Choristosoria viridis

Choristosoria viridis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales 

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Cheilanthoideae
Genus: Choristosoria
Species: Choristosoria viridis
Subspecies: C. v. subsp. macrophylla – C. v. subsp. viridis

Name

Choristosoria viridis (Forssk.) Windham & Schuettp., Taxon 74(2): 277 (2025).

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Pteris viridis Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 186 (1775).
      • Typus: ‘Yemen, montium Hadiensium’, P. Forsskål s.n. (missing).
  • Homotypic
    • Adiantum viride (Forssk.) Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3: 104 (1794).
    • Cheilanthes viridis (Forssk.) Sw., Syn. Fil.: 127 (1806).
    • Pteridella viridis (Forssk.) Mett. in F.A.M.Kuhn in C.C. von der Decken, Reisen Ost-Afr. 3(3): Bot. 16 (1879).
    • Pellaea viridis (Forssk.) Prantl, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 3: 420 (1882).
    • Allosorus viridis (Forssk.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 806 ((1891).
    • Cassebeera viridis (Forssk.) Kaulf. ex Farwell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 281 (1931).
    • Oeosporangium viride (Forssk.) Fraser-Jenk. & Pariyar, Annot. Checkl. Ind. Pterid. 1: 263 (2016).
    • Hemionitis viridis (Forssk.) Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 22 (2018).
  • Heterotypic

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Macaronesia
      • Azores (Faial, Pico; introduced), Cape Verde (Fogo, Santo Antão, São Nicolau), Madeira (Madeira; introduced).
    • Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi, Congo, Rwanda, Zaïre.
    • Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan.
    • Regional: East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
    • Regional: South Tropical Africa
      • Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
    • Regional: Southern Africa
      • Botswana, Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Northern Provinces.
    • Regional: Western Indian Ocean
      • Comoros (Mayotte), Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion, Rodrigues, Seychelles (doubtful)
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Arabian Peninsula
      • Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
  • Continental: Asia-Tropical (introduced)
    • Regional: Indian Subcontinent
      • India, Sri Lanka.
  • Continental: Australasia (introduced)
    • Regional: Australia
      • New South Wales, Queensland.
    • Regional: New Zealand
      • New Zealand North.
  • Continental: Pacific (introduced)
    • Regional: North-Central Pacific
      • Hawaii (Hawaiian Islands: Kauai, Oahu, Maui)
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Brazil
      • Brazil Southeast (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo).

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

References

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Vernacular names

English: green cliff brake
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