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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)
030.3008 Genus Cosentinia Tod.; Giorn. Sci. Nat. Econ. Palermo 1: 219 (seors. 14) (1866)
Distribution: Mediterranean to India. The placement of this species has changed considerably in the past. It was regularly included in Notholaena (which is neotropical, see there) and Old World Cheilanthes, which are now Paragymnopteris.
Species listed in database: 1
species :
Cosentinia vellea (Aiton) Tod.; Giorn. Sci. Nat. Econ. Palermo 1: 220 (seors 15) (1866), et Syn. pl. acot. vasc. Sicil. 15 (1866)
subspecies :
subsp. vellea
Name: Woolly Lip Fern (EN)
Distribution: Portugal; Spain; Gibraltar; Baleares; France; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Pantelleria; Pantelleria; Greece (C- and S-Greece, Sporades, Kiklades); Crete (widespread); Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; SE-Egypt; Chad; Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; East Aegaean Isl. (Ikaria, Samos, Dodecanese, Karpathos, Rhodos); Turkey (Anatolia); Iraq; Iran; Cyprus; Lebanon; Syria; Israel; Palestine; Sinai peninsula; Jordania; Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates; Oman; Yemen (N-Yemen)
12 BAL COR FRA GIB POR SAR SPA 13 GRC ITA KRI PTL SIC 20 ALG EGY LBY MOR TUN 24 CHA ETH SOM SUD 34 CYP EAI IRN IRQ ISR JOR LEB PAL SIN SYR TUR 35 OMA SAU UAE YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Acrostichum catanense Cosentini; Atti Accad. Gioenia Sci. Nat. Catania 1(2): 207, 218 (1827)
= Acrostichum denticulatum Colmeiro; Enum. Crypt. Esp. y Port. 1: a (1867)
= Acrostichum lanuginosum Desf.; Fl. Atlant. 2: 400 (1799)
= Acrostichum velleum Aiton; Hort. Kew. [W. Aiton] 3: 457 (1789)
= Cheilanthes catanensis (Cosentini) H.P.Fuchs; Brit. Fern Gaz. 9: 45 (1961)
= Cheilanthes vellea (Aiton) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 86: 133 nota (1913)
= Cheilanthes vellea (Aiton) F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 5: 123 (1866)
= Cincinalis vellea (Aiton) Desv.; Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 5: 312 (1811)
= Cosentinia catanensis (Cosentini) Tod.; Giorn. Sci. Nat. Econ. Palermo 1: 221 (1866)
= Gymnogramma lanuginosa (Desf.) A.Braun; Index Sem. (Berlin) 17 (1854)
= Gymnogramma vellea (Aiton) Kuhn; Filic. Afr. [Kuhn] 61 (1868)
= Hemionitis lanuginosa (Desf.) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 16 (2018)
= Notholaena lanuginosa (Desf.) Desv.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] Suppl. 4: 110 (1816)
= Notholaena plukenetii Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.) 159 (1852), nom. nov. for Acrostichum velleum Aiton (1789)
= Notholaena vellea (Aiton) Desv.; J. Bot. Agric. 1: 92 (1813) (non R. Br., Prodr. 146 (1810))
= Notholaena vellea f. cheilanthoides Trab. ex Emb.; Cat. Pl. Maroc [Jahandiez & Maire] 4: 917 (1941)
subspecies :
subsp. bivalens (Reichst.) Rivas Mart. & Salvo; Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 41(1): 196 (1984)
Name: Wolliger Pelzfarn (DE); Doradilla velluda, Helecho lanudo (ES)
Distribution: Spain; ?Morocco; Algeria; Madeira (Madeira Isl.); Canary Isl. (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, Hierro, La Palma Isl.); Cape Verde Isl. (Santo Antao Isl., Sao Vicente Isl., Ilha de Sao Nicolau, Fogo Isl.); Afghanistan; Pakistan; India (Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh)
12 SPA 20 ALG 21 CNY CVI MDR 34 AFG 40 IND PAK
Conservation Status: IUCN EN for India (Fraser-Jenkins 2012)
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheilanthes catanensis subsp. bivalens (Reichst.) A.Hansen & Sunding; Sommerfeltia 1: 6 (1985)
= Cheilanthes vellea subsp. bivalens (Reichst.) Greuter & Jermy; Willdenowia 13(2): 277 (1983 publ. 1984)
= Cosentinia bivalens (Reichst.) Hansen & Sunding
= Notholaena lanuginosa subsp. bivalens Reichst.; Willdenowia 13(2): 364 (1983 publ. 1984)
subspecies :
subsp. rivas-martinezii Amp.Castillo & Salvo; Monogr. Fl. Veg. Bética 6: 44 (1991) [nothosubsp.]
Distribution: Spain
12 SPA
Remarks: C. vellea ssp. bivalens x C. vellea ssp. vellea
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