Galapagos Species Database

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Physematium montevidense (Spreng.) Shmakov

Helecho con cera

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Pteridophyta

Class
Pteridopsida

Order
Polypodiales

Family
Woodsiaceae

Genus
Physematium

Species
montevidense

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Woodsia montevidensis (Spreng.) Hieron. (GBIF, 2021). Basionym: Dicksonia montevidensis Spreng.

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
  • Lu, N. Zhou, X., Zhang, L., Knapp, R., Li, C., Fan, X., Zhou, L., Wei,H., Lu, J., Xu, B., et al. (2020) A global plastid phylogeny of the cliff fern family Woodsiaceae and a two-genus classification of Woodsiaceae with the description of ×Woodsimatium nothogen. nov. Lu, N., Zhou, X., Zhang, L., Knapp, R., Li, C., Fan, X., Zhou, L., Wei,H., Lu, J., Xu, B., et al. (2020). A global plastid phylogeny of the cliff fern family Woodsiaceae and a two-genus classification of Woodsiaceae with the description of ×Woodsimatium nothogen. nov. TAXON. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12180
  • Shmakov, A. (2015) The new system of family Woodsiaceae Shmakov, A. (2015). The new system of family Woodsiaceae. Turczaninowia. 18 (2). 11–16.
  • Shmakov, A. (2018) Synopsis of family Woodsiaceae (Diels) Herter Shmakov, A. (2018). Synopsis of family Woodsiaceae (Diels) Herter. Ukrainian Journal of Ecology, 8(4), 298-306.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Physematium montevidense", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20449. Accessed 5 November 2026.