Pellaea nana

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Pellaea nana (Hook.) Bostock, Fl. Australia 48: 708 (1998).

Basionym
- Pellaea falcata var. nana Hook., Sp. Fil. 2: 136 (1858).
  - Typus: Queensland, Brisbane River, A.Cunningham (Holotype: K).
Homotypic
- Platyloma falcatum var. nanum (Hook.) F.M.Bailey, Ferns Queensland: 36 [PDF; 16 MB] (1874).
- Pteris falcata var. nana (Hook.) F.M.Bailey, Fern World Austr.: 45 (1881).
- Hemionitis nana (Hook.) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 18 (2018).
Misapplied names
- Pteris rotundifolia auct. non G.Forst.; sensu F.M.Bailey, Queensland Flora 6: 1960 (1902).
- Pellaea rotundifolia auct. non (G.Forst.) Hook.; sensu K.Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 131 (1913).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Bostock, P.D. 1998. Adiantaceae (except Cheilanthes). Pp. 248–271 in MacCarthy, P.M. (ed.), Flora of Australia 48. Ferns, Gymnosperms and allied groups. 766 pp. Melbourne: CSIRO. ISBN 0-643-05972-5 PDF Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pellaea nana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 9. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Pellaea nana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 9 May 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pellaea nana. Published online. Accessed: 9 May 2022.
Hassler, M. 2022. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Pellaea nana Accessed: 9 May 2022.

English: Dwarf Sickle Fern

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