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034.0000 Family Dryopteridaceae Herter; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 9: 15 (1949), nom. cons.
26 genera, ca. 2100 spp. Latest phylogeny: Zuo et al. (2025)
Species listed in database: 2190; hybrids: 205
= Aspidiaceae Burnett; Outlines Bot. [Burnett] 324, 1156 (1835), nom. illeg.
= Aspidiaceae Mett. ex A.B.Frank; Syn. Pflanzenk., ed. 2, 3: 1469 (1877), nom. illeg.
= Bolbitidaceae (Pic.Serm.) Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16: 15 (1978)
= Elaphoglossaceae Pic.Serm.; Webbia 23: 209 (1968)
= Filicaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 14 (1789), as ´Filices´, nom. illeg., rej.
= Peranemataceae (C.Presl) Ching; Sunyatsenia 5: 246 (1940), nom. rej.
034.7001 Genus Stigmatopteris C.Chr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 29: 292 (1919)
Distribution: Neotropics. See Moran & Labiak (2016)
Species listed in database: 26
= Dryopteris subgen.Stigmatopteris (C.Chr.) C.Chr.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., Ser. 7, 10: 73 (1913)
species :
Stigmatopteris alloeoptera (Kunze) C.Chr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 29: 300, f. 11 (1909)
Distribution: Venezuela (Distrito Federal)
82 VEN
Remarks: provisionally accepted name, application of name not yet clear
Synonyms: hidden
= Aspidium alloeopterum (Kunze) Christ; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79(1): 16 (1908)
= Dryopteris alloeoptera (Kunze) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 251 (1905)
= Nephrodium alloeopterum (Kunze) Diels; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I, 4: 168 (1899)
= Phegopteris alloeoptera (Kunze) Mett.; Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges. 2(2) [Pheg. u. Asp.]: 19, no. 34 (1858)
= Polypodium alloeopterum Kunze; Linnaea 25: 748 (1853)
species :
Stigmatopteris bradei Rosenst.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 347 (1925)
Distribution: Brazil (Alagoas, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Phegopteris brevinervis Fée; Crypt. Vasc. Brésil 1: 243, t. 77, f. 2 (1869), nom. illeg., non Fée 1865
= Stigmatopteris brevinervis R.C.Moran; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 78(4): 871 (1991), nom. nov. for Phegopteris brevinervis Fée 1869
species :
Stigmatopteris bulbifera R.C.Moran; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 78(4): 874 (1991)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Caldas, Caquetá, Chocó, Huila, Magdalena, Nariño, Putumayo, Quindío, Risaralda); Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
species :
Stigmatopteris carrii (Baker) C.Chr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 29: 298 (1909)
Distribution: Surinam; Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina)
82 SUR 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Aspidium brachyneuron Fée; Crypt. Vasc. Brésil 1: 133 (1869), as ´brachynevron´, possibly senior epithet
= Dryopteris carrii (Baker) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 257 (1905)
= Nephrodium carrii (Baker) Diels; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I, 4: 170 (1899)
= Phegopteris carrii (Baker) Farw.; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 292 (1931)
= Polypodium carrii Baker; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 1(2): 597 (1870)
species :
Stigmatopteris caudata (Raddi) C.Chr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 29: 302 (1909)
Distribution: Colombia; Brazil (Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo)
82 CLM 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Aspidium caudatum Christ; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79(1): 22 (1908) (non alior.)
= Dryopteris caudata (Raddi) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 257 (1905)
= Nephrodium caudatum (Raddi) Diels; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I, 4: 170 (1899)
= Phegopteris caudata (Raddi) Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.) 243 (1852)
= Polypodium caudatum Raddi; Opusc. Sci. 3: 228 (1819)
= Polypodium kaulfussii Wikstr.; Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1825: 443 (1825)
= Polypodium pedicularifolium C.Presl; Delic. Prag. 1: 168 (1822) (non Hoffm. (1795))
species :
Stigmatopteris contracta (Christ) C.Chr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 29: 304 (1909)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia
80 COS PAN 82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Aspidium caudatum var. contractum Christ; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 6: 162 (1906)
= Dryopteris contracta (Christ) C.Chr.; Index Filic., Suppl. (1906-1912) 31 (1913)
species :
Stigmatopteris gemmipara C.Chr.; Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handl., Ser. 3, 16(2): 36, t. 9(5-7) (1937)
Distribution: Jamaica; Hispaniola (Haiti)
81 HIS JAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Dryopteris gemmipara (C.Chr.) Maxon ex Proctor; Bull. Inst. Jamaica, Sci. Ser. 6: 26 (1953)
species :
Stigmatopteris hemiptera (Maxon) C.Chr.; Index Filic., Suppl. Tert. 174 (1934)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
Synonyms: hidden
= Dryopteris hemiptera Maxon; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24: 59 (1932)
species :
Stigmatopteris heterocarpa (Fée) Rosenst.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 347 (1925)
Distribution: Brazil (Alagoas, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Phegopteris heterocarpa Fée; Crypt. Vasc. Brésil 1: 100, t. 30, f. 2 (1869)
= Stigmatopteris heterocarpa var. basilaris Rosenst.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 347 (1925)
species :
Stigmatopteris heterophlebia (Baker) R.C.Moran; Fieldiana, Bot., n. s. 27: 45 (1991)
Distribution: Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Cauca, Chocó, Putumayo, Valle); Ecuador; Peru
80 COS NIC PAN 82 CLM 83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Dryopteris heterophlebia (Baker) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 270 (1905)
= Goniopteris heterophlebia (Baker) Ching; Sunyatsenia 5: 239 (1940)
= Polypodium heterophlebium Baker; J. Bot. 22: 363 (1884)
= Thelypteris heterophlebia (Baker) C.F.Reed; Phytologia 17: 282 (1968)
species :
Stigmatopteris ichtiosma (Sodiro) C.Chr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 29: 302 (1909)
Distribution: Colombia; Ecuador
82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Dryopteris ichtiosma (Sodiro) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 271 (1905)
= Dryopteris longipetiolata C.Chr.; Index Filic. 275 (1905)
= Polypodium dentatum Baker; Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 5: 456 (1891), nom. illeg. (non Forssk. 1775)
= Polypodium ichtiosmum Sodiro; Recens. Crypt. Vasc. Quit. 59 (1883)
species :
Stigmatopteris jamaicensis (Desv.) Proctor; Brit. Fern Gaz. 9: 221 (1965)
Distribution: Jamaica
81 JAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Cystopteris jamaicensis Desv.; Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 263 (1827)
= Dryopteris notholaena Maxon; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24: 58 (1922)
= Stigmatopteris notholaena (Maxon) C.Chr.; Index Filic., Suppl. Tert. 174 (1934) [errore ´nothochlaena´]
species :
Stigmatopteris killipiana Lellinger; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 89: 730 (1977)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Chocó); Ecuador
80 COS PAN 82 CLM 83 ECU
species :
Stigmatopteris lechleri (Mett.) C.Chr.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., Ser. 8, 6: 28 (1919)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Colombia (Caldas, Valle); Venezuela (Portuguesa); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz)
80 COS 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Dryopteris cyclocolpa (Christ) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 260 (1905)
= Dryopteris prasina (Baker) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 285 (1905)
= Dryopteris subincisa subsp. lechleri (Mett.) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 295 (1905)
= Phegopteris lechleri Mett.; Fil. Lechl. 2: 26 (1859)
= Polypodium cyclocolpon Christ; Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: 659 (1896)
= Polypodium prasinum Baker; Syn. Fil. [W.J.Hooker & Baker] 312 (1867)
= Polypodium punctatum Spruce; Sp. Fil. [W.J.Hooker] 4: 262 (1862) (non Thbg (1784))
= Stigmatopteris cyclocolpa (Christ) C.Chr.; Amer. Fern J. 4: 82 (1914), et Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., Ser. 8, 6: 29, f. 5 a (1920)
= Stigmatopteris ecuadorensis C.Chr.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., Ser. 8, 6: 29 f. 5 (1920)
= Stigmatopteris prasina (Baker) C.Chr.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., Ser. 7, 10: 79 (1913)
species :
Stigmatopteris litoralis Rosenst.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 22: 12 (1925)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
species :
Stigmatopteris longicaudata (Liebm.) C.Chr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 29: 300 (1909)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Veracruz, Puebla, Oaxaca); Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Nariño, Valle); Venezuela (Amazonas, Carabobo); French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz); Brazil (Amazonas)
79 MEX 80 COS GUA HON NIC PAN 82 CLM FRG VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Dryopteris longicaudata (Liebm.) Maxon; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 18 (1909)
= Polypodium longicaudatum Liebm.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., Ser. 5, 1: 209 (seors 57) (1849)
= Stigmatopteris palmensis Rosenst.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 22: 12 (1925)
species :
Stigmatopteris michaelis (Baker) C.Chr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 29: 300 (1909)
Distribution: Panama; Colombia (Antioquia); Ecuador
80 PAN 82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Dryopteris michaelis (Baker) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 277 (1905)
= Dryopteris sylvicola (Baker) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 297 (1905)
= Polypodium michaelis Baker; J. Bot. 15: 164 (1877)
= Polypodium sylvicola Baker; J. Bot. 20: 205 (1882)
species :
Stigmatopteris nephrodioides (Klotzsch) C.Chr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 29: 299 (1909)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia); Venezuela (Anzoategui, Aragua, Carabobo, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Miranda, Monagas, Yaracuy)
82 CLM VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Dryopteris klotzschii C.Chr.; Index Filic., Suppl. (1906-1912) 34 (1913)
= Dryopteris nephrodioides (Klotzsch) Hieron.; Hedwigia 46: 327 (1907)
= Polypodium nephrodioides Klotzsch; Linnaea 20: 384 (1847)
species :
Stigmatopteris opaca (Baker) C.Chr.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., Ser. 7, 10: 78 (1913)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Cyclosorus coalescens (Baker) Mazumdar & R.Mukhop.; Bionature 33(1): 16 (2013)
= Dryopteris christii C.Chr.; Index Filic. 257 (1905)
= Dryopteris coalescens (Baker) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 258 (1905)
= Dryopteris paucinervata C.Chr.; Index Filic. 283 (1905)
= Goniopteris coalescens (Baker) Ching; Sunyatsenia 6: 239 (1940)
= Goniopteris paucinervata (C.Chr.) Ching; Sunyatsenia 5: 239 (1940)
= Meniscium opacum Baker; J. Bot. 15: 166 (1877)
= Phegopteris opaca (Baker) Christ; Farnkr. Erde 270 (1897)
= Polypodium coalescens Baker; J. Bot. 15: 164 (1877)
= Polypodium oligophlebium Baker; Syn. Fil. [W.J.Hooker & Baker], ed. 2: 506 (1874) (non Kunze (1850))
= Thelypteris christii (C.Chr.) C.F.Reed; Phytologia 17: 267 (1968)
= Thelypteris coalescens (Baker) C.F.Reed; Phytologia 17: 268 (1968)
= Thelypteris paucinervata (C.Chr.) C.F.Reed; Phytologia 17: 302 (1968)
species :
Stigmatopteris pellucidopunctata (C.Chr.) C.Chr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 29: 304, f. 15 (1909)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Santander); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (La Paz)
82 CLM 83 BOL ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Dryopteris pellucidopunctata C.Chr.; Index Filic. 283 (1905)
= Phegopteris macrophylla (Hook.) J.Sm.; Hist. Fil. 233 (1876)
= Polypodium macrophyllum Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W.J.Hooker] 4: 241 (1862) (non Mett. (1856))
species :
Stigmatopteris prionites (Kunze) C.Chr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 29: 298, f. 5 (1909)
Distribution: Brazil (Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Dryopteris prionites (Kunze) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 286 (1905)
= Lastrea prionites (Kunze) T.Moore; Index Fil. [T. Moore] 101 (1858)
= Nephrodium prionites (Kunze) Diels; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I, 4: 169 (1899)
= Phegopteris denticulata Fée; Crypt. Vasc. Brésil 1: 100 t. 32 f. 2 (1869)
= Phegopteris prionites (Kunze) Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.) 243 (1852)
= Polypodium flavopunctatum var. prionites (Kunze) Baker; Syn. Fil. [W.J.Hooker & Baker] 304 (1867)
= Polypodium prionites Kunze; Flora 22(1, Beibl.): 29 (1839)
= Stigmatopteris prionites var. denticulata (Fée) C.Chr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 29: 299, f.6 (1909)
= Stigmatopteris prionites var. pseudocaudata Brade; Rodriguésia 10: 28 (1948)
species :
Stigmatopteris pterorhachis R.C.Moran; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 78(4): 904 (1991)
Distribution: Colombia (Magdalena, Norte de Santander); Venezuela (Lara, Portuguesa)
82 CLM VEN
species :
Stigmatopteris rotundata (Humb. & Bonpl.Willd.) C.Chr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 29: 297 (1909)
Distribution: Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; St. Vincent; Grenada; Trinidad; Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Bolívar, Lara, Sucre); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana
81 DOM GDL GRE MAR MTS STL STV TRT 82 FRG GUY SUR VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Aspidium imrayanum (Hook.) Fée; Mém. Foug. 11 (Hist. Foug. Antil.): 79 (1866)
= Aspidium rotundatum Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 5(1): 247 (1810)
= Dryopteris imrayana (Hook.) Domin; Vĕstn. České Společn. Nauk, Tř. Mat.-Přír., n. s. 1929(2): 191 (1929)
= Dryopteris rotundata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 289 (1905)
= Lastrea rotundata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 77 (1836)
= Nephrodium imrayanum Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W.J.Hooker] 4: 88 (1862)
= Nephrodium rotundatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Desv.; Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 253 (1827)
= Phegopteris flavopunctata (Kaulf.) Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.) 243 (1852)
= Phegopteris imrayana (Hook.) J.Sm.; Hist. Fil. 233 (1876)
= Phegopteris rotundata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Fée; Mém. Foug. 11 (Hist. Foug. Antil.): 52 (1866)
= Polypodium flavopunctatum Kaulf.; Enum. Filic. [Kaulfuss] 108 (1824)
= Polypodium flavopunctatum var. kaulfussii Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W.J.Hooker] 4: 239 (1862)
= Polypodium flavopunctatum var. pinnatifidum Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W.J.Hooker] 4: 239 (1862)
= Polypodium rotundatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Baker; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 1(2): 499, t. 63 (1870)
= Stigmatopteris rotundata var. trinidadensis C.Chr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 29: 297 (1909)
species :
Stigmatopteris sordida (Maxon) C.Chr.; Index Filic., Suppl. Tert. 175 (1934)
Distribution: Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas, Oaxaca); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia); Ecuador
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN 82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Dryopteris sordida Maxon; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24: 60 (1922)
= Stigmatopteris chimalapensis Mickel & Beitel; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 46 [Pterid. Fl. Oaxaca]: 356 (1988)
species :
Stigmatopteris tijuccana (Raddi) C.Chr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 29: 298 (1909)
Distribution: Venezuela (Aragua); Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo)
82 VEN 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Dryopteris rotundata var. tijuccana (Raddi) Rosenst.; Hedwigia 46: 131 (1906)
= Dryopteris tijuccana (Raddi) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 298 (1905)
= Nephrodium tijuccanum (Raddi) Diels; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I, 4: 170 (1899)
= Phegopteris tenuis Fée; Crypt. Vasc. Brésil 1: 99, t. 30 t 1 (1869)
= Phegopteris tijuccana (Raddi) Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.) 243 (1852)
= Polypodium tijuccanum Raddi; Pl. Bras. Nov. Gen. 1: 25, t. 7 (1825), orth. var.
= Polypodium tyucanum Raddi; Opusc. Sci. 3: 288 (1819)
species :
Stigmatopteris ulei (C.Chr.) Sehnem; Fl. Ilustr. Catarin. (Aspidiaceas) 100 (1979)
Distribution: Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina, São Paulo)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Dryopteris ulei (C.Chr.) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 299 (1905)
= Phegopteris ulei C.Chr.; Pl. Nov. Mineir. [Schwacke] 2: 29 (1900)
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