Parahemionitis arifolia

Parahemionitis arifolia

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Parahemionitis
Species: Parahemionitis arifolia

Name

Parahemionitis arifolia (Burm.f.) Panigrahi, Indian Fern J. 9: 244 (1992 publ. 1993).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Asplenium arifolium Burm.f., Fl. Ind.: 231 (1768), nom. cons.
    • Typus: [India, Tamil Nadu] “Madras State”, Yercaud, Shevaroy Hills, 18 miles NE of Salem, near waterfall 1½ miles from Yercaud, 1 Dec 1969, van Hardeveld & van der Werff 205 (U 1041487), typ. cons.
• Homotypic
  • Hemionitis trinervis Buch.-Ham. ex Dillwyn, Rev. Hortus Malab.: 63 (1839).
  • Hemionitis arifolia (Burm.f.) T.Moore, Index Fil.: 114 (1859).
  • Gymnogramma arifolia (Burm.f.) Kuhn, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 4: 283 (1869).
• Heterotypic
  • Hemionitis cordata Roxb. ex Hook. & Grev., Icon. Filic. t. 64 (1828).
    • Typus: NE India, Bengal, 1807, Roxburgh s.n., (lectotype, middle specimen, K, designated by Morton, Contrib. U.S. Nat. Herb. 38: 317 (1974)).
    • Parahemionitis cordata (Roxb. ex Hook. & Grev.) Fraser-Jenk., New Sp. Syndr. Indian Pteridol.: 187 (1997)
    • Mickelopteris cordata (Roxb. ex Hook. & Grev.) Fraser-Jenk., Annot. Checkl. Ind. Pterid. 1: 247 (2016).
  • Hemionitis hastata R.Br. ex Wall., Numer. List: n.° 2170 (1830).
    • Typus: India, Travancore (K 001115361).
  • Acrostichum ramentaceum Roxb., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 4: 479 (1844).
    • Type locality: Chittagong.
  • Hemionitis cordifolia Wall. ex Roxb, Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 4: 500 (1844).
    • Type locality: "Grows in a rich wet soil about Calcutta"
    • Hemionitis cordifolia Wall. ex Bedd., Ferns South. India, t. 53 (1863), nom. superfl..
  • Hemionitis toxotis Trevis., Atti Reale Ist. Veneto Sci. Lett. Arti, ser. 2, 2: 168 (1851).
    • Type locality: "Delle Indie orientali"
  • Hemionitis intermedia Fée, Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 172 (1852).
  • Hemionitis sagittata Fée, Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 172 (1852).
    • Typus: "Habitat in Asia orientali" (Hügel 3573, 3882)
    • Gymnogramma sagittata (Fée) Ettingsh., Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 22: 102 (1864).
  • Hemionitis cumingiana Fée, Mém. Foug., 10. Ic. Esp. Nouv.: 22 (1865).
    • Typus: Phlippines, 1836–1840, Cuming 285 (isotype: MICH 1190550).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central (Yunnan), Hainan. Regional: Eastern Asia Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam (Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura), Bangladesh, India (Andhra Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal), Sri Lanka. Regional: Indo-China Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Lesser Sunda Islands (Sumbawa), Malaya, Philippines. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Panigrahi, G. 1992 publ. 1993. Biosystematics, taxonomy and nomenclature of pteridophytes. Indian Fern Journal 9(1–2): 240–252. Reference page. 
• Fraser-Jenkins, C.R., Gandhi, K.N., Kholia, B.S. & Benniamin, A. 2016. An annotated checklist of Indian Pteridophytes; 1: Lycopodiaceae to Thelypteridaceae. viii + 562 pp., Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun. ISBN 978-81-211-0952-9. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Lindsay, S. & Middleton, D.J. 2021. (2836) Proposal to conserve the name Asplenium arifolium (Hemionitis arifolia, Parahemionitis arifolia) (Pteridaceae) with a conserved type. Taxon 70(5): 1133–1134. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12579 Reference page.  [approved by General Committee in 2024 subject to the decision of the next International Botanical Congress; entry in online code]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Parahemionitis arifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 31. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Parahemionitis arifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 May 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Parahemionitis arifolia. Published online. Accessed: 31 May 2023. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Parahemionitis arifolia Accessed: 31 May 2023. Reference page.
• JSTOR Global Plants. Parahemionitis arifolia. Accessed: 19 Feb 2025 Reference page.