Choristosoria quadripinnata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Tracheophyta
Divisio: Pteridophyta
Classis: Polypodiopsida
Ordo: Polypodiales

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Choristosoria
Species: Choristosoria quadripinnata

Name

Choristosoria quadripinnata (Forssk.) Windham & Schuettp., Taxon 74(2): 276 (2025).

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Pteris quadripinnata Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 186 (1775).
      • Type: ‘Yemen, montium Hadiensium’, P. Forsskål s.n. (missing).
  • Homotypic
    • Allosorus quadripinnatus (Forssk.) C.Presl, Tent. Pterid.: 154 (1836).
    • Cheilanthes quadripinnata (Forssk.) Kuhn, Filic. Afr. 74 (1868).
    • Pteridella quadripinnata (Forssk.) Mett. in F.A.M. Kuhn in C.C. von der Decken, Reisen Ost-Afr. 3(3): Bot. 16 (1879).
    • Pellaea quadripinnata (Forssk.) Prantl, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 8: 420 (1882).
    • Hemionitis quadripinnata (Forssk.) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 20 (2018).
  • Heterotypic
    • Pteris consobrina Kunze, Linnaea 10: 526 (1836).
      • Type: ‘In rupium fissuris montium Witbergen, Jan.’, J.F. Drège 8827 (Lectotype: B 20 0000391, designated by Anthony (1984: 172, 173)).
      • Allosorus consobrinus (Kunze) Pappe & Rawson, Syn. Fil. Afr. Austr. 31 (1858).
      • Pellaea consobrina (Kunze) Hook., Sp. Fil. 2: 145, t. 117 A (1858).
    • Cheilanthes atherstonei Hook., Sp. Fil. 2: 107 (1852).
      • Type: ‘District of Somerset, S. Africa’, W.G. Atherstone s.n. (Holotype: K).
    • Cheilanthes firma T.Moore, Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 225 (1853).
      • Type: Natal, R.W. Plant 318 (Holotype: BM; isotype: K 000435566).
    • Cheilanthes linearis T.Moore, Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 228 (1853).
      • Type: Natal, R.W. Plant s.n. (Holotype: BM).
    • Cheilanthes triangula Kunze, Linnaea 10: 536 (1836).
      • Type: “Compasberg, in rupestribus umbrosis, 5–6000 ped.”, J.F. Drège s.n. (LZ†; lectotype: B 20 0000393, designated by Anthony (1984: 172, 173); isolectotypes: BM, L).
    • Pellaea contracta Fée, Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 129 (1852).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon, Rwanda.
    • Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia, Sudan.
    • Regional: East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
    • Regional: South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe.
    • Regional: Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces (Eastern Cape, Western Cape), Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces (Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Northern Province)
    • Regional: Western Indian Ocean
      • Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar.
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Arabian Peninsula
      • Yemen.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Roux, J.P. 2009. Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands. Strelitzia 23: 1–296. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 978-1-919976-48-8. ARK: /t0ps2bc93 PDF Reference page. 
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