Family Dennstaedtiaceae, genus Dennstaedtia;
world species list.


By Michael Hassler and Brian Swale.      

A list of the species of the genus Dennstaedtia, giving current name, authority, synonyms, published references, geographic distribution and (sometimes) illustrations.
Please note: an asterisk * in the distribution list means that the species is exotic to the country named.

005.00 Class Filicopsida
		Trivial names: Ferns
		Statistics: 15 orders, 53 families, 310 genera, 9300-10700 species 
		[11501 species and 454 hybrids listed.
027.000 Order Pteridales
		Statistics: 10 families, 53 genera, 1065-1300 spp. [1358 species and 42 hybrids listed]
037.000 Order Dennstaedtiales
		Statistics: 3 families, 13 genera, 228-250 spp. [295 species and 4 hybrids listed]
037.0000 Family Dennstaedtiaceae Pichi-Sermolli s. str.; Webbia 24: 704 (1970)
		Statistics: 7 genera, 128-133 spp. [168 species and 2 hybrids listed]
		Revision date: 20.07.2001

037.0003 Dennstaedtia Moore; Ind. Fil. 97: (1859) [nom. cons., non Bernh. 1800 Statistics: 50-55 spp. mostly tropical/subtropical, America (12) [59 species listed] Revision date: 20.07.2001 = Adectum Link; Fil. spec. 41, 42 (1841) = Emodiopteris Ching & S. K. Wu; Acta Phytotax. Sin., 16(4): 21 (1978) = Fuziifilix Nakai & Momose; Cytologia, Fujii Jub. Vol. 365 (1937) = Litolobium Newman; The Phytologist 5. 236 (1854) [nom. superfl. = Paradennstaedtia Tagawa; Jour. Jap. Bot. 27: 213 (1952) = Patania Presl; Tent. Pterid. 137 (1836) = Scyphofilix Thouars; Nov. Gen. Madag. 1 = Sitobolium Desv.; Mem. Linn. Soc. Paris 6: 262 (1827) [altered to Sitolobium by J. Sm. 1841 = Sitolobium J. Sm.; Journ. Bot. 3: 418 (1841) Dennstaedtia ampla (Bak.) Bedd.; Journ. Bot. 227 (1893) Dennstaedtia anthriscifolia (Bory) Moore; Ind. 303 (1861) Dennstaedtia antillensis (Jenm.) C. Chr.; Ind. 216 (1905) Dennstaedtia appendiculata (Wall. ex Hook.) J. Sm.; Hist. Fil. 265 (1875) var. elwesii (Bedd.) Bedd.; Handb. Ferns Brit. India Suppl. 7 (1892) Dennstaedtia arborescens (Willd.) E. Ekman ex Maxon; Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 43: 88 (1930) Dennstaedtia bipinnata (Cav.) Maxon; Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 51: 39 (1938) Trivial names: Bipinnate Cuplet Fern Dennstaedtia canaliculata Alderw.; Bull. Jard. bot. Buit. II nr. XVI. 6 (1914) Dennstaedtia cicutaria (Sw.) T. Moore; Index Fil. xcvii (1857) Dennstaedtia coronata (Sod.) C. Chr.; Ind. 216 (1905) Dennstaedtia cuneata (J. Sm.) Moore; Ind. XCVII (1857) Dennstaedtia d'orbignyana Kuhn; Linn. 36. 146 (1869) Dennstaedtia davallioides (R. Br.) Moore; Parker's Cat (1858) Trivial names: Lacy ground fern Dennstaedtia delicata (F.v.Muell.) Alston; Journ. of Bot. 77: 289 (1939) Dennstaedtia dennstaedtioides Copel.; Phil. Journ. Sci. Bot. 2. 126 (1907) Dennstaedtia deparioides Rosenst.; Hedwigia 46. 71 (1906) Dennstaedtia dissecta (Sw.) Moore; Ind. 305 (1861) Dennstaedtia distenta (Kunze) T. Moore; Index Fil. 306 (1861) Dennstaedtia elmeri Copel.; Elmer's Leaflets 1. 233 (1907) Dennstaedtia flaccida (Forst.) Bernh.; Schrad. Journ. 1800(2). 124 t. 1 f. 3 (1801) Dennstaedtia fluminensis (Fée) C. Chr.; Ind. 217 (1905) Dennstaedtia fusca Copel.; Philip. Journ. Sc. 81: 4. t.3 (1952) Dennstaedtia glabrata (Ces.) C. Chr.; Ind. 217 (1905) Dennstaedtia glauca (Cav.) C. Chr. apud Looser; Revista Hist. Géogr. Chile 69. 184 (1932) Dennstaedtia globulifera (Poir.) Hier.; Engl. Jahrb. 114. 455 (1904) Trivial names: Beaded Cuplet Fern Dennstaedtia hirsuta (Sw.) Mett. ex Miq.; Ann. Lugd. Bat. 3. 181 (1867) Dennstaedtia hooveri Christ; Phil. Journ. Sci. Bot. 2. 169 (1907) Dennstaedtia incisa (Fée) Kuhn; Linn. 36. 146 (1861) Dennstaedtia inermis (Baker) Brownlie; Nova Hedwigia Beih. 55 (Pterid. Fl. Fiji): 110 (1977) Dennstaedtia kalbreyeri Maxon; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 61: 40 (1938) Dennstaedtia leptophylla Hayata; Ic. Fl. Formosa 6. 266 f. 98 (1915) Dennstaedtia lindsayiformis (Fée) C. Chr.; Ind. 217 (1905) Dennstaedtia macgregori Copel.; Philip. Journ. Sc. 81: 4. t.2 (1952) Dennstaedtia madagascariensis (Kunze) Tardieu; Humbert, Fl. Madag. Fam. 5. 1: 11 (1958) var. hirsuta Tard. (1958) var. humbertii Tard. (1958) Dennstaedtia magnifica Copel.; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 18: 218 (1942) Dennstaedtia melanostipos Ching; Chien & Chun, Fl. Reipubl. Pop. Sin. 2: 357 (1959) Dennstaedtia merrillii Copel.; Phil. Journ. Sci. Bot. 2. 126 (1907) Dennstaedtia munchii Christ; Bull. Boiss. II. 6. 732 (1905) Dennstaedtia novoguineensis (Rosenst.) Alston; Journ. of Bot. 77: 289 (1939) Dennstaedtia obtusifolia (Willd.) T. Moore; Index Fil. 306 (1861) Dennstaedtia parksii Copeland ex Morton; Yuncker, Bull. Bishop Mus. 220: 28. f.4 (1959) Dennstaedtia penicillifera Alderw.; Bull. Buit. II no. 28. 17 t. 1 (1918) Dennstaedtia philippinensis Copel.; Elmer's Leaflets 9. 3107 (1920) Dennstaedtia producta Mett.; Ann. sc. nat. V. 2. 260 (1864) Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) Moore; Ind. XCVII (1857) Trivial names: Hay-scented Fern Dennstaedtia remota (Christ) Diels; Nat. Pfl. 1(4). 218 (1899) Dennstaedtia resinifera (BI.) Mett. ex Kuhn; Ann. Lugd. Bat. 4. 290 (1869) Dennstaedtia rufidula C. Chr.; Gardens Bull. S. S. 7. 226 t. 51 (1934) Dennstaedtia samoensis (Brackenr.) Moore; Ind. 307 (1857) Dennstaedtia scabra (Wall. ex Hook.) Moore; Ind. Fil. 307 (1961) var. tenuisecta C. Chr. (1934) Dennstaedtia shawii Copel.; Phil. Journ. Sci. 30. 326 (1926) Dennstaedtia smithii (Hook.) Moore; Ind. 308 (1861) Dennstaedtia spinosa Mickel; Amer. Fern J. 58: 90 (1968) Dennstaedtia sprucei Moore; Ind. 308 (1861) Dennstaedtia sumatrana Alderw.; Bull. Dépt. agric. Ind. néerl. 18. 6 (1908) Dennstaedtia terminalis Alderw.; Bull. Jard. bot. Buit. II nr. XVI. 6 t. 4 (1914) Dennstaedtia tripinnatifida Copel.; Philip. Journ. Sc. 60: 109. t.16 (1936) Dennstaedtia vagans (Bak.) Diels; Nat. pfl. 14. 218 (1899) Dennstaedtia wercklei (H. Christ) R.M. Tryon; Contr. Gray Herb. 187: 50 (1960) Dennstaedtia williamsii Copel.; Phil. Journ. Sci. 1. Suppl. II. 148 (1906)
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