Cosentinia vellea

Taxonavigation

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

Cosentinia vellea (Aiton) Tod., Giorn. Sci. Nat. Econ. Palermo 1: 220 (1866).

Basionym
- Acrostichum velleum Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 457 (1789).
  - Type: Cult. Kew (Holotype: BM)
Homotypic
- Cincinalis vellea (Aiton) Desv., Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. 5: 312 (1811).
- Notholaena vellea (Aiton) Desv., J. Bot. Agric. 1: 93 (1813), nom. illeg.
- Cheilanthes vellea (Aiton) F.Muell., Fragm. 5: 123 (1866).
- Gymnogramma vellea (Aiton) Kuhn, Filic. Afr.: 61 (1868).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey.
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Pakistan, West Himalaya.

Todaro, A. 1866. Synopsis plantarum acotyledonearum vascularium in Sicilia insulisque adjacentibus sponte provenientium. Giornale di Scienze Naturali ed Economiche di Palermo 1(3–4): 208–254. BHL Reference page.

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.

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