Vittaria

Vittaria lineata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Vittarioideae
Genus: Vittaria
Species: V. appalachiana – V. flavicosta – V. graminifolia – V. isoetifolia – V. lineata – V. longipes – V. scabrida

Source(s) of checklist:
Accepted species according to Worldplants, Schuettpelz et al., 2016

Belonging to Haplopteris, but without valid combination V. exigua – V. vittarioides

Source(s) of checklist:
according to Worldplants, Schuettpelz et al., 2016

Names in synonymy (accepted in POWO, based on the 2019 version of Catalogue of Life): V. bonincola – V. bradeorum – V. crispomarginata – V. latissima – V. lloydiifolia – V. nervosa – V. nymanii – V. pachystemma – V. parvula – V. scabricoma – V. semipellucida – V. squamosipes – V. subcoriacea

Name

Vittaria Sm., Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. (Turin) 5: 413 (1793).

• Type species: Vittaria lineata (L.) Sm.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Taeniopsis J.Sm., J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 67 (1841), nom. superfl.
  • Oetosis Neck. ex Greene, Pittonia 4: 105 (1900), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Vittaria sect. Aristaria Müll.Berol., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 12: 545 (1854).
  • Vittaria sect. Runcinaria Müll.Berol., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 12: 546 (1854).
  • Vittaria sect. Parenchymaria Müll.Berol., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 12: 545 (1854).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania. Regional: South Tropical Africa Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Comoros, Madagascar, Réunion, Seychelles. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Eastern Asia Ogasawara-shoto. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Philippines, Sulawesi. Regional: Papuasia New Guinea. Continental: Northern America Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Indiana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, Central American Pacific Islands, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, 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, Uruguay. Continental: Antarctic Regional: Subantarctic Islands Tristan da Cunha. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Smith, J.E. 1793. Tentamen botanicum. De filicum generibus dorsiferarum. Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 5: 401–422, pl. IX. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Schuettpelz, E., Chen, C.W., Kessler, M., Pinson, J.B., Johnson, G.P., Davila, A., Cochran, A.T., Huiet, L. & Pryer, K.M. 2016. A revised generic classification of vittarioid ferns (Pteridaceae) based on molecular, micromorphological, and geographic data. Taxon 65(4): 708–722. DOI: 10.12705/654.2 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Vittaria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Feb 16. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Vittaria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Feb 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Vittaria. Published online. Accessed: 16 Feb 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Vittaria Accessed: 16 Feb 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Vittaria in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Vittaria – World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World . In: Roskov Y., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2023 Feb 16.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Vittaria in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2023 Feb 16.

Vernacular names

English: shoestring fern
中文: 书带蕨属