Olfersia (Dryopteridaceae)

Olfersia cervina
Olfersia corcovadensis, illustration in Raddi 1819

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales 

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

Familia: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Olfersia
Species: O. alata O. cervina

Belonging to Olfersia, but without valid combination: Polystichopsis macrostegiaPolystichopsis ochropteroides

Source(s) of checklist: 

Name

Olfersia Raddi, Opusc. Sci. 3: 283 (1819).

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Dorcapteris C.Presl, Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 6: 166 (1851).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Central America
      • Belize, Costa Rica, Central American Pacific Islands, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands.
    • Regional: Northern South America
      • French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
    • Regional: Brazil
      • Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South.

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

References

Primary references

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