Aleuritopteris chrysophylla

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Aleuritopteris
Species: Aleuritopteris chrysophylla

Name

Aleuritopteris chrysophylla (Hook.) Ching, Hongkong Naturalist 10: 201 (1941).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cheilanthes chrysophylla Hook., Sp. Fil. 2: 113 (1852).
    • Typus: Kala Pance, Kasya; bare rocks, 1850, Hooker & Thomson
• Homotypic
  • Cheilanthes argentea var. chrysophylla (Hook.) Hook., Syn. Fil. 142 (1867).
  • Cheilanthes farinosa var. chrysophylla (Hook.) Bedd., Handb. Ferns Brit. India 93 (1883).
  • Hemionitis chrysophylla (Hook.) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 11 (2018).
• Heterotypic
  • Cheilanthes argentea var. sulphurea C.B.Clarke, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 458 (1880).
    • Type locality: "Khasia and Mergui"
  • Aleuritopteris flavopygmaea S.R.Ghosh, Pterid. Fl. E. India 388 (2004).
  • Aleuritopteris humatifolia X.C.Zhang & L.Shi, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 32(1): 93 (1994).
    • Typus: Hainan: Wuzishan, alt. 1700 m, in saxis arenaceis, 28 Jahn 1991, Xian-Chun Zhang & Lei Shi 551 (Holotype: PE)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central (Yunnan), Hainan, China Southeast (Guangxi), Tibet. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam (Meghalaya), East Himalaya (Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan, Sikkim), India (West Bengal), Nepal, West Himalaya (?Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal). Regional: Indo-China Thailand. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Ching, R.-C. 1941. The studies of Chinese ferns – XXXI. Aleuritopteris Fée. Hong Kong Naturalist 10(3–4): 194–204. Preview Reference page. 
• Hooker, W.J. 1851–1858. Species Filicum being descriptions of the known ferns, particularly of such as exist in the author's herbarium, or are with sufficient accuracy described in works to which are he has access; accompanied with numerous figures. Volume II containing Adiantum – Ceratopteris. v + 250 pp. + 70 tab. London: William Pamplin. BHL Biblioteca Digital MDZ Reference page. 
• Zhang, X.-C. & Shi, L. 1994. Notes on Aleuritopteris Fee in China. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 32(1): 93–97. PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hooker, W.J. (ed.) 1854. Icones Plantarum; or figures, with brief descriptive characters and remarks, of new or rare plants, selected from the author's herbarium. Vol. X [= Vol. VI, new series.] Tt. 901–1000. Reeve & Co., London. BHL Reference page.  [t. 901]

Links

• Hassler, M. 2021. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Aleuritopteris chrysophylla Accessed: 21 Feb 2021. Reference page.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Aleuritopteris chrysophylla in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 21. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2021. Aleuritopteris chrysophylla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Feb 2021.
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Aleuritopteris chrysophylla. Published online. Accessed: 21 Feb 2021. Reference page.