Pellaeopsis pilosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales 

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Pellaeopsis
Species:

Name

Pellaeopsis pilosa (Poir.) Windham, Taxon 74(2): 280 (2025).

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Pteris pilosa Poir., Encycl. 5: 717 (1804).
      • Type: Commerson (P).
  • Homotypic
    • Pellaea pilosa (Poir.) Hook., Sp. Fil. 2: 132, t. 114 B (1858).
    • Doryopteris pilosa (Poir.) Kuhn in C.C. von der Decken, Reisen Ost-Afr. 3(3), Bot. 63 (1879).
    • Allosorus pilosus (Poir.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 806 (1891).
    • Cheilanthes pilosa (Poir.) Tardieu, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 14: 364 (1953) (non Goldm. (1843)).
    • Hemionitis pilosa (Poir.) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 19 (2018).
  • Heterotypic
    • Pellaea hirtula C.Chr. in Bonap., Notes Pteridol. 16: 190 (1925).
    • Adiantum polymorphum Poir., Encycl. Suppl. 1: 142 (1810).
      • Cheilanthes polymorpha (Poir.) Desv., Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 305 (1827).
    • Cheilanthes heterophylla Willd. ex Kaulf., Enum. Filic.: 210 (1824).
      • Allosorus heterophyllus (Willd. ex Kaulf.) C.Presl, Tent. Pterid. 152 (1836).
    • Hemionitis pedatifida Sm. in Rees, Cycl. 17 [597] (1819).
    • Doryopteris pilosa var. gemmifera J.E.Burrows & S.E.Strauss, Bothalia 20(2): 221 (1990).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Western Indian Ocean
      • Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion.

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

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Yesilyurt, J.C. 2023. Taxonomic synopsis of the genera Doryopteris and Lytoneuron (Pteridaceae). Fern Gazette 22(1): 1–34.Paywall Reference page.  (as taxon excluded from Doryopteris and Lytoneuron)