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Ver. 19.2
April 17th, 2024

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: 1394; hybrids: 62
= Acrostichaceae Mett. ex A.B.Frank; Syn. Pflanzenkd. (Leunis) 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. 51 (2001)
= Antrophyaceae (Link) Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16: 11 (1978)
= Ceratopteridaceae Underw.; Our nat. 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.; Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. ser. 2, 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. Pflanzensyst. 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)
030.4009 Genus Polytaenium Desv.; Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 218 (1827)
Distribution: Trop. Americas. Inclusion of Anetium fide Schuettpelz et al. 2016
Species listed in database: 13
= Antrophyum subgen.Polytaenium (Desv.) Bened.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 34: 447 (1907)
= Anetium (Kunze) Splitg.; Tijdschr. Nat. Gesch. 7: 395 (1840)
= Pteridanetium Copel.; Ann. Cryptog. Phytopathol. 5 [Gen. Fil.] 224 (1947) (nom. superfl.)
= Acrostichum sect.Anetium Kunze; Flora Beibl., 1: 47 (1839)
species :
Polytaenium anetioides (Christ) Benedict; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 38: 169 (1911)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
Synonyms: hidden
= Antrophyum anetioides Christ; Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 12 (1905)
species :
Polytaenium cajenense (Desv.) Benedict; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 38: 169 (1911)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic); Puerto Rico; Trinidad; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Boyacá, Caquetá, Cauca, Chocó, Magdalena, Meta, Norte de Santander, Putumayo); Venezuela (Amazonas, Aragua, Bolívar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Falcon, Lara, Monagas, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Yaracuy); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz); Brazil (Acre, Alagoas, Amazonas, Amapá, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Pará, Pernambuco, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo)
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA NIC PAN 81 CUB HIS PUE TRT 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Antrophyum brasilianum (Desv.) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 59 (1905)
= Antrophyum brasilianum var. elongatum Mett.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 135 (1897)
= Antrophyum cajenense (Desv.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 4(1): 67 (1827)
= Antrophyum discoideum Kunze; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 702 (1848) non Liebm.
= Antrophyum lacantunense Rovirosa; Pteridogr. Mex. 240, t. 38 A. C 10-11 (1909)
= Antrophyum spathulatum Fée; Mém. Foug. 4 (Antroph.): 46, t. h4, f. 6 (1851)
= Antrophyum subsessile Kunze; Analecta Pteridogr.: 29 (1837)
= Antrophyum subsessile var. elongatum (Kunze) Mett.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 5, 2: 208 (1864)
= Hemionitis brasiliana Desv.; Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6, 2: 216 (1827)
= Hemionitis cajenensis Desv.; Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 5(4): 311 (1811)
= Hemionitis reticulata Raddi; Opusc. Sci. 3: 284 (1819), nom. illeg.
= Hemionitis reticulata var. brasiliensis Raddi; Pl. Bras. Nov. Gen. 1: 8 (1825)
= Polytaenium brasilianum (Desv.) Benedict; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 38: 169 (1911)
= Polytaenium discoideum (Kunze) Benedict; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 38: 169 (1911)
species :
Polytaenium chlorosporum (Mickel & Beitel) E.H.Crane; Syst. Bot. 22: 516 (1997 publ. 1998)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz); Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Colombia (Antioquia)
79 MEX 80 COS NIC 82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Antrophyum chlorosporum Mickel & Beitel; Pterid. Fl. Oaxaca (Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 46): 41 (1988)
species :
Polytaenium citrifolium (L.) Schuettp.; Taxon 65(4): 719 (2016)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic); Puerto Rico; St. Kitts; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; St. Vincent; Grenada; Trinidad; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Boyacá, Caquetá, Chocó, Norte de Santander, Risaralda, Santander); Venezuela (Amazonas, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Falcon, Miranda); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz); Brazil (Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Mato Grosso, Pará, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rondônia, Santa Catarina, São Paulo)
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 CUB DOM GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR MTS PUE STK STL STV TRT 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Acrostichum citrifolium L.; Sp. Pl. 1067 (1753)
= Anetium citrifolium (L.) Splitg.; Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 7: 395 (1840)
= Anetium citrifolium var. pendulum (Lepr.) L.D.Gómez; Lankesteriana 6(1): 6 (2006)
= Anetium sprucei T.Moore; Index Filic. (T. Moore) 72 (1857)
= Antrophyum citrifolium (L.) Fée; Mém. Foug. 4 (Antroph.): 51 (1851)
= Antrophyum pendulum Lepr. ex Fée; Mém. Foug., 4. Antroph.: 51 (1852)
= Antrophyum sprucei T.Moore; Nomencl. Gefäßkrypt.: 40 (1883)
= Hemionitis citrifolia (L.) Hook.; Sp. Fil. 5: 193 (1864)
= Hemionitis parasitica L.; Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 1322 (1759)
= Hemionitis spatulata C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 221 (1836)
= Pteridanetium citrifolium (L.) Copel.; Ann. Cryptog. Phytopathol. 5 [Gen. Fil.] 224 (1947)
species :
Polytaenium dussianum (Benedict) Benedict; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 38: 169 (1911)
Distribution: Cuba; Hispaniola (Haiti); St. Kitts; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia
81 CUB DOM GDL HIS MAR STK STL
Synonyms: hidden
= Antrophyum dussianum Benedict; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 34: 453 (1907)
species :
Polytaenium feei (W.Schaffn. ex Fée) Maxon; Pter. Porto Rico 405 (1926)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic); Puerto Rico; St. Kitts; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; St. Vincent; Grenada; Tobago; Trinidad; Colombia; Venezuela (Aragua, Bolívar, Miranda); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; ?Peru; Brazil (Bahia, Pernambuco, Santa Catarina, São Paulo)
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 CUB DOM GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR MTS PUE STK STL STV TRT 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 ECU 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Antrophyum feei W.Schaffn. ex Fée; Mém. Foug. 7 (Icon. Esp. Nouv.): 42, t. 22 (1857), ex C. Chr., Ind. 60 (1905)
= Antrophyum lanceolatum (L.) Kaulf.; Enum. Filic. 198 (1824)
= Antrophyum lanceolatum var. feei (W.Schaffn. ex Fée) Krug; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24(1): 135 (1897)
= Antrophyum stenophyllum Rovirosa; Pteridogr. Sur Mexico: 242 (1910) (non Baker 1898)
= Dictyogramme lanceolata (L.) Trevis.; Atti Reale Ist. Veneto Sci. Lett. Arti, ser. 5, 3: 592 (1877)
= Hemionitis elongata Cav.; Descr. Pl.: 261 (1801)
= Hemionitis lanceolata L.; Sp. Pl. 2: 1077 (1753)
= Polytaenium elongatum (Cav.) Pic.Serm.; Webbia 28: 469 (1973)
= Polytaenium feei var. lanceolatum (L.) Domin; Rozpr. Kral. Ceske Spolecn. Nauk, Tr. Mat.-Prir. n. s. no. 2: 116 (1929)
= Polytaenium feei var. schaffneri Domin; Rozpr. Kral. Ceske Spolecn. Nauk, Tr. Mat.-Prir. n. s. no. 2: 116 (1929)
= Polytaenium lanceolatum (L.) Benedict; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 38: 169 (1911)
species :
Polytaenium guayanense (Hieron.) Alston; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1932: 314 (1932)
Distribution: Trinidad; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Caquetá, Chocó, Guaviare, Huila, Meta, Norte de Santander); Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz); Brazil (Acre, Amazonas, Amapá, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia, São Paulo)
81 TRT 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Antrophyum guayanense Hieron.; Hedwigia 57: 212 (1915)
species :
Polytaenium intramarginale (Baker ex Jenman) Alston; Mutisia 7: 9 (1952)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic); Puerto Rico; Colombia (Guainía, Meta); Ecuador
80 COS PAN 81 CUB HIS JAM PUE 82 CLM 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Antrophyum intramarginale (Baker ex Jenman) Kartesz & Gandhi; Phytologia 70(3): 205 (1991)
= Polytaenium lineatum var. intramarginale (Baker ex Jenman) Proctor; Amer. Fern J. 72(4): 114 (1982)
= Vittaria intramarginalis Baker ex Jenman; J. Bot. 15: 266 (1877)
species :
Polytaenium jenmanii (Benedict) Benedict; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 38: 169 (1911)
Distribution: Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana
82 FRG GUY SUR
Synonyms: hidden
= Antrophyum jenmanii Benedict; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 34: 454 (1907)
species :
Polytaenium lineatum (Sw.) J.Sm.; J. Bot. 68 (1841)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Veracruz, Oaxaca); Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic); Puerto Rico; Trinidad; Colombia (Antioquia, Caldas, Cesar, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima); Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Aragua, Bolívar, Falcon, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz); Brazil (Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo); Paraguay (Amambay); NE-Argentina (Misiones, Salta)
79 MEX 80 COS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 CUB HIS JAM PUE TRT 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Antrophyum lineatum (Sw.) Kaulf.; Enum. Filic. 199 (1824)
= Hemionitis lineata Sw.; Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 129 (1788)
= Loxogramme lineata (Sw.) C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 215 (1836)
= Polytaenium lanceolatum (Sw.) Desv.; Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6, 2: 218 (1827) non (L.) Benedict
= Vittaria lanceolata Sw.; Ges. Nat. Fr. Berl. Neu. Schr. 2: 133, t. 7, f. 2 (1799)
species :
Polytaenium ophioglossoides (Lellinger) S.Linds.; Nuevo Cat. Fl. Vasc. Venezuela 174 (2008)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas)
82 VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Antrophyum ophioglossoides Lellinger; Maguire et al., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 23: 21 (1972)
species :
Polytaenium quadriseriatum Benedict; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 38: 170 (1911)
Distribution: Hispaniola (Haiti)
81 HIS
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
Synonyms: hidden
= Antrophyum quadriseriatum (Benedict) C.Chr.; Index Filic., Suppl. (1906-1912): 7 (1913)
species :
Polytaenium urbani (Brause) Alain; Phytologia 47(3): 168 (1980)
Distribution: Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic); Puerto Rico
81 CUB HIS JAM PUE
Synonyms: hidden
= Antrophyum urbani Brause; Urban, Symb. Ant. 7: 487 (1913)
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