Taxon: Dicranopteris linearis (Burm. f.) Underw.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Dicranopteris linearis forma emarginata (no accessions)

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

• AFRICA
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Ethiopia
  East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
  West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo; Gabon; Rwanda; Sao Tome and Principe
  West Tropical Africa: Cote D'Ivoire; Ghana; Liberia; Nigeria; Sierra Leone
  South Tropical Africa: Angola; Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe
  Southern Africa: South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal; Swaziland
  Western Indian Ocean: Comoros; Madagascar; Mauritius; Reunion; Seychelles
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Anhui, Guangdong [s.], Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang, Yunnan [s.e.], Zhejiang
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Honshu, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku; Korea, South; Taiwan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India; Sri Lanka
  Indo-China: Indochina; Thailand
  Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia; Papua New Guinea; Philippines
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - New South Wales [n.e.], Northern Territory [n., n.w., & s.], Queensland [n. & e.], Western Australia [n.]
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• PACIFIC
  Southwestern Pacific: Fiji; Samoa; Solomon Islands

References:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
• Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca. (F Zamb)
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan. (F Japan)
• Johns, R. J. 1991. Pteridophytes of Tropical East Africa. (Ferns TE Afr)
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
• Mickel, J. T. & A. R. Smith. 2004. The pteridophytes of Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 88:1-1054. (Ferns Mexico) [mentions].
• Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana. (F Males)
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Dicranopteris linearis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Dicranopteris linearis. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (=) Dicranopteris dichotoma (Thunb.) Bernh.
  
• Dicranopteris sandwicensis O. Deg. [= Dicranopteris linearis forma emarginata]
  
• Gleichenia emarginata T. Moore [= Dicranopteris linearis forma emarginata]
  
• (≡) Gleichenia linearis (Burm. f.) C. B. Clarke
  
• Mertensia emarginata Brack. [≡ Dicranopteris linearis forma emarginata]
  
• (=) Polypodium dichotomum Thunb.
  
• (≡) Polypodium lineare Burm. f. (basionym)
  

Check other databases for Dicranopteris linearis (Burm. f.) Underw.:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium Map Display Interface
• On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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