Ctenitis ameristoneuros (Fée) Greuter & R. Rankin 2025

Greuter, Werner & Rankin Rodríguez, Rosa Gloria, 2025, Solving the riddle of Aspidium ameristoneuron Fée, a misunderstood Cuban or Mexican species of Ctenitis (Dryopteridaceae) – Occasional Papers from the Herbarium Greuter, 7, PhytoKeys 265, pp. 233-239 : 233-239

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.265.173094

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17525640

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scientific name

Ctenitis ameristoneuros (Fée) Greuter & R. Rankin
status

comb. nov.

Ctenitis ameristoneuros (Fée) Greuter & R. Rankin comb. nov.

Aspidium ameristoneuron (‘ ameristonevron ’) Fée, Mém. Foug. 8, Ic. Esp. Nouv.: 104. 1857. Holotype: [specimen] “ Cuba ” (in error), without date and collector [in fact: México, Teapa , Tabasco, Jan. 1840, Linden 1489] ( RB # 543192 [foto!] ; isotypes (by implication) are listed below as types of Aspidium lindenii View in CoL .

Lastrea ameristoneuros (‘ ameristoneura ’) (Fée) T. Moore in Index Fil.: 85. 1858.

Dryopteris ameristoneuros (‘ ameristoneura ’) Fée) C. Chr., Index Filic.: 251. 1905.

= Nephrodium salvinii View in CoL (‘ Salvini ’) Baker in Hooker and Baker, Syn. Fil.: 274. 1867 ≡ Dryopteris salvinii (Baker) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. View in CoL 2: 813. 1891 – Lectotype (specified by Stolze 1977: 43): [specimen] “ Guatemala ”, Salvin and Godman ( K # 590305 [ex herb. Hooker; foto!] ; isolectotype: B # 200065533 [fragm.!]) . – These are at the same time syntypes ( isotypes or paralectotypes) of Aspidium lindenii View in CoL .

Ctenitis salvinii (Baker) Stolze View in CoL in Amer. Fern J. 67: 43. 1977.

= Aspidium lindenii View in CoL (‘ Lindeni’) Kuhn in Linnaea 36: 116. 1869 – Lectotype ( Mickel and Beitel 1988: 134): [specimen] Mexico, Linden 1489 ( B # 200058730 ! [ex herb. Mettenius, “ exacte quadrat / Aspidium decipiens View in CoL ” [ined. ]] ; isolectotypes: BR # 13512019 , GH # 21115 [“ Tabasco, Teapa , rochers humides ”, Jan 1840, ex herb. T. Moore; foto!] , K # 590302 [“ rochers humides de Teapa ( Tabasco) ”, ex herb. Hooker; foto!].

Nephrodium lindenii (Kuhn) Baker View in CoL in Hooker and Baker, Syn. Fil., ed. 2.: 493. 1874.

Dryopteris lindenii (Kuhn) Kuntze View in CoL in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1–2: 813. 1891.

Ctenitis lindenii (Kuhn) A. R. Sm. View in CoL in Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 40: 229. 1975.

Distribution.

Endémic to SE México (Yucatán to Veracruz and Chiapas) and northern Central América ( Belice, Guatemala) (PoWo 2025 +, under Ctenitis salvinii ); absent from the Antilles.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Polypodiopsida

Order

Polypodiales

Family

Dryopteridaceae

Genus

Ctenitis

Loc

Ctenitis ameristoneuros (Fée) Greuter & R. Rankin

Greuter, Werner & Rankin Rodríguez, Rosa Gloria 2025
2025
Loc

Ctenitis salvinii (Baker)

Stolze 1977: 43
1977
Loc

Ctenitis lindenii (Kuhn)

Kuhn 1975: 229
1975
Loc

Dryopteris salvinii (Baker)

Baker 1891: 813
1891
Loc

Lastrea ameristoneuros

T. Moore 1858: 85
1858
Loc

Aspidium ameristoneuron

Aspidium ameristoneuron (‘ ameristonevron ’) Fée, Mém. Foug. 8, Ic. Esp. Nouv.: 104. 1857
Loc

Dryopteris ameristoneuros

Dryopteris ameristoneuros (‘ ameristoneura ’) Fée) C. Chr., Index Filic.: 251. 1905
Loc

Nephrodium salvinii

Nephrodium salvinii (‘ Salvini ’) Baker in Hooker and Baker, Syn. Fil.: 274. 1867
Loc

Aspidium lindenii

Aspidium lindenii (‘ Lindeni’ ) Kuhn in Linnaea 36: 116. 1869
Loc

Nephrodium lindenii (Kuhn)

Nephrodium lindenii (Kuhn) Baker in Hooker and Baker, Syn. Fil., ed. 2.: 493. 1874
Loc

Dryopteris lindenii (Kuhn)

Dryopteris lindenii (Kuhn) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1–2: 813. 1891