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031.0000 Family Dennstaedtiaceae Lotsy; Vortr. Bot. Stammesgesch. 2: 655 (1909), as ´Dennstaedtineaceae´
11 genera, ca. 230 spp. Phylogeny: Triana-Moreno et al. (2023)
Species listed in database: 242; hybrids: 9
= Hypolepidaceae Pic.Serm.; Webbia 24: 705 (1970)
= Pteridiaceae Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 13: 96 (1975)
= Monachosoraceae Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 14: 17 (1978)
031.2006 Genus Histiopteris (J.Agardh) J.Sm.; Hist. Fil. 294 (1875)
Distribution: Mostly Malesia, 1 sp. pantropical
Species listed in database: 11
= Pteris subgen.Histiopteris J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 76 (1839)
= Lepidocaulon Copel.; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 18: 218 (1942)
species :
Histiopteris altealpina Alderw.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 2, 23: 13 (1916)
Distribution: Sumatra (G. Kerintji)
42 SUM
species :
Histiopteris caudata (Copel.) Holttum; Kew Bull. 20: 459 (1966)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
Synonyms: hidden
= Lepidocaulon caudatum Copel.; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 18: 218 (1942)
species :
Histiopteris conspicua Alderw.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 2: 155 (1920)
Distribution: Sumatra
42 SUM
species :
Histiopteris estipulata Alderw.; Nova Guinea 14: 25 (1924)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Histiopteris hennipmanii Hovenkamp; Blumea 33(2): 399 (1988)
Distribution: Sulawesi
42 SUL
species :
Histiopteris herbacea Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci. 60: 110, t. 18 (1936)
Distribution: Solomon Isl. (Guadalcanal, Kolombangara, Makira, Malaita, New Georgia, Nggatokae, Ranongga, Santa Ysabel); Santa Cruz Isl.
43 SOL 60 SCZ
species :
Histiopteris incisa (Thunb.) J.Sm.; Hist. Fil. 295 (1875)
Name: Water fern, Mata (Maori), Bat´s wing fern, Oak fern (EN)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni); Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; E-Zimbabwe; South Africa (Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Ascension Isl.; Madagascar; Mauritius; La Réunion; ?Seychelles; China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, ?Zhejiang); Tibet; Japan; Ryukyu Isl.; Ogasawara Isl. (Chichijima, Hahajima); Volcano Isl. (Minami-Iwojima); Taiwan; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam State, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Myanmar (Kachin, etc.); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Singapore; Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Sarawak, Kalimantan); Brunei; Sulawesi; Philippines; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, Flores); Moluccas (Seram, Ambon, etc.); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch. (Admiralty Isl.); Solomon Isl. (Bougainville, Guadalcanal, Kolombangara, Rendova, Vangunu, Malaita); Australia (Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory, SE-South Australia, SE-Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania); Lord Howe Isl.; Norfolk Isl.; New Zealand (North Isl., South Isl., Stewart Isl.); Snares Isl.; Kermadec Isl.; Chatham Isl.; Antipodes Isl.; Auckland Isl.; New Caledonia; Vanuatu; Tonga (Tafahi); Fiji (Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Ovalau); American Samoa (Tutuila, Olosega); [Western] Samoa (Savai´i, ´Upolu); Wallis & Futuna; Cook Isl. (Rarotonga); Marquesas Isl. (Nuku Hiva, Ua Huka, Ua Pou, Hiva Oa, Fatu Hiva); Society Isl. (Tahiti, Hitiaa); Austral Isl. (Rapa Iti, Raivavae, Tubuai); Northern Marianas (Rota Isl.); Fed. States of Micronesia (Pohnpei, Kosrae); Mexico (Michoacán, Chiapas, Veracruz, Oaxaca); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Jamaica; Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic); Puerto Rico; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Caldas, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Nariño, Putumayo, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle); Venezuela (Amazonas, Aragua, Bolívar, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Tachira, Trujillo); Guyana; Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz); Brazil (Bahia, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo); Chile (Los Lagos, Aisén, Magallanes); Juan Fdz. Isl. (Masatierra, Masafuera); Campbell Isl.; Gough Isl.; Tristan da Cunha (incl. Nightingale Isl., Inaccessible Isl.)
22 GUI IVO LBR SIE 23 BIO BUR CMN CON EQG GAB PRI RWA SAO ZAI 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW ZAM ZIM 27 SAF 28 ASC 29 MAU MDG REU 36 CHI TIB 38 JAP KZN NNS TAI 40 BHU IND NEP SRL 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 BOR BRN LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI SNG SUL 43 BIS SOL 50 AUS LHI NFK 51 ATP AUC CTM KER NZL 60 ASA FIJ NWC SAM TON VAN WAL 61 AUI COO MRQ SCI 62 MIC MRN 79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 DOM GDL HIS JAM PUE 82 CLM GUY VEN 83 BOL ECU GAL PER 84 BRA 85 CLE JNF 91 CMP TDC
Conservation Status: vulnerable (Singapore)
Synonyms: hidden
= Histiopteris aurita (Blume) J.Sm.; Hist. Fil. 295 (1875)
= Histiopteris incisa var. carmichaeliana (J.Agardh) C.Chr.; Sci. Results Norweg. Antarct. Exped. 1927-1928 no. 16: 15 (1937)
= Histiopteris incisa var. flavescens (Colla) C.Chr.; Ark. Bot. 10(2): 14 (1910)
= Histiopteris incisa var. pallida (Raddi) Hieron.; Hedwigia 48: 246 (1909)
= Histiopteris montana (Colenso) Copel.; Fragm. Fl. Philipp. [Perkins] 193 (1905)
= Histiopteris sinuata (Brack.) J.Sm.; Hist. Fil. 295 (1875) [fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. (2017)]
= Histiopteris vespertilionis (Labill.) J.Sm.; Hist. Fil. 295 (1875)
= Litobrochia appendiculata (Kaulf.) J.Rémy ex Gay; Fl. Chil. [Gay] 6: 491 (1853)
= Litobrochia aurita (Blume) Bedd.; Ferns S. India, t. 221 (1865)
= Litobrochia aurita (Blume) J.Sm.; J. Bot. [Hooker] 3: 405 (1841)
= Litobrochia brunoniana C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 149 (1836)
= Litobrochia elegans Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.) 135 (1852)
= Litobrochia elegans var. brasiliensis (J.Agardh) Brack.; U.S. Expl. Exped. 16 (Filic.): 109 (1854)
= Litobrochia incisa (Thunb.) C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 149 (1836)
= Litobrochia pallida (Raddi) C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 149 (1836)
= Litobrochia patens (Kunze) J.Rémy ex Gay; Fl. Chil. [Gay] 6: 490 (1853)
= Litobrochia sinuata Brack.; U.S. Expl. Exped. 16 (Filic.): 110, t. 14 (1854) [fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. (2017)]
= Litobrochia vespertilionis (Labill.) C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 149 (1836)
= Pellaea fauriei Christ; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 4: 612 (1904)
= Phegopteris incisa (Thunb.) Keyserl.; Polyp. Herb. Bunge 51 (1873)
= Pteris aurita Blume; Enum. Pl. Javae 2: 213 (1828)
= Pteris australasica Desv.; Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 302 (1827)
= Pteris brunoniana Endl.; Prodr. Fl. Norfolk. [Endlicher] 12 (1833)
= Pteris cruciata Kaulf.; Exsicc. (Fl. Mixta) no. 79 (1827)
= Pteris discolor Kunze; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 1, 2: 356 (1824)
= Pteris elegans Sw.; Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1817: 70 (1817), nom. illeg., non Poir. 1804, nec Jacq. 1809.
= Pteris elegans var. brasiliensis J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 76 (1839)
= Pteris flavescens Colla; Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino 39: 37, t. 67 (1836)
= Pteris glaucescens Bory ex Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 5(1): 396 (1810), pro syn.
= Pteris incisa f. rugosa J.Bommer; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 35(1): 192 (1896)
= Pteris incisa Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 2: 171 (1800)
= Pteris incisa var. aurita (Blume) Luerss. ex Makino; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 12: 14 (1898)
= Pteris incisa var. gigantea Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W.J.Hooker] 2: 230 (1858)
= Pteris lessonii Bory; Voy. Monde, Crypt. 1: 276 (1828)
= Pteris moerenhoutii J.Agardh ex Guill.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 2, 6: 314 (1836)
= Pteris montana Colenso; Tasmanian J. Nat. Sci. 2: 172 (1844)
= Pteris morrenhouttiana J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 79 (1839)
= Pteris nivea Blume; Enum. Pl. Javae 2: 213 (1828), nom. illeg.
= Pteris pallida Raddi; Opusc. Sci. 3: 293 (1819)
= Pteris patens Kunze; Analecta Pteridogr. 28 (1837)
= Pteris sinuata (Brack.) Wall. ex Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W.J.Hooker] 2: 232 (1858), non Thunb. 1784, nec Blanco 1837
= Pteris tripinnatifida Roxb.; Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 4: 509 (1844)
= Pteris vespertilionis Labill.; Nov. Holl. Pl. 2: 96, t. 245 (1806)
= Pteris vespertilionis var. carmichaeliana J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 80 (1839)
= Pteris vespertilionis var. flavescens (Colla) J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. (1839)
variant :
var. seramensis M.Kato; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 47(1): 66 (1996)
Distribution: Moluccas (Seram)
42 MOL
species :
Histiopteris pilosa Holttum; Kew Bull. 20: 460 (1966 publ. 1967)
Distribution: Sumatra; Java
42 JAW SUM
species :
Histiopteris reniformis Alderw.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 2, 28: 26 (1918)
Distribution: Sumatra
42 SUM
species :
Histiopteris squamulata Holttum; Kew Bull. 20: 459 (1966)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); New Guinea; Solomon Isl. (Guadalcanal)
42 NWG 43 SOL
species :
Histiopteris stipulacea (Hook.) Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci. 8: 347 (1909)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia; Sumatra; Borneo (Sarawak, Mt. Kinabalu); Moluccas (Seram); Bismarck Arch. (Admiralty Isl.)
42 BOR MLY MOL SUM 43 BIS
Synonyms: hidden
= Pteris stipulacea Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W.J.Hooker] 2: 233 (1858)
variant :
var. integrifolia (Copel.) C.Chr.; Gard. Bull. Singapore 7: 289 (1934)
Distribution: Borneo (Sarawak)
42 BOR
Synonyms: hidden
= Histiopteris integrifolia Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci. 7: 63 (1912)
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