Gleichenella pectinata

Gleichenella pectinata

Gleichenella pectinata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Gleicheniaceae
Genus: Gleichenella
Species: Gleichenella pectinata

Name

Gleichenella pectinata (Willd.) Ching, Sunyatsenia 5(4): 276. (1940)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Mertensia pectinata Willd. Vet. Akad. Handl. (1804). 168, t. 4 (1804)
• Homotypic
  • Dicranopteris pectinata (Willd.) Underw. Bull. Torrey Bot. Cl. 34: 260 (1907)
  • Acropterygium pectinatum (Willd.) Nakai Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. (Tokyo) 29: 6 (1950)
• Heterotypic
  • Gleichenia hermannii Hook. & Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 14 (1827) (non R.Br. (1810))
  • Mertensia glaucescens Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Sp. 5: 72 (1810)
  • Mertensia hermanii Hook. & Grev. non (R.Br.) Poir.
  • Mertensia brasiliana Desv. Berl. Mag. 5: 329 (1811)
  • Gleichenia glaucescens Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 29 (1815)
  • Mertensia canescens Kaulf. Enum. Fil. 38 (1824)
  • Gleichenia nitida Presl Rel. Haenk. 1: 70 (1825)
  • Mertensia emarginata Raddi Pl. Bras. 1: 76, t. 6 (1825) nom. illeg. superfl.
  • Gleichenia brasiliana Spreng. Syst. 4: 27 (1827)
  • Mertensia elata Desv. Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6, 2: 201 (1827)
  • Mertensia nitida (C.Presl) C.Presl Tent. Pterid. 51 (1836)
  • Gleichenia hookeri J.Sm. (1843)
  • Mertensia hookeri J.Sm. Lond. J. Bot. 2: 381 (1843)
  • Mertensia dichotoma var. lherminieri Fée Mém. Foug., 11. Hist. Foug. Antil. 11: 21 (1866)
  • Mertensia glaucescens var. cubense Fée Mém. Foug., 11. Hist. Foug. Antil. 121 (1866)
  • Mertensia glaucescens var. mexicanum Fée Mém. Foug., 11. Hist. Foug. Antil. 121 (1866)
  • Gleichenia linearis var. depauperata Christ Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2, 5: 14 (1905)
  • Gleichenia pectinata var. sublinearis Christ Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2, 6: 282 (1906)
  • Acropterygium pectinatum var. sublineare (Christ) Nakai Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo no. 29: 7 (1950)
  • Dicranopteris nitida (Presl) Nakai Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. (Tokyo) 29: 68 (1950)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Mexico & Southern America Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Central American Pac, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Ching, R.-C. 1940. Sunyatsenia 5(4): 276.

Additional references

• Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Gleichenella pectinata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Gleichenella pectinata. Published online. Accessed: Sep 11 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Gleichenella pectinata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Sep 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Gleichenella pectinata Accessed: 11 Sep 2021.

Vernacular names

English: comb forkedfern

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