Struthiopteris fallax

Struthiopteris fallax, Deildartunguhver, Reykholtsdalur, Iceland

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Blechnaceae
Subfamilia: Blechnoideae
Genus: Struthiopteris
Species: Struthiopteris fallax

Name

Struthiopteris fallax (Lange) S.Molino, Gabriel y Galán & Wasowicz, Pl. Syst. Evol. 305: 266 (2019).

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Blechnum spicant var. fallax Lange, Fl. Dan. 17(50*): 11 t. 1988 (1880).
    • Lectotypus: Island, Tunguhver, varme Kilde, Ch. Grønlund s.n. (designated by Wasowicz et al. 2017): C 10021769, left hand specimen).
• Homotypic
  • Struthiopteris spicant var. fallax (Lange) Wasowicz & Gabriel y Galán, Phytotaxa 302(2): 198 (2017).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Iceland. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Molino, S., Gabriel y Galán, J.M., Wasowicz, P., de la Fuente, P. & Sessa, E.B. 2019. The Struthiopteris spicant (Blechnaceae, Polypodiopsida) complex in Western Europe, with proposals for taxonomic and nomenclatural changes. Plant Systematics and Evolution 305(4): 255–268. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-019-1565-0 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Molino, S., Gabriel y Galán, J.M., Sessa, E.B. & Wasowicz, P. 2019. A multi‐character analysis of Struthiopteris leads to the rescue of Spicantopsis (Blechnaceae, Polypodiopsida). Taxon 68(2): 185–198. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12036 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2020. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. (Version 8.30 – April 2020). Struthiopteris fallax Accessed: 10 Apr 2020.

Vernacular names

íslenska: Tunguskollakambur

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