Haplopteris ensiformis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Vittarioideae
Genus: Haplopteris
Species: Haplopteris ensiformis

Name

Haplopteris ensiformis (Sw.) E.H.Crane, Syst. Bot. 22: 514 (1997 publ. 1998).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Vittaria ensiformis Sw., Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 2: 134 (1799).
• Homotypic
  • Oetosis ensiformis (Sw.) Greene, Pittonia 4: 106 (1900).
  • Vittaria elongata var. ensiformis (Sw.) C.Chr., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 7: 420 (1912).
• Heterotypic
  • Vittaria incurvata Cav., Descr. Pl.: 270 (1801).
  • Vittaria plantaginea Bory, Voy. îles Afrique 2: 325 (1804).
  • Vittaria ensifolia Blume, Enum. Pl. Javae 2: 198 (1828).
  • Vittaria bensei Alderw., Bull. Dép. Agric. Indes Néerl. 18: 19, 21 (1908).
  • Vittaria sessilis Copel., Philipp. J. Sci., C 9: 231 (1914).
  • Vittaria ensiformis var. latifolia Holttum, Revis. Fl. Malaya 2: 614 (1955), nom. nud.
  • Vittaria hainanensis C.Chr. ex Ching, Sinensia 1: 182 (1931).
    • Haplopteris hainanensis (C.Chr. ex Ching) E.H.Crane, Syst. Bot. 22: 514 (1997 publ. 1998).
  • Vittaria montana Manickam, Indian Fern J. 5: 180 (1988).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: East Tropical Africa Tanzania. Regional: South Tropical Africa Zimbabwe. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion, Seychelles. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central, Hainan. Regional: Eastern Asia Kazan-retto, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent India. Regional: Indo-China Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera. Regional: Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Northern Territory, Queensland. Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu. Regional: South-Central Pacific Easter Islands, Marquesas, Tubuai Islands. Regional: Northwestern Pacific Caroline Islands, Marianas, Marshall Islands. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Crane, E.H. 1997. A Revised Circumscription of the Genera of the Fern Family Vittariaceae. Systematic Botany 22(3): 509–517. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Haplopteris ensiformis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Feb 1. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Haplopteris ensiformis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 Feb 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Haplopteris ensiformis. Published online. Accessed: 1 Feb 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Haplopteris ensiformis Accessed: 1 Feb 2023.

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