Cosentinia vellea

Cosentinia vellea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Pteridoideae
Genus: Cosentinia
Species: Cosentinia vellea
Subspecies: C. v. subsp. bivalens – C. v. subsp. vellea
Nothosubspecies: C. v. nothosubsp. rivas-martinezii

Name

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

Synonyms

• 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).

Distribution

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. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Additional references

• 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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Cosentinia vellea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Aug 21. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Cosentinia vellea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Aug 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Cosentinia vellea. Published online. Accessed: 21 Aug 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Cosentinia vellea Accessed: 21 Aug 2023.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Cosentinia vellea in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Aug 21.