Metaxya rostrata

Metaxya rostrata

Metaxya rostrata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Metaxyaceae
Genus: Metaxya
Species: Metaxya rostrata

Name

Metaxya rostrata (Kunth) C.Presl, 1836

Synonyms

• Alsophila blechnoides (Rich.) Hook.
• Alsophila blechnoides var. polycarpa Hook.
• Alsophila rostrata (Kunth) Mart.
• Amphidesmium blechnoides (Rich. ex Hook.) Klotzsch
• Amphidesmium blechnoides var. polycarpum (Hook.) T. Moore
• Amphidesmium parkeri Schott
• Amphidesmium parkeri var. majus Fée
• Amphidesmium rostratum (Kunth) J. Sm.
• Cyathea blechnoides Domin
• Polypodium humboldtii Poir.
• Aspidium rostratum Kunth (Ambiguous)
• Polypodium blechnoides Rich. (Ambiguous)
• Polypodium rostratum Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Northern South America Colombia (Amazonas, Vaupés); Venezuela (Amazonas); Peru (Loreto); Brazil (Amazonas) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Presl, C.B. 1836. Tentamen Pteridographiae, seu genera filicacearum praesertim juxta venarum decursum et distributionem exposita. 290 pp., XII tab., Pragae [Prague]. BHL Reference page. : 60, t. 1, f. 5.

Additional references

• Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Metaxya rostrata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 December 02. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Metaxya rostrata. Published online. Accessed: December 02 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Metaxya rostrata. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 December 02. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Metaxya rostrata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 December 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Metaxya rostrata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

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