Polypodiaceae

Elaphoglossum Schott ex J.Sm.

First published in J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 148 (1841)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics to S. South America and Subantarctic Islands.

Distribution

Native to:

Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Assam, Azores, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Central American Pac, Chile Central, Chile South, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Easter Is., Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Free State, French Guiana, Galápagos, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Marion-Prince Edward, Marquesas, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tristan da Cunha, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 2018 Braithwaite, A.F. [453], Kenya K000824553 No
May 1, 2018 Tanzania K000824555 No
May 1, 2018 Tanzania K000824556 No
May 1, 2018 Braithwaite, A.F. [422], Tanzania K000824551 No
May 1, 2018 Braithwaite, A.F. [420], Tanzania K000824554 No
Jan 1, 2008 Tmberlake, J. [5008], Mozambique K000812126 No
Jan 1, 2003 Spruce, R. [5680], Ecuador K000200443 No
Oct 9, 1987 M/A [15], Indonesia K000706349 No
Apr 4, 1915 s.coll. [10], Angola K000896816 No
Wong, K.M. [771], Brunei K000475482 No
Johns, R.J. [6615], Brunei K000475487 No
Reynoso [3538], Philippines K000475488 No
Croft, J.R. [543], Papua New Guinea K000706355 No
Lovett, J. [1818], Tanzania K000824557 No
Gay, H.J. [892], Papua New Guinea K000706359 No
Coode, M.J.E. [7512], Brunei K000699326 No
Bernardi, L. [10812], Venezuela K000501578 No
Barker, W.R. [67286], Papua New Guinea K000706362 No
Stevens, P.F. [58095], Papua New Guinea K000706352 No
Wong, K.M. [1840], Brunei K000475483 No
Johns, R.J. [6615], Brunei K000475486 No
Smith, E. [2846], Indonesia K000689226 No
Croft, J.R. [682], Papua New Guinea K000706364 No
Johns, R.J. [6694], Brunei K000699325 No
Braithwaite, A.F. [377], Tanzania K000824552 No
Akakavara, O. [73211], Papua New Guinea K000475481 No
Bellamy, A. [1407], Papua New Guinea K000706365 No
Kloss, C.B. [s.n.], Indonesia K000706353 No
Pawek, J. [12793], Malawi K000896818 No
Johns, R.J. [7342], Brunei K000490879 No
Ratcliffe, J.B. [229], Indonesia K000706354 No
Cuming, H. [135], Philippines K000689361 No
Parris, B.S. [4296], Papua New Guinea K000706351 No
Sinaga, N.I. [1235], Indonesia K000449000 No
Clunie, N.M.U. [63289], Papua New Guinea K000706360 No
Ratcliffe, J.B. [67], Indonesia K000706358 No
Johns, R.J. [6694], Brunei K000475484 No
Parris, B.S. [7239], Malaysia K000689225 No
Parris, B.S. [4295], Papua New Guinea K000706350 No
Kairo, A. [718], Papua New Guinea K000706361 No
Johns, R.J. [6694], Brunei K000475485 No
Leach, L.C. [13893], Angola K000896817 No
Katik, P. [63296], Papua New Guinea K000706363 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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