Belvisia spicata

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Belvisia spicata

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka present), Australasia: Queensland (Queensland present), New Caledonia present, Pacific: Fiji (Fiji present), Tahiti present, Tropical Africa present
Throughout Malesia; outside Malesia: tropical Africa, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Australia (Queensland), New Caledonia, Fiji, Tahiti.

Taxonomy

1In Malesia this widespread species is often very close to B. validinervis, and may be hybridising with the latter. 2Superficially, this species is very similar to B. mucronata, and the two species have frequently been confused or collected together. The main difference is found in the rhizome scales, which are clearly dentate and clathrate to the margin in B. mucronata, entire and hyaline near the margin in B. spicata.

Citation

Cav. 1801: Descr.: 237
Sm. 1790: Plant. Ic. Hact. Ined.: pl. 46
C. Chr. 1929 – In: Dansk Bot. Ark.: 58
C. Presl 1851: Epim. Bot.: 160
Kunze 1842: p. 101. – In: Farrnkr.: pl. 47, f. 2
Hook. 1859: Fil. Exoc.: pl. 78
Copel. 1939 – In: Occ. Pap. B. P. Bish. Mus.: 69
Sw. 1806: Syn. Fil.: 110, 303
Morton 1970 – In: Amer. Fern J.: 44
H. Christ 1917: Malayan Ferns: 432
Bedd. 1883: Handb. Ferns Brit. India: 431: f. 261
C. Chr. 1932 – In: Dansk Bot. Ark.: 160
Ridl. 1926 – In: J. Malay Br. Roy. As. Soc.: 113
Bedd. 1876: Suppl. Ferns S. India: 27
C. Presl 1875: Hist. Fil.: 119
Alderw. 1917: Malayan Ferns: 432, corr. 59
Bedd. 1863: Ferns S. India: 15: pl. 46
Holttum 1955: p. 155. – In: Revis. Fl. Malaya: f. 67
Copel. 1929 – In: Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot.: 101
Baker 1874: Syn. Fil., ed. 2: 424
Fée 1850–1852: Gen. Filic.: 82
C. Chr. & Tardieu 1939 – In: Notul. Syst.: 185
T. Moore 1857: Index Filic: 28: pl. 15, f. A
C. Chr. 1929 – In: Dansk Bot. Ark.: 57
Hook. 1864 – In: Sp. Fil.: 280
J. Sm. 1866: Ferns Brit. & For: 92: f. 19
Copel. 1905: Polypod. Philipp.: 110
Backer & Posth. 1939: Varenfl. Java: 229: f. 53
Ching 1940 – In: Sunyatsenia: 259
Tardieu & C. Chr. 1941 – In: Fl. Indo-Chine: 452
Alderw. 1924 – In: Nova Guinea: 26
Alderw. 1908: Malayan Ferns: 728
Alderw. 1908: Malayan Ferns: 728
Racib. 1898: Pterid. Buitenzorg: 51
Domin 1915 – In: Bibl. Bot.: 168
Copel. 1958: Fern Fl. Philipp.: 468
Rosenst. 1908 – In: Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg.: 370
Alderw. 1917: Malayan Ferns: 433
Copel. 1917 – In: Sarawak Mus. J.: 410
Hovenkamp & Franken 1993: p. 524. – In: Blumea: f. 1a, b, 2e, 3f.