Windhamia cordifolia

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Windhamia
Species: Windhamia cordifolia

Name

Windhamia cordifolia (Sessé & Moc.) Li Bing Zhang, X.M.Zhou & Jing Zhao, Phytotaxa 731(3): 230 (2025).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Adiantum cordifolium Sessé & Moc., Naturaleza (Mexico City) ser. 2, 1 app.: 182 (1890), non Hemionitis cordifolia Roxb. ex Wall.
    • Typus: Mexico. [Distrito Federal:] Cuyuacán [Coyoacán] and San Agustín near Mexico City (MA).
• Homotypic
  • Pellaea cordifolia (Sessé & Moc.) A.R.Sm., Amer. Fern J. 70(1): 26 (1980).
  • Hemionitis cordifolia (Sessé & Moc.) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 12 (2018).
• Heterotypic
  • Pteris cordata Cav., Descr. Pl.: 267 (1802).
    • Typus: Mexico. [Morelos?:] Chapultepec, Née s.n. (MA; isotype F).
    • Allosorus cordatus (Cav.) C.Presl, Tent. Pterid.: 153 (1836).
    • Platyloma cordatum (Cav.) J.Sm., J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 160 (1841).
    • Pellaea cordata (Cav.) J.Sm., Cat. Kew Ferns: 4 (1856) (non Fée).
    • Notholaena cordata (Cav.) Keyserl., Polyp. Herb. Bunge 29 (1873), nom. illeg.
    • Cassebeera cordata (Cav.) Farw., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 281 (1931).
    • Pellaea cardiomorpha Weath., J. Arnold Arbor. 24: 309 (1943), nom. nov.
    • Pellaea sagittata var. cordata (Cav.) A.F.Tryon, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 44: 166 (1957).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. Regional: Mexico Mexico Central (México Distrito Federal, México State, Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala), Mexico Northeast (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas), Mexico Northwest (Sonora), Mexico Southeast (Chiapas), Mexico Southwest (Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Smith, A.R. 1970. New Taxa and Combinations of Pteridophytes from Chiapas, Mexico. American Fern Journal 70(1): 15–27. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Mickel, J.T. & Smith, A.R. 2004. The Pteridophytes of Mexico. Part I (Descriptions and Maps). Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 88: i–xi, 1–1054. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Windhamia cordifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jul 5. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Windhamia cordifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 Jul 2023. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Windhamia cordifolia. Published online. Accessed: 26 Apr 2026. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2026. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Windhamia cordifolia. Accessed: 27 Apr 2026. Reference page.