Marattia

Marattia douglasii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Marattiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Marattiopsida Ordo: Marattiales

Familia: Marattiaceae
Genus: Marattia
Species: M. alata – M. chiricana – M. douglasii – M. excavata – M. interposita – M. laxa – M. weinmanniifolia

Name

Marattia Sw. 1788

• Type species: Marattia alata Sw,

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Celanthera Thouin ex Desv. in Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 206 (1827)
  • Discostegia C.Presl in Suppl. Tent. Pterid.: 11 (1845)
  • Gymnotheca C.Presl in Suppl. Tent. Pterid.: 12 (1845)
  • Stibasia C.Presl in Suppl. Tent. Pterid.: 15 (1845)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Swartz, O. 1788. Nova genera & species plantarum seu Prodromus descriptionum vegetabilium, maximam partem incognitorum quae sub itinere in Indiam Occidentalem annis 1783–87 digessit Olof Swartz. M. D. X+152 pp., index. M.Swederi, Holmiae [Stockholm] etc. BHL Reference page. : 128

Additional references

• Murdock, A.G. 2008: A taxonomic revision of the eusporangiate fern family Marattiaceae, with description of a new genus Ptisana. Taxon 57(3): 737–755.
• Murdock, A.G. 2008: Phylogeny of marattioid ferns (Marattiaceae) inferring a root in the absence of a closely related outgroup. American Journal of Botany 95(5): 626–641.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Marattia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 October 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Marattia. Published online. Accessed: October 25 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Marattia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 October 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Marattia – World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World . In: Roskov Y., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J. & Penev L. (eds.) 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2023 October 25.

Vernacular names

مصرى: ماراتیا
العربية: ماراتة
English: potato fern
hrvatski: Maracija
中文: 合囊蕨属

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