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Polypodiidae (Leptosporangiate Ferns)

 

 

Family: Aspleniaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Asplenium beckeri Brade (1969) - (rediscovered) Trindade island, Brazil Rediscovered Access
             
Asplenium centrifugale Baker (1889) - ? Christmas Island, Australia Invalid (synonym) Access
             

Asplenium daghestanicum iskardense

(Viane & Reichst.) Fraser-Jenk. (2011) - ? northern Pakistan Missing Access
             
Asplenium dielmannii Viane (1992) Mann's island spleenwort (rediscovered) Kaua`i, Hawaiian Islands, USA Rediscovered Access
             
Asplenium disjunctum Sledge (1965)   ? Sri Lanka Missing or Extinct Access
             

Asplenium × jacksonii

(Alston) Lawal. (1950) - (rediscovered) Cap Fréhel, Côtes-d'Armor, northern Brittany, France & Great Britain (Cornwall, Devon, Guernsey & Jersey) Rediscovered Access
             
Asplenium leucostegioides Baker (1891) - 1879 Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA Missing or Extinct Access
             

Asplenium listeri

C.Chr. (1905) Christmas Island spleenwort ? Christmas Island (& Vanuatu?) Uncertain Access
             
Asplenium stenopterum Peter (1929) - 1929 or before Tanzania Missing or Invalid (synonym) Access
             

Woodsia andersonii

(Bedd.) Christ (1905) - - China, India, Nepal, Taiwan & Tibet Erroneously listed as possibly extinct Access

 

 

Family: Athyriaceae1

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile

Athyrium duthiei

(Bedd.) Bedd. (1892) - 1955 India Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Deparia kaalaana (Copel.) M.Kato (1984) - 2016 Hawai'i, Kauai & Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA Possibly Extinct in the Wild Access
             
Deparia minamitanii Seriz. (1979) - (rediscovered) Kumamoto Prefecture & Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan Rediscovered in the wild Access
             

Deparia zeylanica

(Hook.) M.Kato (1984) - ? Sri Lanka Missing or Extinct Access
             
Diplazium laffanianum (Bak.) C. Chr. (1905) Governor Laffan(’s) fern 1905 Bermuda Extinct in the Wild Access
             
Diplazium ulugurense Verdc. (2003) - 1970 Bondwa (eastern slope), Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania Missing Access

1 Athyriaceae is not recognised by POWO, but it has been found to be monophyletic (Moran et al., 2019) and thus valid.

 

Family: Blechnaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Blechnum petiolare (Sodiro) C.Chr. (1905) - c.100 years ago forests of Chillanes on the slopes of Chimborazo, Bolívar province, Ecuador Missing or Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Blechnum rimbachii (Sodiro) C.Chr. (1905) - c.100 years ago Azuay province, Ecuador Missing or Invalid (synonym) Access

 

 

Family: Cyatheaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Cyathea cruciata (Desv.) Lehnert (2012) - 1800's French Guiana & Guyana Missing Access
             

Cyathea leprieurii

(Kunze) Domin (1929) - ? French Guiana or Guyana Invalid (synonym) Access

 

Family: Cystopteridaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Cystopteris chinensis (Ching) X.C.Zhang & R.Wei (2014) - ? China Extinct in the Wild Access

 

 

Family: Dennstaedtiaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Blotiella coriacea Verdc. (2000) - 1971 eastern ridge, Uluguru Mountains (south), Tanzania Missing Access
             

Microlepia majuscula

(E.J.Lowe) T.Moore (1861) - - India, Myanmar & Sri Lanka Erroneously listed as Missing Access

 

 

Family: Dryopteridaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Arachniodes yasu-inouei angustipinnula Seriz. (2009) - (rediscovered) Nagakuino, Kobayashi-shi, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Ctenitis humilis Holtt. (1985) - (rediscovered) Bohol Island & Mindoro, Philippines Rediscovered Access
             
Ctenitis meridionalis speluncae (C.Chr.) K.U.Kramer (1962) - ? Bermuda Extinct or Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Ctenitis microlepigera (Nakai) Ching (1938) - (rediscovered) Hahajima, Ogasawara Islands (=Bonin Islands), Japan Rediscovered Access
             
Ctenitis palatangana (Hook.) Ching (1940) - pre-1883 near Pallatangana, Chimborazo province, Ecuador Missing Access
             
Ctenitis paleolata Copel. (1952) - 9 May 1912 Pauai, Philippines Extinct Access
             
Dryopteris ascensionis (Hook.) Kuntze (1891) -  August 1889 or 1975 Green Mountain area, Ascension Island Extinct Access
             
Dryopteris × shibipedis Sa.Kurata (1966) - (rediscovered) Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan Extinct in the Wild Access
             

Dryopteris undulata

(Bedd.) Kuntze (1891) - ? Sri Lanka Missing or Extinct Access
             
Elaphoglossum actinolepis
(Sodiro) C.Chr. (1905) - early 1900's Esmeraldas province, Ecuador Missing Access
             
Elaphoglossum angamarcanum (Sodiro) C.Chr. (1905) - 1800's Angamarca, Cotopaxi province, Ecuador Missing Access
             
Elaphoglossum beckeri
Brade (1969) - (rediscovered) Trindade island, Brazil Rediscovered Access
             
Elaphoglossum bonapartii Rosenst. (1909) - ? Morona-Santiago province, Ecuador Missing Access
             
Elaphoglossum caespitosum (Sodiro) Christ (1899) - 1883 or before on the banks of the Río Peripa, near San Miguel de los Colorados, Pichincha province, Ecuador Missing Access
             
Elaphoglossum chodatii (Sodiro) C.Chr. (1913) - early 1900's Río Oyacachi valley, Napo province, Ecuador Missing Access
             
Elaphoglossum christii (Sodiro) C.Chr. (1905) - pre-1906 Pelagallo, west of Volcán Pululahua, Pichincha province, Ecuador Missing Access
             
Elaphoglossum cinereum (Sodiro) C.Chr. (1913) - pre-1913 the paramos of Volcán Antisana, Napo province, Ecuador Missing Access
             
Elaphoglossum cladotrichium (Sodiro) C.Chr. (1905) - early 1900's Nanegal, Pichincha province, Ecuador Missing or Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Elaphoglossum corazonense H.Christ (1899) - ? western forests of Volcán El Corazón, south of Quito, Pichincha province, Ecuador Missing Access
             
Elaphoglossum ellipsoideum (Sodiro) C.Chr. (1913) - pre-1903 forests near Oyacachi, Napo province, Ecuador Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Elaphoglossum gossypinum (Sodiro) C.Chr. (1913) - early 1900's near Guamaní, Napo or Pichincha province, Ecuador Missing Access
             
Elaphoglossum gracilipes (Fée ex Kuhn) C.Chr. (1905) - pre-1853 Ecuador Missing Access
             
Elaphoglossum heteromorphum (Klotzsch) T.Moore (1857) - pre-1863 western slopes of Volcán Pichincha, Pichincha province, Ecuador Missing or rediscovered? Access
             
Elaphoglossum jamesonii (Hook. & Grev.) T.Moore (1857) - 1800's base of Volcán Pichincha, Pichincha province, Ecuador Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Elaphoglossum longissimum (Sodiro) C.Chr. (1905) - pre-1903 wet lowland forest on the banks of the Río Santiago, Esmeraldas province, Ecuador Missing Access
             
Elaphoglossum pala André ex H.Christ (1899) - (rediscovered) Cajanuma, Ecuador & Merida, Venezuela Rediscovered Access
             
Elaphoglossum pellucidum (Sodiro) C.Chr. (1905) - pre-1903 on the banks of the Río Cachabí, near San Antonio, Esmeraldas province, Ecuador Missing Access
             
Elaphoglossum polytrichum H.Christ (1899) - 1800's Lloa Valley, southeast of Quito, Pichincha province, Ecuador Missing Access
             
Elaphoglossum pteropodum (Sodiro) C.Chr. (1905) - (rediscovered) between Santo Domingo and Alluriquín, Pichincha province, Ecuador Rediscovered Access
             
Elaphoglossum sodiroi (Baker) H.Christ (1899) - very late 1800's the western slopes of Volcán Corazón, Pichincha province, Ecuador Missing or Rediscovered Access
             
Elaphoglossum sprucei (Baker) Diels (1899) - (rediscovered) the base of Chimborazo, Bolívar province & Maquipucuna, Pichincha province, north-western Ecuador Rediscovered Access
             
Elaphoglossum trichophorum (Sodiro) C.Chr. (1905) - (rediscovered) "Volcán Tungurahua", Tungurahua province(?), Ecuador Rediscovered Access
             
Lastreopsis dissecta
(C.T.White & Goy) Labiak, Sundue & R.C.Moran (2014) - September 1936 Queensland, Australia Missing if valid or Extinct if valid Access
             
Polystichum crinulosum
(Desv.) J.P.Roux (1996) - pre-1828 Mauritius, Mascarene Islands Missing or Extinct Access
             
Polystichum fuentesii Espinosa (1934) - pre-1938 Easter Island (=Rapa Nui) Extinct Access
             
Polystichum kwakiutlii D.H.Wagner (1990) - 1934 Alice Arm, British Columbia, Canada Extinct Access
             
Polystichum wattii (Bedd.) C.Chr. (1905) - ? India Extinct Access

 

 

Family: Hymenophyllaceae (Filmy Ferns)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Hymenophyllum brachypus
Sodiro (1893) - 1800's Cundinamarca, Colombia & Ecuador Missing or Rediscovered Access
             
Hymenophyllum contractile
Sodiro (1893)
- 1893 or before Ecuador Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Hymenophyllum helicoideum Sodiro (1893) - 1893 or before Ecuador Missing Access
             
Hymenophyllum refrondescens Sodiro (1883) - 1893 or before Ecuador Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Hymenophyllum tenerum Bosch (1863) - 1863 or before Ecuador Missing Access
             
Hymenophyllum trifidum Hook. & Grev. (1830) - 1830 or before Ecuador Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Hymenophyllum whitei Goy (1941) - (rediscovered) Thornton Peak, Queensland (north-eastern), Australia Rediscovered Access
             
Trichomanes tenuissimum Bosch (1861) - 1861 or before Esmeraldas province, Ecuador Missing Access

 

 

Family: Lindsaeaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Lindsaea malabarica (Bedd.) Baker ex C.Chr. (1931) - (rediscovered) India Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Marattiaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Angiopteris tonkinensis (Hayata) J.M.Camus (1989) - (rediscovered) China & Vietnam Rediscovered Access
             

Ptisana laboudalloniana

Senterre & I.Fabre (2014) Pti baton monsenyer (rediscovered) Mahé, Seychelles Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Ophioglossaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Sceptridium subbifoliatum (Brack.) Lyon (1905) - 1935 or 1940 Hawai'i, Kauai, Lanai, Maui, Molokai & Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA Missing or Extinct Access

 

 

Family: Polypodiaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Adenophorus periens L.E.Bishop (1974) Pendent kihi fern (rediscovered) Hawai'i, Kauai, Lanai, Maui, Molokai & Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA Rediscovered Access
             

Drynaria meeboldii

Rosenst. (1913) - (rediscovered in the wild) Manipur, India Invalid (synonym) Access
             

Grammitis beddomeana

(Alderw.) Ching (1941) - - Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan & Vietnam Erroneously listed as Possibly Extinct Access
             
Grammitis brevipes (C.V.Morton) Christenh. (2018) - 1800's Volcán Tungurahua, Tungurahua province, Ecuador Missing Access
             

Grammitis crispatula

Holttum (1947) - ? Peninsular Malaysia Extinct Access
             

Grammitis kunstleri

(Parris) Christenh. (2018) - ? Peninsular Malaysia Extinct Access
             
Grammitis quaerenda Bolle (1863) - 1825 or earlier Canary Islands, Macaronesia (or wider) Extinct or Rediscovered (taxonomically) Access
             
Lepisorus cespitosus Y.X.Lin (2000) 丛生瓦韦 cong sheng wa wei (rediscovered) China & Tibet Rediscovered or Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Leptochilus wallii (Baker) C.Chr. (1905)   ? Sri Lanka Missing or Extinct Access
             

Oreogrammitis austroindica

(Parris) Parris (2007) - ? Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, India Missing or Extinct Access
             
Oreogrammitis leonardii (Parris) Parris (2007) - (rediscovered) Mount Finnigan, Wet Tropics, Queensland, Australia Rediscovered Access
             

Platycerium grande

(A.Cunn. ex Hook.) J.Sm. (1841) - (rediscovered) Indonesia & Philippines Rediscovered or Erroneously listed as Possibly Extinct Access
             

Platycerium ridleyi

Christ (1909) - (rediscovered) Indonesia, Malaysia & Thailand Rediscovered Access
             
Pteridrys zeylanica Ching (1934) - ? Sri Lanka Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Serpocaulon demissum (Fée) D.Sanín (2020) - (rediscovered) Brazil (Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais & Rio de Janeiro) Rediscovered Access
             

Tectaria × amesiana

A.A.Eaton (1906) Ames' halberd fern 1940 Florida, USA Extinct Access

 

 

Family: Psilotaceae

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Pteridaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Adiantum hispidulum whitei (F.M.Bailey) Bostock (1987) - (rediscovered) eastern Queensland, Australia Rediscovered in the wild Access
             
Adiantum lianxianense Ching & Y.X.Ling in Y.X.Ling (1980) - (rediscovered) Guangdong, China Rediscovered Access
             
Antrophyum austroqueenslandicum D.L.Jones (1998) - (rediscovered) New South Wales & Queensland (south-eastern), Australia Rediscovered Access
             

Cerosora chrysosora

(Baker) Domin (1929) - ? Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo Extinct Access
             
Gastoniella ascensionis (Hook.) Li Bing Zhang & Liang Zhang (2016) Ascension Island parsley fern (rediscovered) Ascension Island Rediscovered Access
             
Jamesonia maxonii (Lellinger) Pabón-Mora & F.González (2015) - (rediscovered) Colombia (Antioquia, Bolívar, Boyacá) Rediscovered Access
             
Vittaria longipes Sodiro (1893) - 100+ years ago Nanegal valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador Missing Access

 

 

Family: Thelypteridaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile

Menisciopsis wailele

(Flynn) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm. (2021) - (rediscovered) Kaua‘i, Hawaiian Islands, USA Rediscovered Access
             
Thelypteris × altissima (Holttum) Vorster (1977) - 100+ years ago KwaZulu-Natal & Limpopo Province, South Africa Missing or Extinct Access
             

Thelypteris burundensis

(Pic.Serm.) Christenh. (2018) - 1966 Burundi Missing Access
             
Thelypteris gardneri (Holttum) Panigrahi (1975)   ? Sri Lanka Missing or Extinct Access
             
Thelypteris kingii C.F.Reed (1969) - (rediscovered) Sikkim, India & Yunnan Province, China Rediscovered or Invalid (synonym) Access
             

Thelypteris kurzii

(Holttum) Fraser-Jenk. (1997) - ? Nicobar Islands, India Missing Access

 

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