. “habitat in regno Chilense,” no date, collector unknown, s.n. (Holotype: P, herb. Desvaux).
  • Dryopteris subincisa var. vestita (Phil.) C.Chr., Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handl. 56(5): 165. 1916.
  • Phegopteris vestita Phil., Linnaea 29: 107. 1857.
  • Polypodium vestitum (Phil.) Hook., Sp. 4: 271. 1862, nom. illeg. non G.Forst. (1786)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina South (Chubut, Neuquén, Rio Negro), Chile Central (Biobío, Coquimbo, La Araucania, O’Higgins, Valparaíso), Chile South (Aisén, Los Lagos). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Smith, A.R. & Moran, R.C. 1987. New Combinations in Megalastrum (Dryopteridaceae). American Fern Journal 77(4): 124–130. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 
• Sundue, M.A., Rouhan, G. & Moran, R.C. 2010. Megalastrum (Dryopteridaceae) of the Circumaustral Region: Chile, Argentina, and Southern Islands of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. Systematic Botany 35(3): 461–475. DOI: 10.1600/036364410792495935 JSTOR ResearchGate. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. & Schmitt, B. 2019. World Ferns. Checklist of the Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 8.11 – November 2019. Accessed 21 Dec 2019.