Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Forked Lineleaf Fern
Description
Family Pteridaceae
Genera ca.
40, species ca. 1000 (13 genera, 90 sp: worldwide.
Considerable disagreement exists concerning the circumscription and proper name
of this family
. The taxa comprising the Pteridaceae in this treatment were assigned to the Sinopteridaceae and Pteridaceae by D. B
. Lellinger (1985) and were included
in five families by R. E. G. Pichi-Sermolli (1977). The broad concept followed here is similar (except for the exclusion of Ceratopteris ) to that espoused by R. M.
Tryon and A. F. Tryon (1982), who applied the name Pteridaceae to the group. Until very recently, the newer name Adiantaceae was more commonly used.
As represented in North America, Pteridaceae comprise three major evolutionary lines
(the adiantoids, the pteroids, and the cheilanthoids). Characteristics holding the family together include abaxial
(usually submarginal
) sori that lack indusia or are protected by a reflexed
or revolute
leaf margin
, spores that are usually globose-tetrahedral and trilete, and chromosome base numbers
of 30 or 29 (rarely 27). The xeric-adapted members
of the family (particularly the cheilanthoids) have undergone extensive parallel and convergent evolution, and they have frustrated attempts to produce
a natural generic
classification based on macromorphologic characteristics alone. Although some workers have aggregated species into a few large genera (e.g.
, J. T. Mickel 1979b), most tend to recognize smaller segregate
genera based on a combination
of morphologic, chromosomal, and biochemical data. The latter approach seems to provide a more useful, evolutionarily informative classification and is the one adopted here. Aspidotis and Notholaena are maintained here as distinct
from Cheilanthes, and three recently described genera ( Argyrochosma, Astrolepis, and Pentagramma ) have been incorporated into the treatment. The reasons for these changes in generic circumscription are discussed under the individual genera.[1]
Physical Description
Habit: Forb/herb
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,936 meters (0 to 16,194 feet).[2]
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Moniliformopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997, Nom. Nud.
- Class:
Polypodiopsida
()
- Cronquist et al.
- Order:
Polypodiales
()
- Link
- Family:
Pteridaceae
()
- Kirchn.
- Maidenhair Fern Family Plants perennial [annual],
- Subfamily:
Adiantoideae
()
- Genus:
Antrophyum
()
- Kaulfuss, 1824
- Specific epithet:
cajenense
- (Desv.) Spreng.
- Botanical name: - Antrophyum cajenense (Desv.) Spreng.
- Specific epithet:
cajenense
- (Desv.) Spreng.
- Genus:
Antrophyum
(
- Subfamily:
Adiantoideae
(
- Family:
Pteridaceae
(
- Order:
Polypodiales
(
- Class:
Polypodiopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Moniliformopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Antrophyum Cajennense • Antrophyum cajennense (Desv.) Kaulf. • Hemionitis Cajenensis • Hemionitis cajenensis Desv. • Polytaenium cajenense (Desv.) Benedict
Notes
Publishing author
: Spreng. Publication
: Syst. Veg. (ed. 16) [Sprengel]
4(1): 67 1827 [shortly before 7 Jan 1827]
Basionym
author: (Desv.)
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Similar Species
Members of the genus Antrophyum
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
A. cajenense (Forked Lineleaf Fern) · A. intramarginale (Tufted Lineleaf Fern) · A. lanceolatum (Straight Lineleaf Fern) · A. lineatum (Narrow Lineleaf Fern) · A. urbanii (Urban's Lineleaf Fern)
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Further Reading
- Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. London: The Natural History Museum, c1993-2002. url p. 95.
- Ferns and fern allies of Guatemala. Robert G. Stolze; the genus Elaphoglossum by: John T. Mickel; the genus Thelypteris by: Alan R. Smith. 6 1981 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 1981. url p. 439.
- Pteridophyta of Peru. Rolla M. Tryon, Robert G. Stolze. 22 1989 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, c1989. url fig. 17 , p. 85, p. 87.
- Lellinger, D. B. 1985. A Field Manual of the Ferns & Fern-allies of the United States & Canada. Washington.
- Mickel, J. T. 1979b. The fern genus Cheilanthes in the continental United States. Phytologia 41: 431--437.
- Pichi-Sermolli, R. E. G. 1977. Tentamen pteridophytorum genera in taxonomicum ordinem redigendi. Webbia 31: 313--512.
- Tryon, R. M. and A. F. Tryon. 1982. Ferns and Allied Plants, with Special Reference to Tropical America. New York, Heidelberg, and Berlin.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 16, 2007:
- Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
- Herbier de la Guyane, Herbier de la Guyane
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2663930
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-184056
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13729799
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1091971-2
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 184056
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 1091971-1
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ANCA28
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 20220
Footnotes
- Michael D. Windham "Pteridaceae". in Flora of North America Vol. 2. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- Mean = 573.890 meters (1,882.841 feet), Standard Deviation = 741.120 based on 307 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
