Polypodiaceae
Megalastrum

Megalastrum dentatum A.Rojas

First published in Brenesia 68: 17 (2007)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Costa Rica.

Distribution

Native to:

Costa Rica

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.

Kew Bulletin

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Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2009 Herrera, G.; Cedeño O., A. [7929] Costa Rica K001577654 Yes
Jan 1, 2009 Herrera, G.; Cedeño O., A. [7929] Costa Rica K001577655 Yes
Jan 1, 2009 Herrera, G.; Cedeño O., A. [7929] Costa Rica K001577656 Yes
Jan 1, 2009 Herrera, G.; Cedeño O., A. [7929] Costa Rica K001577657 Yes
Jan 1, 2009 Rivera, G. [1822] Costa Rica K001577649 Yes
Jan 1, 2009 Rivera, G. [1822] Costa Rica K001577650 Yes
Jan 1, 2009 Rivera, G. [1822] Costa Rica K001577652 Yes
Jan 1, 2009 Rivera, G. [1822] Costa Rica K001577653 Yes

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 Bulletin

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