Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Thelypteris kunthii (Desv.) Morton

helecho, Kunth's maiden fern, river fern, Southern shield fern

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Pteridophyta

Class
Pteridopsida

Order
Athyriales

Family
Thelypteridaceae

Genus
Thelypteris

Species
kunthii

Taxon category: Accepted

References

  • Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
  • Itow, S. (1997) List of Plant Specimens collected in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Bulletin of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Nagasaki University, Natural Science, 38 (1): 53-144.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Thelypteris kunthii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16585. Accessed 14 May 2025.