Olfersia (Dryopteridaceae)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Polypodiales

Belonging to Olfersia, but without valid combination: Polystichopsis macrostegia – Polystichopsis ochropteroides

Source(s) of checklist:
Hassler, M. 2020. Olfersia (Dryopteridaceae) – World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World . In: Roskov Y., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J. & Penev L. (eds.) 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Apr 04.

Olfersia Raddi, Opusc. Sci. 3: 283 (1819).

Type species: Olfersia corcovadensis Kaulf. ex Raddi (= synonym of Olfersia cervina (L.) Kunze)

Heterotypic
- Dorcapteris C.Presl, Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 6: 166 (1851).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, Central American Pacific Islands, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands.
- Regional: Northern South America
  - French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South.

Raddi, G. 1819. Synopsis Filicum Brasiliensium. Opuscoli Scientifici 3: 279–297, 2 tab. BHL Reference page. : 283, t. 11, fig. b

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Olfersia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jan 22. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Olfersia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Jan 2023.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Olfersia. Published online. Accessed: 22 Jan 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. (Olfersia). Olfersia (Dryopteridaceae) Accessed: 22 Jan 2023.

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