Sericopteris vestita

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Regnum: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Regnum: Viridiplantae Cladus: Streptophyta Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta Cladus: Embryophyta Cladus: Polysporangiophyta Divisio*: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Polypodiales

Sericopteris vestita (Wall. ex Hook.) Jing Zhao & X.M.Zhou, Phytotaxa 693(2): 169 (2025).

Basionym
- Gymnogramma vestita Wall. ex Hook., Hookers's Icon. Pl. 2: t. 115 (1837), nom. illeg.
Homotypic
- Grammitis vestita Wall., Numer. List: n.° 12 (1829), nom. inval.
  - Gymnogramma vestita Wall. ex C.Presl, Tent. Pterid.: 218 (1836), nom. nud..
  - Syngramma vestita (Wall. ex Hook.) T.Moore, Index Fil.: LX (1857).
  - Hemionitis vestita (Wall. ex Hook.) J.Sm., Hist. Fil.: 151 (1875).
  - Neurogramma vestita (Wall. ex Hook.) Diels in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 1(4): 262 (1899).
  - Gymnopteris vestita (Wall. ex Hook.) Underw., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 627 (1902).
  - Paraceterach vestita (Wall. ex Hook.) R.M.Tryon, Amer. Fern J. 76(4): 186 (1986).
  - Paragymnopteris vestita (Wall. ex Hook.) K.H.Shing, Indian Fern J. 10(1–2): 230 (1994) [1993 publ. 1994].
  - Notholaena himalaica Fraser-Jenk., New Sp. Syndr. Indian Pteridol. 183 (1997), nom. nov..
  - Hemionitis himalaica (Fraser-Jenk.) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 15 (2018), nom. superfl.
  - Pellaea himalaica (Fraser-Jenk.) G.M.Zhang & Y.Yin, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 44(4): 499 (2024).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central (Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan), China North-Central (Hebei, Shanxi), Tibet.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Taiwan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam (Manipur), East Himalaya (Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan, Sikkim), Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya (Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal).
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Myanmar.
- Regional: Malesia
  - Philippines.

Zhao, J., Liang, Z.-L., Yu, H., He, Z.-R. & Zhou, X.-M. 2025. Toward a monophyletic Paragympteris (Cheilanthoideae, Pteridaceae): description of Sericopteris gen. nov. Phytotaxa 693(2): 166–172. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.693.2.5 Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Sericopteris vestita in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 Apr 26. Reference page.
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International Plant Names Index. 2026. Sericopteris vestita. Published online. Accessed: Apr 26 2026. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2026. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Sericopteris vestita Accessed: 26 Apr 2026. Reference page.