Megalastrum subincisum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Megalastrum
Species: Megalastrum subincisum

Name

Megalastrum subincisum (Willd.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran, Amer. Fern J. 77(4): 129. 1988.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Polypodium subincisum Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 5: 202. 1810.
    • Typus: Venezuela, Distr. Federal, "Caracas", F. Bredemeyer s.n. (Holotypus: B-Willdenow 19701)
• Homotypic
  • Phegopteris subincisa (Willd.) Fée, Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 243. 1852.
  • Nephrodium villosum var. subincisum (Willd.) Hook. ex Sodiro, Recens. Crypt. Vasc. Quit.: 54. 1883.
  • Dryopteris subincisa (Willd.) Urban, Symb. Antill.: 19. 1903.
  • Aspidium subincisum (Willd.) Christ, Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 4(10): 56. 1906.
  • Ctenitis subincisa (Willd.) Ching, Sunyatsenia 5: 250. 1940.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Southeast (Chiapas), Mexico Southwest (Guerrero, Oaxaca). Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands (Guadeloupe), Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands (Dominica, Grenada, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent). Regional: Northern South America Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Smith, A.R. & Moran, R.C. 1987. New Combinations in Megalastrum (Dryopteridaceae). American Fern Journal 77(4): 124–130. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 
• Moran, R.C. & Prado, J. 2010. Megalastrum (Dryopteridaceae) in Central America. Kew Bulletin 65(2): 137–188. DOI: 10.1007/s12225-010-9214-3 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2020. Megalastrum subincisum – 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.) 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Mar 8.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Megalastrum subincisum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 8. Reference page.