Interesting Facts
Description
Genus Tectaria
Plants
terrestrial
or on rock. Stems short-creeping to erect
, stolons absent. Leaves monomorphic
, evergreen
. Petiole
3/4--3 times length
of blade
, base
not swollen; vascular bundles
more than 3, arranged in an arc, ± round
in cross
section
. Blade lanceolate to deltate or pentagonal
, entire to 1-pinnate-pinnatifid [3-pinnate-pinnatifid], reduced distally to shallowly lobed
or hastate apex, herbaceous to papery
. Pinnae not articulate
to rachis, segment margins
entire to sinuate
or shallowly lobed; proximal
pinnae not or only slightly reduced, sessile to short-petiolulate, base equilateral or often inequilateral
with prominent
basiscopic lobe(s) ; costae adaxially rounded
or shallowly grooved
, grooves
not continuous from rachis to costae; indument
lacking or of multicellular
hairs
on costae abaxially, of multicellular hairs on costae adaxially. Veins reticulate
, areoles with or without included
veinlets
. Sori in 1--several rows
between midrib
and margin, round; indusia peltate to round-reniform and with narrow sinus
, persistent
or caducous
. Spores brownish, with inflated
folds or wings
. x
= 40.
Species ca.
200: mostly tropical
.[1]
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [2].
Ecology:
Was found in humid coastal forest
(0–500 m
).[2].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- 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:
Tectariaceae
()
- Panigrahi
- Genus:
Tectaria
()
- Cavanilles, 1799
- Halberd fern [Latin tectum, roof, and aria, a substantive suffix, alluding to the rooflike indusium of some species]
- Specific epithet:
quitensis
- (C.Chr.) C.Chr.
- Botanical name: - Tectaria quitensis (C.Chr.) C.Chr.
- Specific epithet:
quitensis
- (C.Chr.) C.Chr.
- Genus:
Tectaria
(
- Family:
Tectariaceae
(
- Order:
Polypodiales
(
- Class:
Polypodiopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Moniliformopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Aspidium quitensis C. Chr.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Tectaria
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 17 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
T. amesiana (Ames' Halberd Fern) · T. cicutaria (Button Fern) · T. coriandrifolia (Hairy Halberd Fern) · T. estremeriana (Puerto Rico Halberd Fern) · T. fimbriata (Least Halberd Fern) · T. gaudichaudii (Gaudichaud's Halberd Fern) · T. gemmifera (Snail Fern) · T. heracleifolia (Broad Halberd Fern) · T. incisa (Incised Halberd Fern) · T. incisa f. incisa (Incised Halberd Fern) · T. incisa f. vivipara (Incised Halberd Fern) · T. incisa var. pilosa (Incised Halberd Fern) · T. plantaginea (Plantainleaf Halberd Fern) · T. plantaginea (Jacq.) Maxon var. confluens Morton (Plantainleaf Halberd Fern) · T. plantaginea var. confluens (Plantainleaf Halberd Fern) · T. trifoliata (Threeleaf Halberd Fern) · T. x amesiana (Ames Halberd Fern)
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Further Reading
- IUCN. 2003. 2003 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 18 November 2003.
- Sodiro, L. 1893. Cryptogramae vasculares Quitenses. Typis Univertitatis. Quito.
- Valencia, R., Pitman, N., León-Yánez, S. and Jørgensen, P.M. (eds). 2000. Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endmicas del Ecuador 2000. Publicaciones del Herbario QCA, Ponticicia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito.
- Valencia, R., Pitman, N., Len-Ynez, S. and Jrgensen, P.M. (eds). 2000. Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endmicas del Ecuador 2000. Publicaciones del Herbario QCA, Ponticicia Universidad Catlica del Ecuador, Quito.
- Morton, C. V. 1966. The Mexican species of Tectaria. Amer. Fern J. 56: 120--137.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 13, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Navarrete, H. & Pitman, N. 2003. Tectaria quitensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7151285
- IUCN ID: 245476
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1027193
Footnotes
- Robbin C. Moran "Tectaria". in Flora of North America Vol. 2. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- Navarrete, H. & Pitman, N. 2003. Tectaria quitensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]
