Pellaeopsis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Pellaeopsis
Species: P. angulosa – P. boivinii – P. buchananii – P. deboeri – P. doniana – P. dura – P. inaequalis – P. lanceolata – P. leachii – P. longipilosa – P. madagascariensis – P. pectiniformis – P. pedatoides – P. pilosa – P. schippersii – P. schweinfurthii – P. similis – P. tomentosa

Name

Pellaeopsis J.Sm., Hist. Fil.: 289 (1875).

• Type species: Pellaeopsis articulata (Kaulf. ex Spreng.) J.Sm., Hist. Fil.: 290 (1875) ≡ Pteris articulata Kaulf. ex Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16, 4: 76 (1827).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Pteridella Mett. in F.A.M. Kuhn in C.C.von der Decken, Reisen Ost-Afr. 3(3): Bot. 13 (1879).
    • Typus (designated by Christensen, Index Filic.: xl. 1906): Pteridella doniana (Hook.) Mett. ex Kuhn (≡ Pellaea doniana Hook.).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Congo (DR), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands (Annobón, Bioko, Príncipe, São Tomé), Rwanda. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces (Eastern Cape), Eswatini, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces (Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, , North-West Province) Regional: Western Indian Ocean Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion, Seychelles. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent India (Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Smith, J. 1875. Historia Filicum; an exposition of the nature, number, and organography of ferns. 429 pp., Macmillan, London. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Schuettpelz, E., Windham, M.D., Prado, J., Hooper, E.A., Yatskievych, G.A., Huiet, L., Picard, K.T. & Pryer, K.M. 2025. A phylogenetically informed generic reclassification of the hemionitid ferns (Pteridaceae: Cheilanthoideae). Taxon 74(2): 260–291. DOI: 10.1002/tax.13314 Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2025. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Pellaeopsis Accessed: 6 May 2025. Reference page.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Pellaeopsis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 6. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Pellaeopsis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 May 2025. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Pellaeopsis. Published online. Accessed: 6 May 2025. Reference page.