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Polypodiidae (Leptosporangiate Ferns)

 

 

Family: Aspleniaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Asplenium beckeri Brade   (rediscovered) Trindade island, Brazil Rediscovered Access
Asplenium centrifugale Bak., 1874   ? Christmas Island, Australia Invalid (synonym)? Access
Asplenium dielmannii Viane   (rediscovered) Kaua`i, Hawaiian Islands, USA Rediscovered Access
Asplenium leucostegioides Baker   1879 Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA Missing Access
Asplenium stenopteron Peter   ? Tanzania Missing Access

 

 

Family: Athyriaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Deparia kaalaana (Copel.) M.Kato   2016 Hawai'i, Kauai & Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct in the wild Access
Deparia minamitanii Seriz.   (rediscovered) Kumamoto Prefecture & Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan Rediscovered Access
Diplazium laffanianum (Bak.) C. Chr. Governor Laffan(’s) fern 1905 Bermuda Extinct in the wild Access
Diplazium ulugurense Verdcourt, 2003   1970 Bondwa (eastern slope), Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania Missing Access

 

 

Family: Blechnaceae

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

 

 

Family: Cyatheaceae

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

 

Family: Cystopteridaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Cystoathyrium chinense Ching (year?)   (rediscovered) China Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Dennstaedtiaceae

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

 

 

Family: Dryopteridaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Arachniodes yasu-inouei angustipinnula Seriz.   10 August 1976 Japan Missing Access
Ctenitis humilis Holtt.   (rediscovered) Bohol Island, Philippines Rediscovered Access
Ctenitis microlepigera (Nakai) Ching   (rediscovered) Ogasawara Islands (=Bonin Islands), Japan Rediscovered Access
Ctenitis paleolata Copel.   ? Pauai, Philippines Missing Access
Ctenitis palatangana (Hook.) Ching   pre-1883 Chimborazo Province, Ecuador Missing Access
Dryopteris ascensionis (Hook.) Kuntze   1889 (1976?) Green Mountain area, Ascension Island Extinct Access
Dryopteris meridionalis speluncae C.Chr., 1920   ? Bermuda Invalid (synonym) Access
Dryopteris shibipedis Sa. Kurata (year?)   ? Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan Extinct in the wild Access
Elaphoglossum actinolepis
(Sodiro) C.Chr.   Early 1900's Esmeraldas province, Ecuador Missing Access
Elaphoglossum angamarcanum (Sodiro) C.Chr.   1800's Angamarca, Cotopaxi province, Ecuador Missing Access
Elaphoglossum beckeri
Brade   (rediscovered) Trindade island, Brazil Rediscovered Access
Elaphoglossum bonapartii Rosenst.   ? Morona-Santiago province, Ecuador Missing Access
Elaphoglossum caespitosum (Sodiro) H.Christ   c.110 years ago on the banks of the Río Peripa, near San Miguel de los Colorados, Pichincha province, Ecuador Missing Access
Elaphoglossum chodatii (Sodiro) C.Chr.   Early 1900's Río Oyacachi valley, Napo province, Ecuador Missing Access
Elaphoglossum christii (Sodiro) C.Chr.   ? Pelagallo, west of Volcán Pululahua, Pichincha province, Ecuador Missing Access
Elaphoglossum cinereum (Sodiro) C.Chr.   Pre-1913 the paramos of Volcán Antisana, Napo province, Ecuador Missing Access
Elaphoglossum cladotrichium (Sodiro) C.Chr.   Early 1900's Nanegal, Pichincha province, Ecuador Missing Access
Elaphoglossum corazonense H.Christ   ? western forests of Volcán El Corazón, south of Quito, Pichincha province, Ecuador Missing Access
Elaphoglossum ellipsoideum (Sodiro) C.Chr.   pre-1903 forests near Oyacachi, Napo province, Ecuador Missing Access
Elaphoglossum gossypinum (Sodiro) C.Chr.   ? near Guamaní, Napo or Pichincha province, Ecuador Missing Access
Elaphoglossum gracilipes (Fée ex Kuhn) C.Chr.   pre-1853 Ecuador Missing Access
Elaphoglossum heteromorphum (Klotzsch) T.Moore   pre-1863 western slopes of Volcán Pichincha, Pichincha province, Ecuador Missing Access
Elaphoglossum jamesonii (Hook. & Grev.) T.Moore   1800's base of Volcán Pichincha, Pichincha province, Ecuador Missing Access
Elaphoglossum longissimum (Sodiro) C.Chr.   pre-1903 wet lowland forest on the banks of the Río Santiago, Esmeraldas province, Ecuador Missing Access
Elaphoglossum pala André ex H.Christ    (rediscovered) Ecuador Rediscovered Access
Elaphoglossum pellucidum (Sodiro) C.Chr.   pre-1903 on the banks of the Río Cachabí, near San Antonio, Esmeraldas province, Ecuador Missing Access
Elaphoglossum polytrichum H.Christ   1800's Lloa Valley, Ecuador Missing Access
Elaphoglossum pteropodum (Sodiro) C.Chr.   pre-1903 between Santo Domingo and Alluriquín, Pichincha province, Ecuador Missing Access
Elaphoglossum sodiroi (Baker) H.Christ   late 1800's the western slopes of Volcán Corazón, Pichincha province, Ecuador Missing Access
Elaphoglossum sprucei (Baker) Diels   pre-1863 the base of Chimborazo, Bolívar province, Ecuador Missing Access
Elaphoglossum trichophorum (Sodiro) C.Chr.   early 1900's "Volcán Tungurahua", Tungurahua province?, Ecuador Missing Access
Lastreopsis dissecta
(C.T.White & Goy) Labiak, Sundue & R.C.Moran   ? Queensland, Australia Missing Access
Polystichum crinulosum
(Desv.) J. P. Roux   1800's Mauritius, Mascarene Islands Missing Access
Polystichum fuentesii Espinosa   ? Easter Island (=Rapa Nui) Missing Access
Polystichum kwakiutlii D.H. Wagner, 1990   1934 Alice Arm, British Columbia, Canada Missing Access

 

 

Family: Hymenophyllaceae

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

 

 

Family: Marattiaceae

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

 

 

Family: Ophioglossaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Botrychium subbifoliatum Brack.   1940 Hawai'i, Kauai, Lanai, Maui, Molokai & Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA Missing Access

 

 

Family: Polypodiaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Adenophorus periens L.E.Bishop   2014 Hawai'i, Kauai, Lanai, Maui, Molokai & Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA Missing Access
Grammitis quaerenda Bolle   ? Canary Islands, North Africa Unresolved Access
Lepisorus cespitosus Y.X.Lin   (rediscovered) China & Tibet Rediscovered Access
Melpomene brevipes (C.V.Morton) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran   1800's Volcán Tungurahua, Tungurahua province, Ecuador Missing Access
Oreogrammitis leonardii Parris   (rediscovered) Queensland, Australia Rediscovered Access
Serpocaulon demissum (Fée) Sanín & Salino, 2020   (rediscovered) Brazil Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Psilotaceae

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Pteridaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Adiantum hispidulum whitei (Bailey) Bostock   (rediscovered) Queensland, Australia Rediscovered Access
Adiantum lianxianense Ching & Y.X.Ling in Y.X.Ling, 1980   ? Guangdong, China Rediscovered? Access
Antrophyum austroqueenslandicum D. L. Jones, 1998   (rediscovered) Queensland (south-eastern), Australia Rediscovered Access
Gastoniella ascensionis (Hook.) Li Bing Zhang & Liang Zhang   (rediscovered) Ascension Island Rediscovered Access
Nephopteris maxonii Lellinger, 1966   (rediscovered) Colombia Rediscovered Access
Vittaria longipes Sodiro   100+ years ago Nanegal valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador Missing Access

 

 

Family: Thelypteridaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Christella altissima Holttum   100+ years ago KwaZulu-Natal & Limpopo Province, South Africa Missing Access

Menisciopsis wailele

(Flynn) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.   (rediscovered) Kaua‘i, Hawaiian Islands, USA Rediscovered Access
Thelypteris kingii C.F.Reed   (rediscovered) India Rediscovered Access

 

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