Windhamia sagittata

Pellaea sagittata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Polypodiales

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

Name

Windhamia sagittata (Cav.) Li Bing Zhang, X.M.Zhou & Jing Zhao, Phytotaxa 731(3): 231 (2025).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Pteris sagittata Cav., Descr. Pl.: 267 (1802).
• Homotypic
  • Allosorus sagittatus (Cav.) C.Presl, Tent. Pterid.: 153 (1836).
  • Pellaea sagittata (Cav.) Link, Fil. Spec.: 60 (1841).
  • Platyloma sagittatum (Cav.) J.Sm., J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 160 (1841).
  • Hemionitis emperatricella Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 13 (2018), nom. nov.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Subarctic America Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Greenland, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon. Regional: Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Regional: Eastern Canada Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland (Newfoundland (continental), St.-Pierre-et-Miquelon), Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, 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 Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Northeast (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas), Mexico Northwest (Sonora), Mexico Southeast (Chiapas), Mexico Southwest (Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Oaxaca). Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Guatemala. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northwest (Salta). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Zhao, J., Ma, D.-N., Smith, A.R., Liang, Z.-L., Zhou, X.-M. & Zhang, L.-B. 2025. Phylogeny and systematics of the fern genus Pellaea and its allies (Pteridaceae). Phytotaxa 731(3): 221–242. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.731.3.3 Reference page. 
• Link, H.F. 1841. Filicum Species in Horto Regio Botanico Berolinensi Cultae. 179 pp. Veit, Berolini [Berlin]. Gallica Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Windhamia sagittata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jul 8. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Windhamia sagittata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 Jul 2023. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Windhamia sagittata. Published online. Accessed: 27 Apr 2026. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Windhamia sagittata Accessed: 8 Jul 2023. Reference page.

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