Polytaenium

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Vittarioideae
Genus: Polytaenium
Species: P. anetioides – P. cajenense – P. chlorosporum – P. citrifolium – P. dussianum – P. feei – P. guayanense – P. intramarginale – P. jenmanii – P. lineatum – P. ophioglossoides – P. quadriseriatum – P. urbanii

Name

Polytaenium Desv., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 218 (1827).

• Type species: Polytaenium lanceolatum (Sw.) Desv. (Vittaria lanceolata Sw.)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Anetium (Kunze) Splitg., Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 7: 395 (1840).
    • Types species: Anetium citrifolium (L.) Splitg. (Acrostichum citrifolium L.)
    • Pteridanetium Copel., Ann. Cryptog. Phytopathol. 5: 224 (1947), nom. superfl.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Desvaux, N.A. 1827. Prodrome de la famille des fougères. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Paris 6(3): 171–337. Gallica Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Polytaenium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Feb 7. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Polytaenium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 Feb 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Polytaenium. Published online. Accessed: 7 Feb 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Polytaenium Accessed: 7 Feb 2023.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Polytaenium in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2023 Feb 7.