Polytaenium cajenense

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Vittarioideae
Genus: Polytaenium
Species: Polytaenium cajenense

Name

Polytaenium cajenense (Desv.) Benedict, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 38: 169 (1911).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Hemionitis cajenensis Desv., Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. 5: 311 (1811).
• Homotypic
  • Antrophyum cajenense (Desv.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 4(1): 67 (1827).
• Heterotypic
  • Hemionitis reticulata Raddi, Opusc. Sci. 3: 284 (1819), nom. illeg.
  • Hemionitis reticulata var. brasiliensis Raddi, Pl. Bras. Nov. Gen. 1: 8 (1825).
  • Hemionitis brasiliana Desv., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 216 (1827).
    • Antrophyum brasilianum (Desv.) C.Chr., Index Filic.: 59 (1905).
    • Polytaenium brasilianum (Desv.) Benedict, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 38: 169 (1911).
  • Antrophyum subsessile Kunze, Analecta Pteridogr.: 29 (1837).
  • Antrophyum discoideum Kunze, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 6: 702 (1848).
    • Polytaenium discoideum (Kunze) Benedict, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 38: 169 (1911).
  • Antrophyum spathulatum Fée, Mém. Foug., 4. Antroph.: 46 (1852).
  • Antrophyum subsessile var. elongatum Mett., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 2: 208 (1864).
    • Antrophyum brasilianum var. elongatum Mett. in Urban, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 135 (1897), pro syn.
  • Antrophyum lacantunense Rovirosa, Pteridogr. Sur Mexico: 240 (1910).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago. 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. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Benedict, R.C. 1911. The genera of the fern tribe Vittarieae: their external morphology, venation, and relationships. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 38(4): 153–190. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Polytaenium cajenense in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Feb 10. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Polytaenium cajenense. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Feb 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Polytaenium cajenense. Published online. Accessed: 10 Feb 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Polytaenium cajenense Accessed: 10 Feb 2023.