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