Gaga

Gaga marginata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Polypodiales

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Gaga
Species (19): G. angustifolia – G. apiacea – G. arizonica – G. chaerophylla – G. complanata – G. cuneata – G. decomposita – G. decurrens – G. germanotta – G. harrisii – G. hintoniorum – G. hirsuta – G. kaulfussii – G. lerstenii – G. marginata – G. membranacea – G. monstraparva – G. pellaeopsis – G. purpusii

Name

Gaga Pryer, Fay W.Li & Windham, Syst. Bot. 37(4): 855 (2012).

• Type species: Gaga marginata (Kunth) Fay-W.Li & Windham
• Etymology: named in honour of Lady Gaga

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Othonoloma Link, Hort. Berol. 2: 41 (1833), nom. inval.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Regional: Mexico Mexico Central (México Distrito Federal, México State, Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala), Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Northeast (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas), Mexico Northwest (Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, Sonora), Mexico Southeast (Chiapas), Mexico Southwest (Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca). Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Cubas, Jamaica. Regional: Northern South America Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Galapagos, Peru. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast (Córdoba), Argentina Northwest (Catamarca, Jujuy, La Rioja, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Li, F.-W., Pryer, K.M. & Windham, M.D. 2012. Gaga, a new fern genus segregated from Cheilanthes (Pteridaceae). Systematic Botany 37(4): 845–860. DOI: 10.1600/036364412X656626 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Gaga in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Feb 16. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Gaga. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Feb 2025. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Gaga. Published online. Accessed: 16 Feb 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Gaga Accessed: 16 Feb 2025. Reference page.

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