Quechuapteris glauca

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Quechuapteris
Species: Quechuapteris glauca

Name

Quechuapteris glauca (Cav.) Windham, Taxon 74(2): 281 (2025).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Acrostichum glaucum Cav., Anales Hist. Nat. 1: 107 (1799).
    • Typus: Chile. Cordillera del Portillo en los Andes, L. Née s.n. (Lectotype, designated by M.M. Ponce, Flora Argentina 2: 291 (2016): MA 476156; isolectotype: MA 476155).
• Homotypic
  • Pteris glauca (Cav.) Cav., Descr. Pl.: 269 (1802).
  • Cheilanthes glauca (Cav.) Mett., Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges. 3: 75, n. 32, t. 3, f. 18–19 (1859).
  • Pellaea glauca (Cav.) J.Sm., Ferns Brit. For.: 180 (1866).
  • Allosorus glaucus (Cav.) J.Sm., Hist. Fil.: 167 (1875).
  • Hemionitis glauca (Cav.) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 14 (2018).
• Heterotypic
  • Allosorus hirsutus C.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 59, t. 10, f. 1 (1825).
    • Typus: Chile. "Hab. in Cordilleris Chilensibus", T. Haenke s.n.
    • Pellaea hirsuta (C.Presl) Hook., Sp. Fil. 2: 152 (1858).
    • Cheilanthes glauca var. hirsuta (C.Presl) T.Moore, Index Fil.: 242 (1861).
  • Cheilanthes chilensis Fée, Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic. 156 (1852).
    • Typus: Chile. Cordillera, 1830, C. Gay s.n. (Lectotype, designated by M.M. Ponce, Flora Argentina 2: 291 (2016): P 00584328, isolectotype: K 000633289).
  • Cheilanthes glauca var. integerrima T.Moore, Index Fil.: 242 (1861).
    • Allosorus decompositus Kunze ex Mett., Fil. Lechl. 1: 11 (1856), non M.Martens & Galeotti, Mém. Foug. Mexique 48, t.10, f.2 (1842) [misidentification].
      • Type: Chile, Terra Pehuench, Lechler 2930.
  • Pteris microphylla Colla, Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino 39: 38 (1836), nom. illeg. non Cav. 1806.
    • Typus: Chile. «Chili ad rupes», C.L.G. Bertero 574 (NY 00888319, P).

⧼Distribución⧽

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina South (Chubut, Neuquén, Rio Negro, Santa Cruz), Chile Central (Biobío, Coquimbo, La Araucania, Maule, O’Higgins, Santiago, Valparaíso), Chile South (Aisén, Los Lagos). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Schuettpelz, E., Windham, M.D., Prado, J., Hooper, E.A., Yatskievych, G.A., Huiet, L., Picard, K.T. & Pryer, K.M. 2025. A phylogenetically informed generic reclassification of the hemionitid ferns (Pteridaceae: Cheilanthoideae). Taxon 74(2): 260–291. DOI: 10.1002/tax.13314 Reference page. 
• Mettenius, G.H. 1859. Ueber einige Farngattungen. V. Cheilanthes. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 3: 47–99 BHL, t. III BHL. Reference page. 
• Smith, J. 1866. Ferns, British & Foreign: The history, organography, classification, and enumeration of the species of garden ferns. With a treatise on their cultivation, etc. Ed. 1. Robert Hardwicke, London, 412 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ponce, M.M. & Arana, M.D. 2016. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 2: Licofitas, Helechos, Gymnospermae. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. DOI: 10.2307/j.ctt1p0vjr5 Online Version (Flora Argentina) Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2025. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Quechuapteris glauca Accessed: 7 May 2025. Reference page.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Quechuapteris glauca in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 7. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Quechuapteris glauca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 May 2025.
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Quechuapteris glauca. Published online. Accessed: 7 May 2025. Reference page.

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