047.0000
Family
Blechnaceae Newman; Hist. Brit. Ferns ed. II: 8 (1844)
7-24 genera, ca. 260 spp. Systematics following revision of Gasper et al. (2016)
Species listed in database: 270; hybrids: 10
047.1003
Genus
Woodwardia Sm.; Mém. Acad. Turin 5: 411 (1793)
Distribution: Widespread in northern hemisphere, south to Costa Rica, W-Indonesia, mainly E-Asia, America (3)
Species listed in database: 13; hybrids: 2
= Chieniopteris Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 9: 37 (1964)
= Woodwardia sect.Chieniopteris (Ching) Cranfill; Pteridol. New Millennium 45 (2003)
species :
Woodwardia auriculata
Blume; Enum. Pl. Javae 2: 196 (1828)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Cameron Highlands, Pahang); Sumatra; W-Java
42 JAW MLY SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Woodwardia radicans var. auriculata (Blume) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 658 (1906)
species :
Woodwardia fimbriata
Sm.; Rees, Cycl. 38: 76 (1818)
Name: Giant Chain Fern
Distribution: Canada (British Columbia); USA (Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington State); Mexico (Baja California Norte, Sonora)
71 CDN 73 USA 76 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Diplazium biserratum (C.Presl) C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 114 t. 4 f. 2 (1836)
= Woodwardia biserrata C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 53 (1825)
= Woodwardia chamissoi Brack.; U.S. Expl. Exped., Filic. 16: 138 (1854)
= Woodwardia fimbriata f. ramosa (A.A.Eaton) M.Broun; Index No. Amer. Ferns 167 (1938)
= Woodwardia paradoxa C.H.Wright; Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 41: 98 (1907)
= Woodwardia spinulosa f. ramosa A.A.Eaton; Fern Bull. 9: 87 (1901)
species :
Woodwardia harlandii
Hook.; Fil. Exot. t. 7 (1867)
Distribution: China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, S-Hunan); Japan; Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; NE-Thailand; Vietnam
36 CHI 38 JAP NNS TAI 41 THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Chieniopteris harlandii (Hook.) Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 9: 39, t. 4 (1964)
= Chrysodium harlandii (Hook.) Hance; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 138 (1873)
= Lorinseria harlandii (Hook.) J.Sm.; Hist. Fil. 311 (1875)
species :
Woodwardia japonica
(L.f.) Sm.; Mém. Acad. Turin 6: 411 (1793)
Distribution: S-China (widespread); South Korea (incl. Cheju Isl.); Japan; Taiwan; Myanmar; N-Thailand; Laos; Vietnam
36 CHI 38 JAP KOR TAI 41 LAO MYA THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Blechnum japonicum L.f.; Suppl. Pl.: 445 (1781)
= Woodwardia affinis Ching & P.S.Chiu; P. S. Chiu, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 12: 246 (1974)
= Woodwardia cochinchinensis Ching; Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 2: 7 (1931)
= Woodwardia japonica var. contigua Ching & P.S.Chiu; (1794)
= Woodwardia omeiensis Ching ex P.S.Chiu; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 12: 245 (1974)
species :
Woodwardia kempii
Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci., Bot. 3: 280 (1908)
Distribution: China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi); Japan; Taiwan
36 CHI 38 JAP TAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Chieniopteris kempii (Copel.) Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 9: 39 (1964)
= Woodwardia harlandii var. takeoi (Hayata) Masam.; J. Soc. Trop. Agric. 2(2): 151 (1930)
= Woodwardia heteropinnata B.S.Wang; Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni 1961(2): 50 (1961)
= Woodwardia takeoi Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 5: 348 (1915)
species :
Woodwardia magnifica
Ching & P.S.Chiu; P. S. Chiu, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 12: 247 (1974)
Distribution: China (Yunnan); Vietnam
36 CHI 41 VIE
species :
Woodwardia martinezii
Maxon ex Weath.; Amer. Fern J. 39: 88 (1949)
Distribution: Mexico (Hidalgo, Veracruz, Puebla)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Chieniopteris martinezii (Maxon ex Weath.) Pic.Serm.; Webbia 31(1): 254 (1977)
species :
Woodwardia orientalis
(Sw.) Sw.; J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 76 (1801)
Name: Oriental Chain fern (EN)
Distribution: China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang); ?Japan
36 CHI
Remarks: not in India, not Taiwan, nor Philippines
Synonyms: hidden
= Woodwardia radicans var. orientalis Sw.; E. A. Raeuschel, Nomencl. Bot., ed. 3: 378 (1797)
species :
Woodwardia prolifera
Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Beech. Voy. 275, t. 56 (1838 publ. 1841)
Distribution: China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang); Japan; Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Philippines (Bataan Isl.)
36 CHI 38 JAP NNS TAI 42 PHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Woodwardia angustiloba Hance; J. Bot. 6: 176 (1868)
= Woodwardia exaltata Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 86: 149 (1921)
= Woodwardia orientalis var. formosana Rosenst.; Hedwigia 56: 334 (1915)
= Woodwardia orientalis var. prolifera (Hook. & Arn.) Ching
= Woodwardia prolifera var. formosana (Rosenst.) Ching & P.S.Chiu; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 12: 244 (1974)
species :
Woodwardia radicans
(L.) Sm.; Mém. Acad. Turin 5: 412 (1793)
Name: Rooting chainfern (EN); Wurzelnder Kettenfarn (DE); Pijara (ES)
Distribution: Portugal; Spain; Italy; Sicily; Crete (W-Crete); Algeria; Azores (Santa Maria Isl., Sao Miguel Isl., Terceira, Sao Jorge, Pico, Faial, Flores Isl., Corvo Isl.); Madeira (Madeira Isl.); Canary Isl. (Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma Isl., Hierro); USA [I] (California [I], Florida [I]); ?Mexico (?Durango, ?Hidalgo, ?Jalisco, ?Mexico State, ?Michoacan, ?Veracruz)
12 POR SPA 13 ITA KRI SIC 20 ALG 21 AZO CNY MDR 76 usa 78 usa
Synonyms: hidden
= Blechnum houttuynii Poir.; Lam., Encycl., Suppl. 1: 644 (1811)
= Blechnum radicans L.; Mant. Pl. 2: 307 (1771)
= Blechnum stans (Cav. ex Sm.) Poir.; Lam., Encycl., Suppl. 1: 644 (1811)
= Woodwardia stans Cav. ex Sm.; Syn. Fil. 117 (1806)
species :
Woodwardia semicordata
Mickel & Beitel; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 46: 403 (1988), pro hybr.
Distribution: Mexico (Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz); El Salvador; Costa Rica
79 MEX 80 COS ELS
Remarks: derived from W. martinezii x spinulosa
species :
Woodwardia spinulosa
M.Martens & Galeotti; Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 15(5): 64 (1842)
Name: Mexican Chain fern
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica
79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC
Synonyms: hidden
= Woodwardia radicans var. americana Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 3: 67 (1860)
species :
Woodwardia unigemmata
(Makino) Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 39: 103 (1925)
Distribution: China (Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan); Tibet; Japan; Taiwan; Pakistan (Swat, Pakistani Punjab, Hazara); Nepal; Bhutan; India (Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, West Bengal, Meghalaya, Manipur); Myanmar; Vietnam; Philippines (Luzon); Java; New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
36 CHI TIB 38 JAP TAI 40 BHU IND NEP PAK 41 MYA VIE 42 JAW NWG PHI
Remarks: populations from New Guinea might be a distinct species
Synonyms: hidden
= Blechnum japonicum Houtt.; Natuurl. Hist. 14, t. 97, f. 1 (1783)
= Woodwardia himalaica Ching & S.K.Wu; Fl. Xizangica 1: 191 (1983) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 1997)
= Woodwardia latiloba Ching & P.S.Chiu; P. S. Chiu, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 12: 242 (1974) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 1997)
= Woodwardia maxima Ching ex P.S.Chiu; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 12: 241 (1974) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 1997)
= Woodwardia radicans var. unigemmata Makino; J. Jap. Bot. 2: 7 (1918)
= Woodwardia yunnanensis Ching & P.S.Chiu; P. S. Chiu, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 12: 242 (1974) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 1997)
species :
Woodwardia ×intermedia
Christ; Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér, 2, 4: 618 (1904)
Distribution: Japan
38 JAP
Remarks: Woodwardia japonica x radicans
species :
Woodwardia ×izuensis
Sa.Kurata; J. Geobot. 13: 10 (1964)
Distribution: Japan
38 JAP
Remarks: Woodwardia orientalis x unigemmata
