Histiopteris incisa

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,936 meters (0 to 16,194 feet).[1]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Litobrochia incisa (Thunb.) C. Presl • Pteris Incisa

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Similar Species

Members of the genus Histiopteris

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

H. incisa (Bats Wing Fern)

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Further Reading

• A Floral and faunal inventory of the eastern slopes of the Réserve naturelle intégrale d'Andringitra, Madagascar: with reference to elevational variation / Steven M. Goodman, editor. 85 1996 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c1996. url table 5-1 , p. 313, p. 80.
• A List of plants of Formosa. Taiwan1910 url p. 157.
• A botanical survey of the Galapagos Islands, by Alban Stewart. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences, 1911. url p. 21.
• A contribution to the phytogeography and flora of the Arfak mountains /by L.S. Gibbs. 1917 London: Taylor and Francis, 1917. url p. 28, p. 34, p. 73.
• A floral and faunal inventory of the Parc national de Marojejy, Madagascar: with reference to elevational variation / Steven M. Goodman, editor. 97 2000 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c2000. url table 2-3, page 26, p. 282.
• A montane rain-forest; a contribution to the physiological plant geography of Jamaica, Washington, D. C., Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1914. url .
• Botanical publications of E.D. Merrill. [New York, etc., 1899- url .
• Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. London: The Natural History Museum, c1993-2002. url p. 52, p. 65.
• Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1902- url p. 36.
• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 13 1909-1912 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 13, p. 143, p. 19, p. 312, p. 377, p. 378, p. 392, p. 477, p. 539, p. 635, p. X.
• Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium. 21 1997 Ann Arbor: University Herbarium, University of Michigan, 1939- url p. 96.
• Contributions to the flora of Venezuela / Julian A. Steyermark and collaborators. 28 1957 Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1957. url p. 1204, p. 735.
• Department of the Interior, Bureau of Government Laboratories. Manila: Bureau of Public Print., 1902-1906. url p. 104.
• Dutch N. W. New Guinea. A contribution to the phytogeography and flora of the Arfak mountains, & c. By L. S. Gibbs. London: Taylor and Francis, 1917. url p. 28, p. 30, p. 34.
• 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 list of illustrations , fig. 38 , p. 276, p. 277, p. vi.
• Flora Malesiana. general editor, C.G.G.J. van Steenis. Djakarta: Noordhoff-Kolff, 1950- url , p. 27.
• Flora of Japan: in English: combined, much revised and extended translation / by the author of his Flora of Japan (1953) and Flora of Japan, Pteridophyta (1957); edited by Frederick G. Meyer and Egbert H. Walker. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1965. url p. 41.
• Fragmenta Florae Philippinae: contributions to the flora of the Philippine Islands / by J. Perkins. Leipzig: Gebr. Borntraeger, 1904-1905. url p. 193.
• Journal of the New York Botanical Garden. 35 1934 Lancaster, Pa.: Published for the Garden by the New Era Printing Co., 1900- url p. 270, p. 296.
• Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. Oxford [etc.]Royal Microscopical Society. url p. 208.
• Leaflets of Philippine botany. I-X Manila: Oriental Printing Co., 1906-1939. url p. 3890.
• Manual of the New Zealand flora. By T. F. Cheeseman. .. Wellington, N. Z., J. Mackay, Govt. Printer, 1906. url p. 1177, p. 974.
• New Zealand nature notes. Short sketches of the geology, botany, zoology, and ethnology of New Zealand (with notes on engineering-works) for the use of members of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, We Wellington, W.Z.G. Skinner, Govt. Print., 1922. url p. 30.
• New Zealand plants and their story. By L. Cockayne. .. Wellington, N.Z., M.F. Marks, Govt. Printer, 1919. url p. 134, p. 135, p. 157, p. 222.
• Phytologia memoirs. Plainfield, N.J.: H.N. Moldenke and A.L. Moldenke, 1980- url p. 22.
• Proceedings - California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 21.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 21.
• Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url , , p. 100, p. 102, p. 103, p. 147, p. 147, p. 148, p. 153, p. 162, p. 173, p. 180, p. 181, p. 217, p. 24, p. 292, p. 295, p. 61, p. 70, p. 76, p. 92.
• Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. [Brisbane, Royal Society of Queensland]1885- url p. 27.
• Pteridophyta of Peru. Rolla M. Tryon, Robert G. Stolze. 22 1989 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, c1989. url fig. 29 , list of illustrations , p. 115, p. 116, p. iii.
• Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 22.
• The Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo, Japan = Tokyo Teikoku Daigaku kiyo. Rika. Tokyo, Japan: The University, 1898-1925. url p. 624.
• The Natural history of Juan Fernandez and Easter Island / edited by Carl Skottsberg. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri, 1920-1956. url , , , .
• The Philippine journal of science. 2 1907 Manila. url p. 134, p. 19, p. 213, p. 321, p. 347, p. 392.
• The Polypodiaceae of the Philippine Islands. New species of edible Philippine fungi. Manila, Bureau of Public Printing, 1905. url p. 104, p. 104.
• The ferns (Filicales) treated comparatively with a view to their natural classification, by F. O. Bower. Cambridge [Eng.]University Press, 1923-28. url p. 150, p. 223, p. 224, p. 289, p. 299, p. 303, p. 304, p. 352, p. 49, p. 51.
• The natural history of Juan Fernandez and Easter Island / edited by Carl Skottsberg. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri, 1920- url p. 225, p. 281.
• The subantarctic islands of New Zealand. Reports on the geo-physics, geology, zoology and botany of the islands lying to the south of New Zealand, based mainly on observations and collections made during an expedition in the government steam Wellington, N.Z.Printed by J. McKay, Gov't. Printer1909 url p. 204, p. 213, p. 228.
• Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. Wellington: New Zealand Institute. url p. 107, p. 122, p. 122, p. 124, p. 133, p. 135, p. 14, p. 143, p. 148, p. 155, p. 159, p. 161, p. 163, p. 168, p. 170, p. 22, p. 235, p. 236, p. 24, p. 240, p. 247, p. 251, p. 31, p. 313, p. 319, p. 365, p. 367, p. 375, p. 404.
• Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd series: Botany 7 1904-1913 London. url p. 432.
• Wissenschaftliche ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Africa-Expedition, 1907-1908: unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, herzogs zu Mecklenburg. Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1910- url p. 31.
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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 11, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 15, 2007:

• Australian National Herbarium
• , Australian National Herbarium
• Herbario SANT, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, SANT herbarium vascular plant collection
• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
• , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• National Herbarium of New South Wales, Plants of Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2644880
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-17809
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13837470
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:129732-3
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 17809
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 17119990
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: HIIN2
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 43053

Footnotes

1. Mean = 616.060 meters (2,021.194 feet), Standard Deviation = 649.520 based on 8,090 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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