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Ctenitis palatangana (Hook.) Ching (1940:250)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Nephrodium palatanganum Hook. in Sp. Fil. 4: 260 (1863); Dryopteris palatangana (Hook.) C.Chr. in Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afh., ser. 8, 6: 56 (1920); Ctenitis pallatangana (Hook.) Ching in Sunyatsenia 5: 250 (1940) [orth. error]

 

Conservation Status

Missing (Navarrete & Pitman, 2003)

Last record: before 1883 (Navarrete & Pitman, 2003)

IUCN status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

 

Distribution

near Pallatanga, Chimborazo province, Ecuador

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Hooker, W. J. (1862). Species Filicum 4: 260.

 

Other references:

Hassler, Michael. (2004-2023). World Ferns. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 17.2; last update Oct. 18th, 2023. Available at: https://www.worldplants.de/ferns/ [Accessed 22 October 2023]

Navarrete, H. and Pitman, N. (2003). Ctenitis pallatangana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2003: e.T43616A10815669. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T43616A10815669.en. Downloaded on 26 December 2015.

Valencia, R., Pitman, N., León-Yánez, S. and Jørgensen, P. M. (eds). (2000). Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Ecuador 2000. Publicaciones del Herbario QCA, Ponticicia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito.

 

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