Pellaea falcata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales 

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Pellaea
Species: Pellaea falcata

Name

Pellaea falcata (R.Br.) Fée, Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic. 129 (1852).

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Pteris falcata R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 154 (1810).
  • Homotypic
    • Allosorus falcatus (R.Br.) Kunze, Linnaea 23: 219 (1850).
    • Platyloma falcatum (R.Br.) J.Sm., J. Bot. 4: 160 (1841).
    • Hemionitis pellaea Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 19 (2018), nom. nov.
  • Heterotypic
    • Pellaea falcata var. denticulata Bonap., Notes Pteridol. 5: (1917).
    • Pellaea integricuspis E.Fourn., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 5 18: 324 (1873).
    • Allosorus integricuspis (E.Fourn.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 806 (1891).
    • Platyloma falcatum var. caudatum E.J.Lowe, Ferns 3: 84, sub. t. XXX-B. (1857).
    • Platyloma falcatum var. setosum Bedd., Ferns S. India 7, t. 22 (1863).
    • Pteris alternifolia Wall., Numer. List n. 2182 (1829).
    • Pteris seticaulis Hook., Icon. Pl. 3, t. 207 (1840).
    • Pellaea seticaulis (Hook.) S.R.Ghosh, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 7(3): 681 (1986) [1985 publ. 1986].

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asia-Tropical
    • Regional: Indian Subcontinent
      • India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka.
    • Regional: Malesia
      • Lesser Sunda Islands (Lombok), Malaya, Sulawesi.
  • Continental: Australasia
    • Regional: Australia
      • Norfolk Islands (Lord Howe Island), New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria.
    • Regional: New Zealand
      • Kermadec Islands, New Zealand North (main island, Three Kings Islands).
  • Continental: Pacific
    • Regional: Southwestern Pacific
      • New Caledonia.

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

References

Vernacular names

English: sickle fern
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