Dennstaedtiaceae
Dennstaedtia

Dennstaedtia obtusifolia (Willd.) T.Moore

First published in Index Fil.: 306 (1861)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical America. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Central American Pacific Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Pena, N.T.L. & Schaertsburd, P.B. (2025). Taxonomic revision of Dennstaedtiaceae subfamily Dennstaedtioideae (Sennstaedtia, Microlepia, and Mucura) for Brazil. American Fern Journal; a quarterly devoted to ferns 115: 17-45.
  • 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.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Pena, N.T.L. & Schaertsburd, P.B. (2025). Taxonomic revision of Dennstaedtiaceae subfamily Dennstaedtioideae (Sennstaedtia, Microlepia, and Mucura) for Brazil. American Fern Journal; a quarterly devoted to ferns 115: 17-45.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1960 Poeppig [s.n.] Venezuela K000640354 Type Yes
Linden [156] Venezuela K000640355 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kalbreyer [1859] Colombia Dennstaedtia pubescens K000640359 Type Yes
Kalbreyer [1859] Colombia Dennstaedtia pubescens K000640360 Type Yes

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0