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030.0000 Family Pteridaceae E.D.M.Kirchn.; Schul-Bot. 109 (1831)
48 genera, ca. 1350 spp. The family has been split extensively in smaller subgroups, but Smith et al. (2006) and PPG-I argue for keeping them together.
Species listed in database: 1406; hybrids: 68
= Acrostichaceae Mett. ex A.B.Frank; Syn. Pflanzenk., ed. 2, 3: 1458 (1877), nom. rej.
= Actiniopteridaceae Pic.Serm.; Webbia 17: 5 (1962)
= Adiantaceae Newman; Hist. Brit. Ferns 5 (1840) nom. cons. over Parkeriaceae (1825)
= Anopteraceae Doweld; Tent. Syst. Pl. Vasc. (Tracheophyta) 51 (2001)
= Antrophyaceae (Link) Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16: 11 (1978)
= Ceratopteridaceae Underw.; Native Ferns, ed. 6: 65, 78 (1900)
= Cheilanthaceae B.K.Nayar; Taxon 19: 233 (1970)
= Cryptogrammaceae Pic.Serm.; Webbia 17: 299 (1963)
= Hemionitidaceae Pic.Serm.; Webbia 21: 487 (1966)
= Negripteridaceae Pic.Serm.; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n. s. 53: 160 (1946)
= Parkeriaceae Hook.; Exot. Fl. 2: t. 147 (1825), nom. rej. in favor of Adiantaceae
= Platyzomataceae Nakai; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, 29: 4 (1950)
= Pteridaceae Reichenb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 138 (1837)
= Sinopteridaceae Koidz.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 3: 50 (1934)
= Taenitidaceae (C.Presl) Pic.Serm.; Webbia 29: 1 (1974)
= Vittariaceae Ching; Sunyatsenia 5: 232 (1940)
030.3007 Genus Paragymnopteris K.H.Shing; Indian Fern J. 10(1-2): 227 (1993 publ. 1994)
Distribution: Old World. There are many conflicting concepts regarding the status and the nomenclature of this group.
Species listed in database: 5
= Cincinalis Desv.; Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 5: 311 (1811)
= Paraceterach (F.Muell.) Copel.; Ann. Cryptog. Phytopathol. 5 [Gen. Fil.]: 75 (1947)
= Sericopteris Jing Zhao, X.M.Zhou & Z.R.He; Phytotaxa 693(2): 167 (2025)
species :
Paragymnopteris bipinnata (Christ) K.H.Shing; Indian Fern J. 10(1-2): 230 (1993 publ. 1994)
Distribution: China (Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan); Tibet; Nepal; India (Arunachal Pradesh)
36 CHI TIB 40 IND NEP
Remarks: species circumscription and definition is highly problematic
Synonyms: hidden
= Gymnopteris bipinnata Christ; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 55 (1909), non Notholaena bipinnata Liebm. 1849, nec al.
= Hemionitis bipinnata (Christ) Mickel; Brittonia 31(3): 411 (1979)
= Notholaena dipinnata Fraser-Jenk.; Fern Gaz. 18(5): 217 (2009), nom. nov.
= Notholaena dipinnula Fraser-Jenk.; Annot. Checkl. Ind. Pterid. 1: 250 (2016), nom. superfl.
= Paraceterach bipinnata (Christ) R.M.Tryon; Amer. Fern J. 76(4): 186 (1986)
= Pellaea bipinnata (Christ) G.M.Zhang & Y.Yin; Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 44(4): 499 (2024)
= Sericopteris bipinnata (Christ) Jing Zhao & X.M.Zhou; Phytotaxa 693(2): 169 (2025)
variant :
var. auriculata (Franch.) K.H.Shing; Indian Fern J. 10(1-2): 230 (1993 publ. 1994)
Distribution: China (Gansu, Hebei, Henan, W-Hubei, Nei Mongol, Sichuan, Yunnan); Tibet; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand)
36 CHI TIB 40 BHU IND NEP
Conservation Status: IUCN EN for India (Fraser-Jenkins 2012)
Synonyms: hidden
= Gymnogramma vestita var. auriculata Franch.; Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 10: 123 (1887)
= Gymnopteris bipinnata var. auriculata (Franch.) Ching; Lingnan Sci. J. 15(3): 398 (1936)
= Gymnopteris borealisinensis Kitag.; Rep. Exped. Manchoukuo, Sect. IV, 2 (Contr. Cogn. Fl. Manshuricae): 83, t. 12 (1935)
= Gymnopteris vestita var. auriculata (Franch.) Ching; Ill. Chin. Pl. Pterid. 85 (1957)
= Notholaena borealisinensis (Kitag.) Fraser-Jenk.; New Sp. Syndr. Indian Pteridol. 183 (1997), comb. nov.
= Sericopteris auriculata (Franch.) Jing Zhao & X.M.Zhou; Phytotaxa 693(2): 169 (2025)
species :
Paragymnopteris delavayi (Baker) K.H.Shing; Indian Fern J. 10(1-2): 229 (1993 publ. 1994)
Distribution: China (Gansu, W-Guizhou, Hebei, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan); Tibet; Nepal; Bhutan; N-India (Uttarakhand)
36 CHI TIB 40 BHU IND NEP
Conservation Status: IUCN EN for India (Fraser-Jenkins 2012)
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheilanthes bureaui Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 85: 133 nota (1913)
= Gymnogramma delavayi Baker; Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 5: 484 (1891)
= Gymnopteris delavayi (Baker) Underw.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 627 (1902)
= Gymnopteris marantae var. intermedia Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 20(2): 233 (1982)
= Hemionitis delavayi (Baker) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 12 (2018)
= Neurogramma delavayi (Baker) Diels; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I, 4: 262 (1899)
= Notholaena bureaui Christ; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 1 [Hist. Acrostich.]: 59 (1905)
= Notholaena delavayi (Baker) C.Chr.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 26: 307 (1931)
= Notholaena marantae var. delavayi (Baker) Tagawa; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 16(3): 74 (1956)
= Paraceterach delavayi (Baker) R.M.Tryon; Amer. Fern J. 76(4): 186 (1986)
= Paragymnopteris delavayi var. intermedia (Ching) X.C.Zhang; Lycophytes Ferns China 243 (2012)
= Paragymnopteris marantae var. intermedia (Ching) K.H.Shing; Indian Fern J. 10(12): 230 (1993)
= Pellaea delavayi (Baker) G.M.Zhang & Y.Yin; Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 44(4): 499 (2024)
= Pellaea delavayi var. intermedia (Ching) G.M.Zhang & Y.Yin; Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 44(4): 499 (2024)
species :
Paragymnopteris marantae (L.) K.H.Shing; Indian Fern J. 10(1-2): 229 (1993 publ. 1994)
subspecies :
subsp. marantae
Name: Schuppenfarn
Distribution: S-Switzerland; Austria; Czech Republic; Hungary; Portugal; Spain; France; Corsica; Italy; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; Greece (N- and C-Greece); Crimea; Morocco; Algeria; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; East Aegaean Isl. (Lesvos, Samos); Turkey (Anatolia); Iran; Cyprus; Lebanon; Syria; Saudi Arabia; Yemen (N-Yemen); China (Sichuan, Yunnan); Tibet; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, ?West Bengal)
11 AUT CZE HUN SWI 12 COR FRA POR SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS MNT NMA ROM SRB 14 KRY 20 ALG MOR 24 ERI ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 CYP EAI IRN LEB SYR TUR 35 SAU YEM 36 CHI TIB 40 BHU IND NEP
Synonyms: hidden
= Acrostichum marantae L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 1071 (1753)
= Ceterach marantae (L.) DC.; Fl. Franç. [de Candolle & Lamarck], éd. 3, 2: 567 (1805)
= Ceterach marantae (L.) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 85: 133 (1914)
= Cheilanthes marantae (L.) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 86: 133 nota (1913)
= Cincinalis marantae (L.) Desv.; Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 5: 312 (1811)
= Gymnogramma marantae (L.) Mett.; Fil. Hort. Bot. Lips. 43 (1856)
= Gymnopteris marantae (L.) Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 10: 303 (1965)
= Hemionitis marantae (L.) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 17 (2018)
= Notholaena marantae (L.) Desv.; J. Bot. Agric. 1: 92 (1813), isonym
= Notholaena marantae (L.) R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 146 (1810)
= Notholaena marantae var. minima Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 14: 385 (1913)
= Paraceterach marantae (L.) R.M.Tryon; Amer. Fern J. 76(4): 186 (1986)
= Pellaea marantae (L.) G.M.Zhang & Y.Yin; Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 44(4): 499 (2024)
= Polystichum marantae (L.) Roth; Tent. Fl. Germ. 3: 92 (1799)
subspecies :
subsp. subcordata (Cav.) B.Bock & Boudrie; Evaxiana 8: 224 (2021)
Name: Kurzstieliger Pelzfarn (DE); Doradilla canela (ES)
Distribution: Madeira (Madeira Isl.); Canary Isl. (Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, Hierro, La Palma Isl.); Cape Verde Isl. (Santo Antao Isl., Ilha de Sao Nicolau, Ilha de Sao Tiago, Fogo Isl.)
21 CNY CVI MDR
Synonyms: hidden
= Acrostichum canariense Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 5(1): 121 (1810)
= Acrostichum subcordatum Cav.; Anales Ci. Nat. 4: 97 (1802)
= Cheilanthes marantae f. dryopteroides G.Kunkel; Vieraea 8(2): 339 (1978 publ. 1980)
= Cheilanthes marantae subsp. subcordata (Cav.) Benl & Poelt; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 5: 267 (1964)
= Cheilanthes marantae var. cupripaleacea Benl; Nova Hedwigia 12: 137 (1966)
= Cincinalis subcordata (Cav.) Desv.; Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 5: 312 (1811)
= Hemionitis gluckuk Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 15 (2018), nom. nov. for Notholaena subcordata Desv.
= Notholaena canariense (Willd.) Desv.; Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 220 (1827)
= Notholaena marantae f. dryopteroides G.Kunkel; Vieraea 8(2): 339 (1980)
= Notholaena marantae subsp. cupripaleacea (Benl) Rivas Mart.et al.; Itinera Geobot. 7: 360 (1993)
= Notholaena marantae subsp. subcordata (Cav.) G.Kunkel; Cuad. Bot. Canaria 5: 46 (1969)
= Notholaena marantae var. cupripaleacea (Benl) G.Kunkel; Cuad. Bot. Canaria 5: 47 (1969)
= Notholaena subcordata (Cav.) Desv.; J. Bot. [Morot] 1: 92 (1813)
= Paraceterach marantae subsp. subcordata (Cav.) J.P.Roux; Strelitzia 23: 188 (2009)
= Pteris canariensis (Willd.) C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 145 (1836)
species :
Paragymnopteris sargentii (Christ) K.H.Shing; Indian Fern J. 10(1-2): 230 (1993 publ. 1994)
Distribution: China (W-Sichuan, NW-Yunnan); Tibet
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Synonyms: hidden
= Gymnopteris sargentii Christ; Bot. Gaz. 51: 355 (1911)
= Hemionitis sargentii (Christ) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 20 (2018)
= Notholaena sargentii (Christ) Fraser-Jenk.; New Sp. Syndr. Indian Pteridol. 184 (1997)
= Paraceterach sargentii (Christ) R.M.Tryon; Amer. Fern J. 76(4): 186 (1986)
= Pellaea sargentii (Christ) G.M.Zhang & Y.Yin; Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 44(4): 499 (2024)
= Sericopteris sargentii (Christ) Jing Zhao & X.M.Zhou; Phytotaxa 693(2): 169 (2025)
species :
Paragymnopteris vestita (Wall. ex C.Presl) K.H.Shing; Indian Fern J. 10(1-2): 230 (1993 publ. 1994)
Name: Mouse-ear fern
Distribution: China (W-Guizhou, Hebei, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan); Tibet; Taiwan; Pakistan (Swat, Hazara); Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Sikkim, Uttarakhand); Myanmar; N-Thailand; Philippines
36 CHI TIB 38 TAI 40 BHU IND NEP PAK 41 MYA THA 42 PHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Grammitis vestita Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 12 (1829), nomen
= Grammitis wightiana Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 2161 (1830), nom. inval.
= Gymnogramma vestita var. bipinnata Christ; Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot., Sér. 3, 16(199-201): 130 (1906)
= Gymnogramma vestita Wall. ex C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 218 (1836)
= Gymnogramma vestita Wall. ex Hook.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 2: t. 115 (1837)
= Gymnopteris vestita (Wall. ex Hook.) Underw.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 627 (1902)
= Hemionitis himalaica (Fraser-Jenk.) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 15 (2018), nom. superfl.
= Hemionitis vestita (Wall. ex Hook.) J.Sm.; Hist. Fil. 151 (1875)
= Neurogramma vestita (Wall. ex Hook.) Diels; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I, 4: 262 (1899)
= Notholaena himalaica Fraser-Jenk.; New Sp. Syndr. Indian Pteridol. 183 (1997), nom. nov.
= Paraceterach vestita (Wall. ex Hook.) R.M.Tryon; Amer. Fern J. 76(4): 186 (1986)
= Pellaea himalaica (Fraser-Jenk.) G.M.Zhang & Y.Yin; Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 44(4): 499 (2024)
= Sericopteris vestita (Hook.) Jing Zhao & X.M.Zhou; Phytotaxa 693(2): 169 (2025)
= Syngramma vestita (Wall. ex Hook.) T.Moore; Index Fil. [T. Moore] 60 (1857)
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