Ctenitis meridionalis speluncae (C.Chr.) K.U.Kramer (1962:59)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Dryopteris meridionalis var. speluncae C.Chr. in Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afh., ser. 8, 6: 47 (1920); Ctenitis meridionalis var. speluncae (C.Chr.) C.V.Morton in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 38: 238 (1973)

Considered a synonym of Ctenitis sloanei by (Junos & Wingate, 1995), but other authorities consider it valid (Hassler, 2004-2023; POWO, 2023).

Conservation Status

Extinct (Walter & Gillett, 1998:10) or invalid (synonym of Ctenitis sloanei) (Junos & Wingate, 1995)

Distribution

Bermuda

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

C. CHRISTENSEN, Vid. Selsk. Skr. VIII. 6: 47, 1920

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]

Junos, L. and Wingate, D. B. (1995). They came before Columbus. Native and endemic flora reclaim the right to discovery. Bermuda Dept. Agric. Fish. Mon. Bull. 66: 77-100.

Kramer, Karl Ulrich. (1962). Pteridophyta. Flora of the Netherlands Antilles 1(1): 1-84.

Morton, C. V. (1973). Studies of fern types, II. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 38(6): 215-281. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23493107

POWO. (2023). Ctenitis meridionalis var. speluncae (C.Chr.) K.U.Kramer. Plants of the World Online (online resource). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 22 October 2023]

Sarkis, S. (2010). Recovery plan for six fern species from Bermuda (Diplazium laffanianum (Baker) C. Chr., Goniopteris bermudiana (Baker) comb., Ctenitis sloanei (Poepp. Ex Spreng.), Asplenium heterochroum Kunze, Asplenium dentatum L., Rumohra adiantiformis (G. Forst.) J.). Department of Conservation Services, Government of Bermuda. 27 pp.

Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp.

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