Galapagos Species Database

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

Mucura globulifera (Poir.) L.A.Triana & Sundue

Helecho con cera, Southern hayscented fern

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Pteridophyta

Class
Pteridopsida

Order
Polypodiales

Family
Dennstaedtiaceae

Genus
Mucura

Species
globulifera

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Dennstaedtia globulifera (Poir.) Hieron.; In Stewart (1911) as Dryopteris furcata and Polystichum apiifolium fide Wiggins & Porter (1971)

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
  • Hassler, M. (2022) World Ferns. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World Hassler, M. (2022). World Ferns. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 12.11; last update March 7th, 2022. www.worldplants.de/ferns/.
  • Triana-Moreno, L. Yañez, A., Kuo, L.-Y., Rothfels, C.J., Pena, N.T., Schwartsburd, P.B. and Sundue, M. (2023) Phylogenetic revision of Dennstaedtioideae (Dennstaedtiaceae: Polypodiales) with description of Mucura, gen. nov. TAXON, 72: 20-46. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12858

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"Galapagos Species Database, Mucura globulifera", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25341. Accessed 20 July 2025.