Pteridaceae
Pityrogramma

Pityrogramma calomelanos (L.) Link

First published in J.C.Mössler, Handb. Gewächsk., ed. 3. 3: 20 (1833)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a rhizomatous geophyte or lithophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, has environmental uses and social uses and as a poison and a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Central American Pac, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Azores, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Comoros, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Florida, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Madeira, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Chang, C.-S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2021). Checklist of Far East Asian Vascular Flora 1: 1-626. EABCN, Seoul.
  • Chen, C.-W. & al. (2022). An annotated checklist of lycophytes and ferns of the Solomon islands. The Fern Gazette 21: 292-419.
  • Ebihara, A. (2016). The standard of ferns and lycophytes in Japan. Nihonsan shida shokubutsu hyojun zukan 1: 1-475. Gakken Plus, Tokyo.
  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Hsu, T.C., Chen, C.W., Knapp, R. & Hung, H.C. (2019). Ferns and Lycophytes I. The illustrated flora of Taiwan. Tai wan yuan sheng zhi wu quan tu jian 8(1): 1-448. Tai bei shi : Mao tou ying chu ban : Jia ting chuan mei cheng bang fen gong si fa xing.
  • Loc, P.K. & al. (2019). A checklist of pteridophytes collected on Cham Chu mountains and adjacent sites. Journal of Biology. Hanoi, Vietnam 41: 75-89.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
  • Singh, S.K. & al. (2023). Pteridophytes of Meghalaya. A pictorial guide: 1-246. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh.
  • Velázquez Montes, E. (2018). Flora de Guerrero 82: 1-230. Facultade de Ciencias, UNAM.
  • Wei, H.J. & al. (2018). New records of pteridophytes in Xizang. Guihaia 38: 397-407.

Flora of the Cayman Islands

  • Link, Handbuch 3: 20 (1833).

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Handb. Erkenn. Gewächs. 3 : 20 (1833)
  • Tard. in Mém .I.F.A.N. 28: 206 (1953).

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Castro, C. (Proveedor de metadatos), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). Versión 11.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.or

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
  • Hsu, T.C., Chen, C.W., Knapp, R. & Hung, H.C. (2019). Ferns and Lycophytes I. The illustrated flora of Taiwan. Tai wan yuan sheng zhi wu quan tu jian 8(1): 1-448. Tai bei shi : Mao tou ying chu ban : Jia ting chuan mei cheng bang fen gong si fa xing.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
  • Wei, H.J. & al. (2018). New records of pteridophytes in Xizang. Guihaia 38: 397-407.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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  • Cámara-Leret, R., & Dennehy, Z. (2019). Information gaps in indigenous and local knowledge for science-policy assessments. Nature Sustainability 2:736-741.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
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  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
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  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 2007 Grimes, J.W. [1106] Indonesia K000475997 No
Nov 1, 2006 Johns, R.J. [9665] Indonesia K000445493 No
Nov 1, 2006 Johns, R.J. [9665] Indonesia K000445494 No
Mar 1, 2006 Johns, R.J. [7459] Brunei K000420938 No
Mar 1, 2005 Anonymus [SAN 128751] Malaysia K000475380 No
Feb 1, 2005 Kalat, A. [ARK 78] Brunei K000448899 No
Feb 1, 2005 Wong, K.M. [WKM1747] Brunei K000448901 No
Feb 1, 2005 Kalat, A. [ARK 78] Brunei K000448898 No
Feb 1, 2005 Kalat, A. [ARK 78] Brunei K000448900 No
Sep 1, 2004 Sinaga, N.I. [1108] Indonesia K000473649 No
Mar 1, 2004 Chantaranothai, P.; Middleton, D.; Parnell, J. [1460] Thailand K000547730 No
Mar 1, 2004 Chantaranothai, P.; Middleton, D.; Parnell, J. [1409] Thailand K000547731 No
Mar 1, 2004 Johns, R.J. [7089] Brunei K000448902 No
Jul 1, 2001 Cable, S. [3684] Cameroon K000109164 No
Jul 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [1640] Cameroon K000109167 No
Jul 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [2768] Cameroon K000109051 No
Jun 1, 2000 Edwards, P.J. [4002] Indonesia K000445651 No
Jun 1, 2000 Edwards, P.J. [4002] Indonesia K000445652 No
Jun 1, 2000 Edwards, P.J. [4002] Indonesia K000445650 No
Jan 2, 1998 Widjaja, E.A.; Prawiroatmodjo, T; Ruskandi A. [EAW 7013] Indonesia K000475589 No
Aug 1, 1997 Lugas, L. [2638] Malaysia K000475378 No
Aug 1, 1997 Saibeh, D. [22] Malaysia K000475377 No
Aug 1, 1997 Giking, M. [169] Malaysia K000475379 No
Jun 1, 1997 Johns, R.J. [7903] Indonesia K000475676 No
Jun 1, 1997 Johns, R.J. [8147] Indonesia K000475678 No
Jun 1, 1997 Johns, R.J. [7903] Indonesia K000475675 No
Jun 1, 1997 Johns, R.J. [8147] Indonesia K000475677 No
May 6, 1997 Sands, M.J.S. [6739] Indonesia K000475587 No
May 6, 1997 Sands, M.J.S. [6739] Indonesia K000475588 No
Apr 14, 1997 Sands, M.J.S. [6214] Indonesia K000475586 No
Jan 1, 1996 Wheatley, J.I. [656] Cameroon K000011702 No
Jan 1, 1996 Watts, J. [690] Cameroon K000011698 No
Jan 1, 1996 Watts, J. [1005] Cameroon K000011699 No
Jan 1, 1996 Cheek, M. [5747] Cameroon K000011701 No
Jan 1, 1996 Cheek, M. [5868] Cameroon K000011700 No
Jan 1, 1996 Sunderland, T.C.H. [1140] Cameroon K000011703 No
Oct 1, 1995 Powell, D.A. [X.I.1314] Christmas Island K000473232 No
Aug 1, 1993 Aumeeruddy, Y. [534] Indonesia K000472351 No
Oct 1, 1992 Yii, P.C. [S.51679] Malaysia K000473244 No
Oct 1, 1992 Yii [S.51679] Malaysia K000473245 No
Jul 24, 1987 Du Puy, D.J.; Du Puy, B.P. [CI.32] Christmas Island K000448602 No
Mar 17, 1982 Powell, D.A. [510] Christmas Island K000473233 No
Jun 1, 1981 Makita, L.S. [LSM 16] K000474262 No
Jun 1, 1981 Nagari, T. [TN5] K000473621 No
Feb 1, 1977 Sands, M.J.S.; Pattison, G.A.; Wood, J.J. [2938] K000474264 No
Oct 1, 1976 Shim, P.S. [SAN 81668] Malaysia K000475369 No
May 1, 1976 Woodhams, J.R. [204] K000473623 No
May 1, 1976 Woodhams, J.R. [204] K000473622 No
Jan 1, 1975 Piggott, A.G. [1191] Malaysia K000448330 No
Jan 1, 1975 Piggott, A.G. [1194] Malaysia K000448331 No
Feb 17, 1972 Ellen, R.F. [36] Indonesia K000475459 No
Jan 1, 1965 Olsen, S. [747] Philippines K000475583 No
Jan 1, 1965 Dissing, H. [2711] K000474265 No
Nov 1, 1964 Fuchs, H.P. [21300] Malaysia K000448897 No
Feb 15, 1958 Pleyte, D.R. [215] Indonesia K000475576 No
Dec 1, 1957 Lörzing, J.A. [13775] Indonesia K000448591 No
Oct 1, 1957 Pleyte, D.R. [87] Indonesia K000475577 No
Jul 9, 1956 Wood, G.H.S. [2021] Malaysia K000475451 No
Oct 7, 1954 Venning, F.E.W. [MA118] Malaysia K000445927 No
Jan 1, 1954 Gwynne Vaughan, D.T. [628] Malaysia K000472382 No
Feb 5, 1953 Soewarta [97] Indonesia K000448593 No
Jan 1, 1930 Steenis, C.G.G.J., van [3930] Indonesia K000448590 No
Jul 5, 1923 Mjöberg, E.P. [s.n.] Malaysia K000448894 No
Croft, J.R. [1183] K000474266 No
Schomburgk [390] Guyana K000633190 Type Yes
Hoogland, R.D. [3294] K000474263 No
Braithwaite [2512] Vanuatu K001561072 Yes
Henderson, M.R. [29598] Malaysia K000445932 No
Spare, G.H. [36038] Malaysia K000445931 No
Parris, B.S. [10536] Malaysia K000445934 No
Gozapao, G. [2] K000473618 No
Burley, J.S.; Tukirin [1470] Indonesia K000448386 No
Dilmy, A. [1103] Indonesia K000473237 No
Cable, S.; Faucher, M.; Faucher, P.; Mukete, W.; Furneaux, P. [396] Cameroon K001518096 Yes
Quizhpe, W.; Wisum, A. [2580] Ecuador K001636769 Yes
Pulsford, M. [UPNG 70] K000474261 No
Millar, A.N.; Holttum, R.E. [NGF 15708] K000475682 No
Kloss, C.B. [s.n.] Malaysia K000445941 No
Abdul, K.,, bin [A.2867] Malaysia K000475453 No
Clemens, J.; Clemens, M.S. [21455] Malaysia K000448895 No
Gay, H.J. [416] K000475680 No
Joncheere, G.J., de [1610] Indonesia K000475456 No
Kregten, T.O., van [62] Indonesia K000448594 No
Schmutz, E. [063] Indonesia K000473235 No
Kadir, A. [A2522] Malaysia K000475370 No
Venning, F.E.W. [MA] Malaysia K000445928 No
Kato, M.; Wiriadinata, H. [B5753] Indonesia K000473243 No
Julius [SAN 124240] Malaysia K000475375 No
Gibbs, L.S. [2941] Malaysia K000475452 No
Foreman, D.; Katik, P. [LAE 59157] K000474268 No
Iwatsuki, k.; Murata G.; Dransfield, J.; Saerudin, D. [371] Indonesia K000448592 No
Melville, R. [4716] Malaysia K000445942 No
Gay, H.J.; Parrott, F.J. [s.n.] K000473620 No
Piggott, A.G. [2279] Philippines K000475585 No
Julius [SAN 124240] Malaysia K000475376 No
Piggott, A.G. [2053] Malaysia K000448381 No
Seimund, E. [s.n.] Malaysia K000445940 No
Piggott, A.G. [1405] Malaysia K000448382 No
La Croix, I.F. [4958] Congo, Republic of the K000501461 No
Clemens, J.; Clemens, M.S. [21021] Malaysia K000448896 No
Parris, B.S.; Croxall, J.P. [4017] K000473617 No
Conklin, H.; Del Rosario [141] Philippines K000475579 No
Forman, L.L. [100] Indonesia K000448599 No
Yapp, R.H. [628] Malaysia K000445930 No
Hose, E.S.; Hose, G. [5022] Malaysia K000448378 No
Hidayat, A. [AH 3598] Indonesia K001560128 Yes
Smith, E [824] Malaysia K000445936 No
Iwatsuki, k.; Kato, M.; Murata G.; Mogea, Y.P. [B3249] Indonesia K000473240 No
Lee, Y.F.; Aban, G. [96790] Malaysia K000448904 No
Dransfield, J. [3826] Indonesia K000475454 No
Merrill, E.D. [1000] Philippines K000475581 No
Kato, M.; Wiriadinata, H. [B6084] Indonesia K000473242 No
Clemens, J.; Clemens, M.S. [27036] Malaysia K000475381 No
Merrill, E.D. [1000] Philippines K000475580 No
Comber, H.F. [4083] Malaysia K000472623 No
Piggott, A.G. [2279] Philippines K000475584 No
Argent, G.C.G.; Ratter; Leopold; Dongop; Kumin [107665] Malaysia K000475368 No
Gay, H.J. [1024] K000473615 No
Posthumus, O. [1312] Indonesia K000448600 No
Schodde, R. [3108] K000473624 No
Raciborski, M. [s.n.] Indonesia K000448596 No
Posthumus, O. [1534] Indonesia K000448598 No
Johns, R.J.; Katik [NGF47182] K000473614 No
Backer, C.A. [48] Indonesia K000448601 No
Parris, B.S. [11323] Malaysia K000448903 No
Gay, H.J. [1024] K000473616 No
Creagh, C.V. [s.n.] Malaysia K000475374 No
Dilmy, A. [1111] Indonesia K000473236 No
Chipp, T.F. [5955] Singapore K000448384 No
Boerlage, J.G. [54] Indonesia K000448597 No
Gay, H.J.; Parrott, F.J. [s.n.] K000473619 No
Piggott, A.G. [2014] Malaysia K000445938 No
Hartley, T.G. [TGH 10808] K000473625 No
Croft, J.R. [1183] K000474267 No
Clemens, M.S. [9495] Malaysia K000475372 No
Merrill, E.D. [1000] Philippines K000475582 No
Foreman, D.; Katik, P. [LAE 59157] K000474269 No
Powell, D.A. [111] Christmas Island K000473234 No
Ernst, A. [s.n.] Malaysia K000448380 No
Parris, B.S.; Edwards, P.J. [10388] Malaysia K000445933 No
Millar, A.N. [NGF 14543] K000475684 No
Croft, J.R. [415] K000475679 No
Reynoso, E.; Espiritu, R. [235] Philippines K000475578 No
Synge, P.M. [S.628] Malaysia K000473247 No
Elmer, A.D.E. [20223] Malaysia K000475373 No
Robinson, H.C. [s.n.] Malaysia K000445929 No
Parris, B.S. [1071] Malaysia K000475367 No
Barter [1912] Equatorial Guinea K000435452 Type Yes
Matthew, C.G. [s.n.] Singapore K000448383 No
Ramlanto; Fanani, Z. [597] Indonesia K000475458 No
Mann, G. [137] Equatorial Guinea K000435451 Syntype Yes
Zahn, H. [s.n.] K000475681 No
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Malaysia K000445939 No
Iwatsuki, k.; Kato, M.; Murata G.; Mogea, Y.P. [B885 bis] Indonesia K000473241 No
Ramlanto; Fanani, Z. [597] Indonesia K000475457 No
Elmer, A.D.E. [20761] Malaysia K000475371 No
Comber, H.F. [4083] Malaysia K000472624 No
Shea, G.; Aban [77117] Malaysia K000475382 No
Ambri; Arifin; Arbainsyah [A.A.1216] Indonesia K000473238 No
Streimann, H. [NGF 39477] K000475683 No
Burkill, I.H.; Holttum, R.E. [8483] Malaysia K000445937 No
Synge, P.M. [S.628] Malaysia K000473246 No
Vogel E.F. de; Vermeulen [6878] Indonesia K000475455 No
Takeuchi, W.; et. al . [17794] Papua New Guinea K000608220 No
Smith, E [801] Malaysia K000445935 No
Ernst, A. [s.n.] Malaysia K000448379 No
Ambri; Arifin; Arbainsyah [A.A.1216] Indonesia K000473239 No
Schiffner, V.F. [s.n.] Indonesia K000448595 No
Hose, E.S.; Hose, G. [5022] Malaysia K000448377 No
Chillou, J. [2000] Guinea Ceropteris calomelanos K001519120 Yes

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