Gleicheniaceae

Gleichenia Sm.

First published in Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. (Turin) 5: 419 (1793)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Rwanda to S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Amsterdam Island, Indo-China to SW. Pacific.

Distribution

Native to:

Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Angola, Borneo, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Free State, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Northern Provinces, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Solomon Is., South Australia, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tasmania, Thailand, Uganda, Victoria, Vietnam, Zimbabwe

Extinct in:

Mauritius

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Balkrishna, A., Joshi, B., Sribastava, A., Shankar, R. & Shukla, B.K. (2019). Classification of extant Pteridophytes: a new approach. Indian Fern Journal 36: 311-341.
  • 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:

Sources

  • 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