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Ver. 25.01
Jan. 2nd, 2024

030.0000 Family Pteridaceae E.D.M.Kirchn.; Schul-Bot. 109 (1831)
48 genera, ca. 1350 spp. The family has been split extensively in smaller subgroups, but Smith et al. (2006) and PPG-I argue for keeping them together.
Species listed in database: 1402; hybrids: 68
= Acrostichaceae Mett. ex A.B.Frank; Syn. Pflanzenk., ed. 2, 3: 1458 (1877), nom. rej.
= Actiniopteridaceae Pic.Serm.; Webbia 17: 5 (1962)
= Adiantaceae Newman; Hist. Brit. Ferns 5 (1840) nom. cons. over Parkeriaceae (1825)
= Anopteraceae Doweld; Tent. Syst. Pl. Vasc. (Tracheophyta) 51 (2001)
= Antrophyaceae (Link) Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16: 11 (1978)
= Ceratopteridaceae Underw.; Native Ferns, ed. 6: 65, 78 (1900)
= Cheilanthaceae B.K.Nayar; Taxon 19: 233 (1970)
= Cryptogrammaceae Pic.Serm.; Webbia 17: 299 (1963)
= Hemionitidaceae Pic.Serm.; Webbia 21: 487 (1966)
= Negripteridaceae Pic.Serm.; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n. s. 53: 160 (1946)
= Parkeriaceae Hook.; Exot. Fl. 2: t. 147 (1825), nom. rej. in favor of Adiantaceae
= Platyzomataceae Nakai; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, 29: 4 (1950)
= Pteridaceae Reichenb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 138 (1837)
= Sinopteridaceae Koidz.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 3: 50 (1934)
= Taenitidaceae (C.Presl) Pic.Serm.; Webbia 29: 1 (1974)
= Vittariaceae Ching; Sunyatsenia 5: 232 (1940)
030.3007 Genus Onychium Kaulf.; Jahrb. Pharm. 45 (1820)
Distribution: Mostly India, Indochina, Himalaya, China, Malesia, 1 to Australia, 1 NE-Africa and Iran. Very complicated taxonomy due to apomixis.
Species listed in database: 11; hybrids: 1
= Leptostegia D.Don; Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 14 (1825)
= Cryptogrammopsis Kümmerle; Amer. Fern J. 20: 133 (1930)
species :
Onychium cryptogrammoides Christ; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 52 (1909)
subspecies :
subsp. cryptogrammoides
Distribution: China (S-Gansu, Guizhou, Sichuan, NW-Yunnan); Tibet; Pakistan (Hazara, Swat); Nepal; Bhutan; India (Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; ?Vietnam
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Synonyms: hidden
= Cheilanthes contigua Wall.; Numer. List. [Wallich] no. 72 (1829), nomen
= Onychium japonicum var. intermedium C.B.Clarke; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 1: 457 (1880)
= Onychium japonicum var. multisectum C.B.Clarke; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 1: 459 (1880)
= Onychium multisectum (C.B.Clarke) Panigrahi & Sarn.Singh; Ferns Fern-Allies Arunachal Pradesh 2: 622 (2005) (fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. 2015)
subspecies :
subsp. fragile (S.C.Verma & Khullar) Fraser-Jenk. & Matsumoto; Ferns Fern-Allies Nepal 1: 291 (2015)
Distribution: China (Yunnan); Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand)
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Conservation Status: IUCN ?VU for India (Fraser-Jenkins 2012)
Synonyms: hidden
= Onychium fragile S.C.Verma & Khullar; Nova Hedwigia 9: 85, t. 14-17 (1965)
species :
Onychium divaricatum (Poir.) Alston; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 30: 21 (1956)
Distribution: SE-Egypt; Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Djibouti; Somalia; Soqotra; SW-Iran; Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates; Oman; N-Yemen; S-Yemen
20 EGY 24 DJI ERI ETH SOC SOM SUD 34 IRN 35 OMA SAU UAE YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Allosorus cuspidatus Hochst.; Ill. Pl. Orient. 3: 3, t. 201 (1847)
= Allosorus melanolepis Decne.; Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 2: ? (1841)
= Cheilanthes leptophylla R.Br.; Voy. Abyss. [Salt], Append: 65 (1814), nomen
= Cryptogramma melanolepis (Decne.) Prantl; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 3: 413 (1882)
= Onychium melanolepis (Decne.) Kunze; Farrnkräuter 2: 9, t. 104, f. 2 (1848)
= Pteris melanolepis (Decne.) Ettingsh.; Farnkr. Jetztw. [Ettingshausen] 88, f. 35, 39 (1864)
= Trichomanes divaricatum Poir.; Encycl. [J. Lamarck et al.] 8: 78 (1808)
species :
Onychium japonicum (Thunb.) Kunze; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 6: 507 (1848), nom. cons.
Name: Japanese Claw fern, Carrot fern
Distribution: Azores [I] (Sao Miguel Isl. [I], Pico [I], Faial [I]); China (Anhui, Fujian, S-Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, W-Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); South Korea (incl. Cheju Isl.); Japan; Ryukyu Isl.; Bonin Isl. (Chichijima, Otohtojima); Taiwan; N-Thailand; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Lombok, Bali, Sumbawa, Timor)
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Synonyms: hidden
= Asplenium japonicum (Thunb.) Kunze; Ind. Sem. Hort. Lips. 1837-1843: [2] (1843), nom. illeg.
= Asplenium swartzianum Kunze; Linnaea 19: 404 (1847)
= Caenopteris japonica (Thunb.) Thunb.; Nova Acta Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. Hist. Acad. 9: 161, t. G, f. 2 (1795)
= Cryptogramma japonica (Thunb.) Prantl; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 8: 413 (1882)
= Darea japonica (Thunb.) Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 5(1): 302 (1810)
= Onychium carvifolium Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.) 132 (1852)
= Onychium chinense Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.) 132 (1852), nom. nud.
= Onychium japonicum f. echizenense Yo.Saito & Y.Yoshim.; J. Phytogeogr. Taxon. 60(2): 69 (2013)
= Pteris japonica (Thunb.) Mett.; Fil. Hort. Bot. Lips. 54 (1856)
= Trichomanes japonicum Thunb.; Syst. Veg., ed. 14 [J.A.Murray] 941 (1784)
species :
Onychium kholianum Fraser-Jenk. & Matsumoto; Ferns Fern-Allies Nepal 1: 292 (2015)
Distribution: China (Yunnan); Nepal; India (Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand)
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Remarks: material so identified from Bhutan is an unknown taxon close but not identical (fide Fraser-Jenkins)
species :
Onychium lucidum (D.Don) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4(1): 66 (1827)
Distribution: China (Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Tibet; Taiwan; Pakistan; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, ?Jammu & Kashmir); Myanmar; Vietnam
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Remarks: treated as full species by Knapp (Ferns of Taiwan, 2011 ff.) and Fraser-Jenkins et al. (2015) but only as a variety of O. japonicum by Flora of China
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheilanthes lucida (D.Don) Wall.; Numer. List. [Wallich] no. 69 (1829), nomen
= Leptostegia lucida Wall. ex D.Don; Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 14 (1825)
= Onychium contiguum Wall. ex C.Hope; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 13: 444 (1901), nom. nov. superfl.
= Onychium dulongjiangense W.M.Chu; Acta Bot. Yunnan., Suppl. 5: 38 (1992)
= Onychium japonicum var. lucidum (Wall. ex D.Don) Christ; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 1 [Hist. Acrostich.]: 60 (1905)
= Onychium tibeticum Ching & S.K.Wu; Fl. Xizang. 1: 77 (1983) (fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. 2015)
species :
Onychium moupinense Ching; Lingnan Sci. J. 13: 500 (1934)
Distribution: China (Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan); Nepal; Bhutan; India (Sikkim, Mizoram)
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Synonyms: hidden
= Onychium angustifolium Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 20: 233 (1982), not O. angustifolium (Kunth) Kunze (1848)
= Onychium angustifrons Ching; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 3(1): 112 (1990), nom. nov.
= Onychium japonicum subsp. moupinense (Ching) Fraser-Jenk.; Taxon. Revis. Indian Subcontinental Pteridophytes 92 (2008)
variant :
var. ipii (Ching) K.H.Shing; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 3(1): 112 (1990)
Distribution: China (W-Hubei)
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Synonyms: hidden
= Onychium ipii Ching; Lingnan Sci. J. 15: 282 (1936)
species :
Onychium plumosum Ching; Lingnan Sci. J. 13(3): 499 (1934)
Distribution: China (SW-Sichuan, NW-Yunnan)
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Synonyms: hidden
= Onychium japonicum var. parvisorum Bonap.; Notes Ptéridol. 14: (1923)
species :
Onychium siamense Fraser-Jenk. & Kandel; Ferns Fern-Allies Nepal 1: 297 (2015)
Distribution: Thailand
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species :
Onychium siliculosum (Desv.) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 20 (1905), 469 (1906)
Distribution: China (Hainan, Yunnan); Tibet; Taiwan; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam State, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.; Andaman Isl. (Barren Isl.); Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Sulawesi; Palawan; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Lombok, Bali, Flores, Timor); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch.; Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)
36 CHI TIB 38 TAI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP 41 AND CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 JAW LSI MLY NWG PHI PLW SUL 43 BIS 50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Acrostichum viviparum Cav.; Descr. Pl. [Cavanilles] 240 (1801), nom. illeg. (non L.f. 1781)
= Allosorus auratus (Kaulf.) C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 152 (1836)
= Caenopteris quadripinnata Blanco; Fl. Filip. [F.M.Blanco] 833 (1837)
= Cryptogramma aurata (Kaulf.) Prantl; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 3: 413 (1882)
= Lomaria aurea Wall.; Numer. List. [Wallich] no. 38 (1829), nom. inval.
= Lomaria carvifolia Wall.; Numer. List. [Wallich] no. 39 (1829), nom. inval.
= Lomaria decomposita D.Don; Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 14 (1825)
= Onychium auratum Kaulf.; Enum. Filic. [Kaulfuss] 144 (1824)
= Onychium aureum Kümmerle; Amer. Fern J. 20: 129 (1930)
= Onychium chrysocarpum (Hook. & Grev.) C.Chr.; Index Filic., Suppl. Tert. 133 (1934)
= Onychium siliculosum var. chrysocarpum (Hook. & Grev.) Tardieu & C.Chr.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 7: 169 (1940)
= Onychium tenue Christ; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 1: 451 (1901)
= Onychium viviparum (Cav.) Kümmerle; Amer. Fern J. 20: 131, t. 7 (1930)
= Phorolobus siliculosus (Desv.) Desv.; Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 291 (1827)
= Pteris aurata (Kaulf.) Mett.; Fil. Hort. Bot. Lips. 54 (1856)
= Pteris chrysocarpa Hook. & Grev.; Icon. Filic. t. 107 (1829)
= Pteris chrysosperma Hook. & Grev.; Icon. Filic. t. 107 (1829)
= Pteris daucifolia Roxb.; Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 4: 508 (1844)
= Pteris siliculosa Desv.; Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 5: 324 (1811)
species :
Onychium tenuifrons Ching; Lingnan Sci. J. 14(3): 500 (1934)
Distribution: China (W-Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh); ?Lesser Sunda Isl. (Timor)
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Conservation Status: IUCN VU for India (Fraser-Jenkins 2012)
Synonyms: hidden
= Onychium japonicum var. delavayi Christ; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 1 [Hist. Acrostich.]: 60 (1905)
species :
Onychium vermae Fraser-Jenk. & Khullar; Ferns Fern-Allies Nepal 1: 300 (2015)
Distribution: China (Himalayas); Pakistan; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Jammu & Kashmir)
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Remarks: contains records for O. japonicum from the Indian subcontinent
species :
Onychium ×matsumotoi Fraser-Jenk. & Kandel; Ferns Fern-Allies Nepal 1: 302 (2015)
Distribution: Nepal
40 NEP
Remarks: Onychium lucidum x vermae
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