Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Mucura globulifera
Helecho con cera, Southern hayscented fern
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
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- 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.