Cheilanthes inaequalis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Cheilanthes
Species: Cheilanthes inaequalis

Name

Cheilanthes inaequalis (Kunze) Mett., Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges. 3(1): 68, n. 15, t. 3, f. 4 (1859).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Notholaena inaequalis Kunze, Farrnkr. 1: 146, t. 64 f. 1 (1844).
    • Type: Transvaal. “Macalis Berg”, J. Burke s.n. LZ; isotypes: B 20 0130183, B 20 0130184, BMl, K 000435528).
• Homotypic
  • Hemionitis inaequalis (Kunze) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 16 (2018).
• Heterotypic
  • Notholaena tricholepis Baker, J. Bot. 21: 245 (1883).
    • Type: Tanzania, Mpwapwa Distr., Usagara Mts, J. Hannington s.n. (Holotype: K 000435519).
    • Cheilanthes tricholepis (Baker) Domin, Bibl. Bot. 20(85-1): 133 nota (1915).
  • Notholaena inaequalis var. angolensis Fritsch, Bull. Herb. Boiss., sér. 2, 1: 1090 (1901).
    • Type: Hufla, F.X.O. de A. Newton 15 (Holotype: W).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaïre. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces (Gauteng, Mpumalanga). Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Mettenius, G.H. 1859. Ueber einige Farngattungen. V. Cheilanthes. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 3: 47–99 BHL, t. III BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Roux, J.P. 2009. Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands. Strelitzia 23: 1–296. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 978-1-919976-48-8. ARK: /t0ps2bc93 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2021. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Cheilanthes inaequalis Accessed: 17 Mar 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Cheilanthes inaequalis. 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 Mar 17. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cheilanthes inaequalis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 17. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2021. Cheilanthes inaequalis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Mar 2021.
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cheilanthes inaequalis. Published online. Accessed: 17 Mar 2021.