Quechuapteris fraseri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales 

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Quechuapteris
Species:

Name

Quechuapteris fraseri (Mett.) Windham, Taxon 74(2): 281 (2025).

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Cheilanthes fraseri Mett. in F.A.M. Kuhn, Linnaea 36: 83 (1869).
      • Syntypes: Ecuador, Fraser, Wagner, and Peru, Ruiz & Pavon (Herb. Mett., B, a sheet with Pavon and Wagner in a packet).
  • Homotypic
    • Notholaena fraseri (Mett.) Baker in W.J.Hooker & J.G.Baker, Syn. Fil., ed. 2: 514 (1874), "Nothochlaena".
    • Hemionitis fraseri (Mett.) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 14 (2018).
  • Heterotypic
    • Cheilanthes boliviana C.Chr., Ark. Bot. 20A(7): 19 (1926).
      • Typus: Bolivia, Dep. La Paz, Prov. Sur Yungas, Pichu. 1900 m. 7 Dec 1920, Erik Asplund 1526 (Holotype: S-R-1054, isotype: US 00141833).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru.

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

References

Primary references

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