Polypodiaceae

Megalastrum Holttum

First published in Gard. Bull. Singapore 39: 161 (1987)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mexico to S. South America, Subantarctic Islands, Tropical & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean.

Distribution

Native to:

Amsterdam-St.Paul Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Galápagos, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Juan Fernández Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Tristan da Cunha, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is., Zimbabwe

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Gard. Bull. Straits Settlements 39: 161 (1987)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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