Aleuritopteris formosana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Polypodiales

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

Name

Aleuritopteris formosana (Hayata) Tagawa, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 14: 191 (1952).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cheilanthes formosana Hayata, Enum. Pl. Formosa 612 (1906).
    • Typus: Taiwan, Prov. Taitó : Rakuraku, 1905, Nakahara 203 (Holotype: TI)･
• Homotypic
  • Hemionitis formosana (Hayata) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 14 (2018).
• Heterotypic
  • Cheilanthes farinosa H.Itô, Fil. Jap. Illustr., t. 64 (1944), nom. illeg..
  • Cheilanthes anceps var. brevifrondis Khullar & Mehra (1972), nom. nud..
  • Cheilanthes anceps var. brevifrons Khullar, Amer. Fern J. 66(1): 24 (1976).
    • Typus: India, Himachal Pradesh, Simla, Taradevi, 1800 m, Jul 1967, S.P. Khullar (Holotype: PAN 5977).
    • Cheilanthes brevifrons (Khullar) Khullar, Indian Fern J. 1(1–2): 90 (1985) [1984 publ. 1985].
  • Aleuritopteris platychlamys Ching var. alpina Ching, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 19(1): 71 (1981).
    • Typus: Yunnan: Lijiang, Yurun Shan, in abiegnis, alt. 3500—4000 m, 12. Aug 1943, K.M. Feng 8941 (Typus: PE),

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central (Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan), China Southeast (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi), Tibet. Regional: Eastern Asia Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam (Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, ?Tripura), East Himalaya (Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan, Sikkim), India (Chandigarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu-Kashmir, Uttaranchal). Regional: Indo-China Myanmar, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Philippines. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Tagawa, M. 1952. Occasional Notes on Asiatic Pteridophytes 3. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 14(6): 191–194. DOI: 10.18942/bunruichiri.KJ00002992130 Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2021. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Aleuritopteris formosana Accessed: 21 Feb 2021. Reference page.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Aleuritopteris formosana 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 formosana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Feb 2021. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Aleuritopteris formosana. Published online. Accessed: 21 Feb 2021. Reference page.