Polytaenium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales 

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Vittarioideae
Genus:
Species: P. anetioides – P. cajenense – P. chlorosporum – P. citrifolium – P. dussianum – P. feei – P. guayanense – P. intramarginale – P. jenmanii – P. lineatum – P. ophioglossoides – P. quadriseriatum – P. urbanii

Name

Polytaenium Desv., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 218 (1827).

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Anetium (Kunze) Splitg., Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 7: 395 (1840).
      • Types species: Anetium citrifolium (L.) Splitg. (Acrostichum citrifolium L.)
      • Pteridanetium Copel., Ann. Cryptog. Phytopathol. 5: 224 (1947), nom. superfl.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Central America
      • Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands.
    • Regional: Northern South America
      • French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
    • Regional: Brazil
      • Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South.
    • Regional: Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay.

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

References

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