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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 × 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 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: Athyriaceae

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 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 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

 

 

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

 

Family: Cystopteridaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Cystopteris chinensis (Ching) X.C.Zhang & R.Wei (2014) - (rediscovered) China Rediscovered 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

 

 

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
             
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)   c.1903 between Santo Domingo and Alluriquín, Pichincha province, Ecuador Missing 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)   early 1900's "Volcán Tungurahua", Tungurahua province(?), Ecuador Missing Access
             
Lastreopsis dissecta
(C.T.White & Goy) Labiak, Sundue & R.C.Moran (2014)   September 1936 Queensland, Australia Extinct if valid Access
             
Polystichum crinulosum
(Desv.) J.P.Roux (1996)   pre-1828 Mauritius, Mascarene Islands 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 Missing 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 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
             

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
             
Serpocaulon demissum (Fée) D.Sanín (2020)   (rediscovered) Brazil (Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais & Rio de Janeiro) Rediscovered 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
             
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
Christella × altissima Holttum (1974)   100+ years ago KwaZulu-Natal & Limpopo Province, South Africa Missing or rediscovered Access
             

Menisciopsis wailele

(Flynn) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm. (2021)   (rediscovered) Kaua‘i, Hawaiian Islands, USA Rediscovered Access
             
Thelypteris kingii C.F.Reed (1969)   (rediscovered) Sikkim, India & Yunnan Province, China Rediscovered Access
             

Thelypteris kurzii

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

 

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