Adiantum argutum

Adiantum argutum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Vittarioideae
Genus: Adiantum
Species: Adiantum argutum

Name

Adiantum argutum Splitg., Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 7: 427 (1840).

• Lectotype (designated by Prado & Lellinger 2002: 23): Surinam, "in sylvis montosis Surin. prope Bleauwe Berg," May 1838, Splitgerber 891 (L, photo US).

Homonyms

• Adiantum argutum C.Presl ex Ettingsh., Farnkr. Jetztw.: 80 (1865 publ. 1864), nom. illeg. (= Adiantum venustum D.Don)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Trinidad-Tobago. Regional: Northern South America French Guyana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil North (Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Roraima, Rondônia), Brazil Northeast (Pernambuco), Brazil West-Central (Mato Grosso). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Splitgerber, F.L. 1840. Enumeratio Filicum et Lycopodiacearum, quas in Surinamo legit. Tijdschrift voor natuurlijke geschiedenis en physiologie 7: 391–444. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Prado, J. & Lellinger, D.B. 2002. Adiantum argutum, an Unrecognized Species of the A. latifolium Group. American Fern Journal 92(1): 23–29. DOI: 10.1640/0002-8444(2002)092[0023:AAAUSO]2.0.CO;2 JSTOR BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Adiantum argutum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jun 21. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Adiantum argutum Accessed: 21 Jun 2022.

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