Aspleniaceae
Macrothelypteris

Macrothelypteris polypodioides (Hook.) Holttum

First published in Blumea 17: 29 (1969)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Assam to Taiwan and S. Pacific. It grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Caroline Is., Cook Is., Fiji, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu

Introduced into:

New York

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Chang, C.-S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2021). Checklist of Far East Asian Vascular Flora 1: 1-626. EABCN, Seoul.
  • Chen, C.-W. & al. (2022). An annotated checklist of lycophytes and ferns of the Solomon islands. The Fern Gazette 21: 292-419.
  • Hsu, T.C., Chen, C.W., Knapp, R. & Hung, H.C. (2019). Ferns and Lycophytes. 2 , Athyriaceae - Polypodiaceae. The illustrated flora of Taiwan. Tai wan yuan sheng zhi wu quan tu jian 8(2): 1-476. Tai bei shi : Mao tou ying chu ban : Jia ting chuan mei cheng bang fen gong si fa xing.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Chen, C.-W. & al. (2022). An annotated checklist of lycophytes and ferns of the Solomon islands. The Fern Gazette 21: 292-419.
  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2018). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 2: 1-573. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
  • Hsu, T.C., Chen, C.W., Knapp, R. & Hung, H.C. (2019). Ferns and Lycophytes. 2 , Athyriaceae - Polypodiaceae. The illustrated flora of Taiwan. Tai wan yuan sheng zhi wu quan tu jian 8(2): 1-476. Tai bei shi : Mao tou ying chu ban : Jia ting chuan mei cheng bang fen gong si fa xing.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2012 Nightingale, T. [s.n.] K000880396 Syntype Yes
Nov 1, 2012 Nightingale, T. [s.n.] K000880397 Type Yes
Nov 1, 2012 Wilkes, C. [s.n.] K000880398 Isotype Yes
Nov 1, 2012 Wilkes, C. [s.n.] K000880399 Type Yes
Braithwaite, A.F. [2496] Vanuatu K001569389 Yes
Braithwaite, A.F. [2496] Vanuatu K001569388 Yes
Braithwaite, A.F. [2496] Vanuatu K001569387 Yes
Braithwaite, A.F. [2496] Vanuatu K001569386 Yes
Braithwaite, A.F. [2496] Vanuatu K001569385 Yes
Braithwaite, A.F. [2068] Vanuatu K001569391 Yes
Braithwaite, A.F. [2068] Vanuatu K001569390 Yes
Braithwaite, A.F. [2068] Vanuatu K001569392 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images