Cheilanthes multifida

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Cheilanthes
Species: Cheilanthes multifida
Subspecies: C. m. subsp. lacerata – C. m. subsp. multifida

Name

Cheilanthes multifida (Sw.) Sw., Syn. Fil.: 129, 334 (1806).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Adiantum multifidum Sw., J. Bot. [Schrader] 1800(2): 85 (1801).
    • Type: ‘Promont. bonae spei’, C.P. Thunberg s.n. (Lectotype, designated by Anthony 1984: 183: [[S}}).
• Homotypic
  • Hemionitis multifida (Sw.) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 18 (2018).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Zaïre. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces (Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape), Lesotho, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces (Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Northern Province, North-West Province). Regional: Middle Atlantic Ocean St. Helena. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Swartz, O.P. 1806. Synopsis Filicum earum Genera et species. 445 pp. Kiliae. 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 multifida Accessed: 13 Apr 2021.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cheilanthes multifida in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr 13. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2021. Cheilanthes multifida. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Apr 2021.
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cheilanthes multifida. Published online. Accessed: 13 Apr 2021.