Aspleniaceae
Thelypteris

Thelypteris papilio (C.Hope) K.Iwats.

First published in Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 31: 175 (1965)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. India, Himalaya to China (S. Sichuan, Yunnan) and Peninsula Malaysia, Taiwan. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Malaya, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya

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.
  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & Kandel, D.R. (2019). Ferns and Fern-Allies of Nepal 2: 1-446. Government of Nepal, Ministry of Forests and Environment, Department of Plant Resources.
  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2018). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 2: 1-573. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • 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. [Cited as Christella papilio.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 7, 1982 Lee, D.W. [19724] Malaysia Christella papilio K000506368 No
Jan 1, 1982 Lee, D.W. [19724] Malaysia Christella papilio K000506369 No
Jan 1, 1981 Molesworth Allen, B.E.G. [3913] Malaysia Christella papilio K000506371 No
Jan 1, 1981 Piggott, A.G. [2949] Malaysia Christella papilio K000506366 No
Jan 1, 1981 Molesworth Allen, B.E.G. [4949] Malaysia Christella papilio K000506370 No
Jan 1, 1981 Piggott, A.G. [2949] Malaysia Christella papilio K000506365 No
Jan 1, 1981 Molesworth Allen, B.E.G. [3913] Malaysia Christella papilio K000506372 No
Jan 1, 1976 Ridley, H.N. [7053] Malaysia Christella papilio K000506379 No
Levinge, H.C. [s.n.] India Christella papilio K000951632 Type Yes
Jaman, R.; Zainudin [PL69] Malaysia Christella papilio K000506374 No
Molesworth Allen, B.E.G. [4312] Malaysia Christella papilio K000506367 No
Piggott, A.G. [2781] Malaysia Christella papilio K000506377 No
Jaman, R.; Zainudin [PL69] Malaysia Christella papilio K000506375 No
Piggott, A.G. [2781] Malaysia Christella papilio K000506376 No
Piggott, A.G. [2781] Malaysia Christella papilio K000506378 No
Jaman, R.; Zainudin [PL69] Malaysia Christella papilio K000506373 No

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