Selliguea plantaginea

Selliguea plantaginea is a fern species in the genus Selliguea.

Selliguea plantaginea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Polypodiaceae
Genus: Selliguea
Species:
S. plantaginea
Binomial name
Selliguea plantaginea
Occurrence data from GBIF
Synonyms[3]

Crypsinus caudaeformis Gilli
Pleopeltis brevidecurrens Alderw.[4]
Pleopeltis werneri (Rosenst.) Alderw.[5]
Polypodium alloiosorum Brause[6]
Polypodium mafuluense C.Chr.[7]
Polypodium werneri Rosenst.[8]
Selliguea alloiosora (Brause) Ching[9]
Selliguea werneri (Rosenst.) Pic.Serm.[10]

A holotype, collected on the Iles du Vent, Tahiti, in 1838 during the Wilkes expedition, is held at United States National Herbarium, Smithsonian Institution (Herbarium code: US)[11]

Description

Selliguea plantaginea has often been confused with S. feeoides, but differs in that S. feeoides has frequent hydathodes on the upper surface of the fronds, while in S. plantaginea, hydathodes are absent or infrequent.[12]

Distribution

Selliguea plantaginea has been found in Sulawesi, New Guinea, Fiji, the Society Islands (Tahiti and Huahine).[12]

Images

Sets of images from specimens found in the cloud forest on Mount Tohiea, Mo'orea[12] may be found at http://n2t.net/ark:/21547/R2MBIO36935 and http://n2t.net/ark:/21547/R2MBIO40051.

References
  1. IPNI: Selliguea plantaginea. International Plant Names Index. Accessed 27 July 2018.
  2. Brackenridge, W.D. (1854) United States Exploring Expedition. Botany. Cryptogamia. Filices 16: 58
  3. "GBIF Selliguea plantaginea Brack". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  4. van Alderwerelt van Rosenburgh, C.R.W.K. (1922) Bull. Buit. III. 5. 216.
  5. van Alderwerelt van Rosenburgh, C.R.W.K. (1909) Bull. Dépt. Agric. Indes Néerl. 27: 7.
  6. Brause, G.G.W. (1920) Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 56(2): 202.
  7. C.Chr. (1937) Brittonia 2: 314.
  8. Rosenstock, E. (1908) Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 5: 43.
  9. Ching, R.-C. (1940) Sunyatsenia 5: 260.
  10. Pichi-Sermolli, R.E.G. (1977) Webbia 31(1): 249.
  11. JSTOR Global Plants: Selliguea plantaginea US001344691. Retrieved 28 July 2018>
  12. Nitta, JH, Meyer, J-Y, Smith, AR (2011) Pteridophytes of Mo'orea, French Polynesia: Additional New Records. American Fern Journal 101, 36-49


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