Astrolepis sinuata

Astrolepis sinuata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Astrolepis
Species: Astrolepis sinuata

Name

Astrolepis sinuata (Lag. ex Sw.) D.M.Benham & Windham, Amer. Fern J. 82: 56 (1992).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Acrostichum sinuatum Lag. ex Sw., Syn. Fil. 14 (1806).
    • Typus: Peru. Lagasca s.n. (Holotype: S-R-76).
• Homotypic
  • Notholaena sinuata (Lag. ex Sw.) Kaulf., Enum. Filic.: 135 (1824).
  • Gymnogramma sinuata (Lag. ex Sw.) C.Presl, Tent. Pterid.: 219 (1836).
  • Cheilanthes sinuata (Lag. ex Sw.) Domin, Bibl. Bot. 20(85–1): 133 nota (1913).
  • Hemionitis sinuata (Lag. ex Sw.) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 21 (2018)..
• Heterotypic
  • Notholaena chalcolepis A.Braun ex Kunze, Linnaea 13: 135 (1839), pro syn.
    • Typus: Mexico. 1827, Karwinski s.n. (Holotype: B; isotype P 00586968).
  • Astrolepis sinuata subsp. mexicana D.M.Benham, Amer. Fern J. 82: 59 (1992).
  • Notholaena sinuata var. pinnatifida Farw., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 283 (1931).
    • Typus: U.S.A. New Mexico, Bear Mts.: October 1880, Rusby s.n. (isotypes: GH 00021707 MICH 1287168, NY 00274700, ~701, US 00142010).
    • Notholaena sinuata f. pinnatifida (Farw.) M.Broun, Index No. Amer. Ferns: 120 (1938).
  • Notholaena sinuata var. robusta Hevly, J. Arizona Acad. Sci. 3(4): 208, fig. 1 (1965).
    • Typus: Mexico. Michoacán: Zitácuaro-San José Purúa, 1800 m, 22 Sep 1938, G.B. Hinton & J. Hinton 13265 ((Holotype: (ARIZ) BOT-0004581; isotypes: MO-593711, NY 00144374, ~375, S-P-11681.
  • Notholaena tectaria Desv., Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 219 (1827).
    • Typus: Peru (Holotype: P 00586537)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Oklahoma. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Georgia. Regional: Mexico Mexico Central (México Distrito Federal, México State, Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala), Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Northeast (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas), Mexico Northwest (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, Sonora), Mexico Southeast (Chiapas), Mexico Southwest (Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca). Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico. Regional: Northern South America Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northwest (Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán), Chile North (Tarapacá). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Benham, D.M. & Windham, M.D. 1992. Generic Affinities of the Star-Scaled Cloak Ferns. American Fern Journal 82(2): 47–58. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Mickel, J.T. & Smith, A.R. 2004. The Pteridophytes of Mexico. Part I (Descriptions and Maps). Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 88: i–xi, 1–1054. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2021. Astrolepis sinuata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 1. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Astrolepis sinuata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 1. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2021. Astrolepis sinuata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 Feb 2021.
• JSTOR Global Plants. Astrolepis sinuata. Accessed: 10 Feb 2025 Reference page.