Helminthostachys zeylanica

Helminthostachys zeylanica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophioglossales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Tracheophyta
Divisio: Pteridophyta
Classis: Psilotopsida
Ordo: Ophioglossales

Familia: Ophioglossaceae
Genus: Helminthostachys
Species:

Name

Helminthostachys zeylanica (L.) Hook., Gen. Fil. t. 47 (1840).

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Osmunda zeylanica L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1063 (1753).
  • Homotypic
    • Botrychium zeylanicum (L.) Sw. in J. Bot. (Schrader) 1801: 111 (1801).
    • Ophiala zeylanica (L.) Desv., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 195 (1827).
  • Heterotypic
    • Botryopteris crenata (C.Presl) C.Presl, Abh. (K.) Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Math.-Naturw. Cl. V, 5: 324 (1848).
    • Botryopteris mexicana C.Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1: 76, t. 12, f. 1 (1825).
    • Helminthostachys crenata C.Presl, Suppl. Tent. Pterid. 60 (1845).
    • Helminthostachys dulcis Kaulf., Flora 5(1): 103 (1822).
    • Helminthostachys integrifolia C.Presl, Suppl. Tent. Pterid. 60 (1845).
    • Helminthostachys laciniata Voigt, Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 737 (1845).
    • Helminthostachys mexicana (C.Presl) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16, 4(1): 23 (1827) [shortly before 7 Jan 1827]
    • Osmunda laciniata Noronha, Verh. Bat. Genootsch. 6: 31 (1827).
    • Helminthostachys zeylanica var. brachyspicae S.Nampy & Madhus., J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 18(1): 189 (1994).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: China
      • China South-Central (Yunnan), Hainan, China Southeast (Guangdong).
    • Regional: Eastern Asia
      • Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan.
  • Continental: Asia-Tropical
    • Regional: Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam (Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura), Bangladesh, East Himalaya (Arunachal Pradesh (doubtful), Bhutan), India (Bihar, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya (Uttaranchal).
    • Regional: Indo-China
      • Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam.
    • Regional: Malesia
      • Borneo, Jawa (doubtful), Lesser Sunda Islands (Lesser Sunda Islands: Sumba, Wetar), Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia), Maluku (Seram, Ambon), Philippines (incl. Palawan), Sulawesi, Sumatera.
    • Regional: Papuasia
      • Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands (North Solomons: Bougainville; South Solomons: Santa Ysabel, Guadalcanal, Malaita, New Georgia Islands).
  • Continental: Australasia
    • Regional: Australia
      • Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia.
  • Continental: Pacific
    • Regional: Southwestern Pacific
      • New Caledonia, Santa Cruz Islands.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Vernacular names

  • Bahasa Indonesia: Paku tunjuk langit
  • 日本語: ミヤコジマハナワラビ
  • 中文: 七指蕨
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