Cheilanthes nitida

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Cheilanthes nitida (R.Br.) P.S.Green, Kew Bull. 43(4): 653 (1988).

Basionym
- Pteris nitida R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 155 (1810).
  - Typus: tropical Australia, R.Brown (Holotype: not traced)
  - Neotype: Nothern territory, Port Darwin, Schultz 796 (K) (designated by P.S. Green, loc. cit.).
Homotypic
- Allosorus nitidus (R.Br.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 806 (1891).
- Pellaea nitida (R.Br.) Baker in W.J.Hooker & J.G.Baker, Syn. Fil., ed. 2: 478 (1874).
- Hemionitis nitida (R.Br.) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 18 (2018).
Heterotypic
- Acrostichum pteroides R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 145 (1810).
  - Typus: North Coast Island, 'T' [Tropical: the coast of Qld and the N.T. westward to Arnhem Bay], 1803–1805, R.Brown Iter Austral. 3 (Holotype: BM).
  - Neurosoria pteroides (R.Br.) Mett. ex Kuhn, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 27: 438 (1869) (non Sw.).
- Phorolobus pteroides Desv., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 291 (1827).
- Cheilanthes tenuissima F.M.Bailey, Queensland Agric. J. 17: 28, t. 3 (1906).
  - Typus: Queensland, islands of Torres Strait, T.Tate s.n. (Holotype: BRI).
  - Cheilanthes tenuifolia var. tenuissima (F.M.Bailey) Domin, Bibl. Bot. 20(85-1): 144 (1913).
  - Cheilanthes caudata var. tenuissima (F.M.Bailey) S.B.Andrews, Ferns of Queensland: 330 (1990).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Northern Territory, Queensland. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Green, P.S. 1988. Notes Relating to Australian Ferns, Especially from Norfolk & Lord Howe Islands. Kew Bulletin 43(4): 649–657. DOI: 10.2307/4129960 Reference page.

Chambers, T.C. & Farrant, P.A. 1998. Cheilanthes. Pp. 271–286 in MacCarthy, P.M. (ed.), Flora of Australia 48. Ferns, Gymnosperms and allied groups. 766 pp. Melbourne: CSIRO. ISBN 0-643-05972-5 PDF Reference page.

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