Dicranopteris linearis

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Familia: Gleicheniaceae
Genus: Dicranopteris
Species: Dicranopteris linearis
Varietates: D. l. var. alternans – D. l. var. bidentata – D. l. f. emarginata – D. l. var. ferruginea – D. l. var. inaequalis – D. l. var. rigida – D. l. var. stipulosa – D. l. var. subferruginea – D. l. var. subspeciosa

Name[edit]

Dicranopteris linearis (Burm.f.) Underw., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 34:249. 1907

Synonyms[edit]

Dicranopteris discolor (Schrad.) Nakai, Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. (Tokyo) 29: 59 (1950)
Dicranopteris hermannii (R.Br.) Nakai, Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. (Tokyo) 29: 60 (1950)
Dicranopteris klotzschii (Hook.) Ching, Sunyatsenia 5: 2 75 (1940)
Dicranopteris linearis var. brevis Manickam & Irudarajay, Pterid. Fl. West. Ghats, S. India: 158 (1992)
Dicranopteris linearis var. inaequiloba B.K.Nayar & Geev., Fern Fl. Malabar: 372 (1993)
Dicranopteris linearis var. tenuis Manickam & Irudarajay, Pterid. Fl. West. Ghats, S. India: 159 (1992)
Dicranopteris rufinervis (Mart.) Ching, Sunyatsenia 5: 275 (1940)
Gleichenia discolor (Schrad.) Sehnem
Gleichenia hermannii R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 161 (1810)
Gleichenia klotzschii Hook., Sp. 1: 13, t. 5 B (1844)
Gleichenia linearis (Burm.) C.B.Clarke, Tr. Linn. Soc. II, 1: 428 (1880)
Gleichenia linearis var. rufinervis (Mart. ex Klotzsch) Posth., Ferns Surinam & Fr. & Brit. Guiana 157 (1928)
Gleichenia mucronata Reinw., J. Sm., J. Bot. 8. 430 (1841)
Gleichenia pteridifolia Ces., Atti Acad. Napoli 78: 2 (1876)
Gleichenia rigida J.Sm., J. Bot. 8: 420 (1841)
Gleichenia rufinervis Hook., Sp. 1: 11 (1844)
Mertensia cumingiana C.Presl, Tent. Pterid. 51 (1836)
Mertensia discolor Schrad., Gött. gel. Anz. 863 (1824)
Mertensia hermannii (R.Br.) Poir., Encycl. suppl. 3: 670 (1813)
Mertensia klotzschii Brack., U. S. Expl. Exp. 16: 297 (1854)
Mertensia lessonii A.Rich., Sert. Astrol. 27 (1834)
Mertensia linearis (Burm.fil.) Fritsch, Bull. Herb. Boiss. II, 1: 1092 (1901)
Mertensia pteridifolia C.Presl, Abh. (K.) Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Math.-Naturw. Cl. V, 5: 339 (1848)
Mertensia rigida J.Sm., Lond. J. Bot. 2: 381 (1843) (non Kunze (1834))
Mertensia rufinervis Mart., Ic. Cr. Bras. 111 (1834)
Mertensia sieberi C.Presl, Tent. Pterid. 51 (1836)
Mertensia spissa Fée, Cr. vasc. Br. 1: 200, t. 73, f. 2 (1869)
Platyzoma ferrugineum Desv., Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6, 2: 199 (1827)
Platyzoma latum Desv., Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6, 2: 199 (1827)
Polypodium lineare Burm.fil., Fl. Ind. 235, t. 67, f. 2 (1768) (non Thunb. (1784))
Pteris platyferra Christenh., Phytotaxa 19: 7-54 (2011), nom. nov. superfl. for Platyzoma ferrugineum Desv.
Pteris platylata Christenh., Phytotaxa 19: 7-54 (2011), nom. nov. superfl. for Platyzoma latum Desv.
Sticherus rufinervis (Mart.) Nakai, Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. (Tokyo) 29: 28 (1950)

Distribution[edit]

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical Old World
- Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

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

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

Underwood, L.M. 1907. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 34:249.

Additional references[edit]

Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.

Links[edit]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Dicranopteris linearis 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. Dicranopteris linearis. Published online. Accessed: Sep 11 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Dicranopteris linearis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Sep 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Dicranopteris linearis Accessed: 11 Sep 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Dicranopteris linearis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: October 26, 2017.

Vernacular names[edit]

English: Old World forkedfern
日本語: コシダ
中文: 芒萁, 鐵芒萁

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