Galapagos Species Database

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Dennstaedtia cicutaria (Sw.) T. Moore

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Dennstaedtia cicutaria (Sw.) T. Moore Photo: Joseph Weirich, CDF, 2012.
Dennstaedtia cicutaria (Sw.) T. Moore Photo: Joseph Weirich, CDF, 2012.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Pteridophyta

Class
Pteridopsida

Order
Polypodiales

Family
Dennstaedtiaceae

Genus
Dennstaedtia

Species
cicutaria

Taxon category: Accepted

In Svenson (1938) as Hypolepis repens fide Wiggins & Porter (1971)

Origin: Native

Distribution

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

References

  • Jørgensen, P.M. León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 1181 pp.
  • Morton, C.V. (1957) Ferns of the Galápagos Islands. Leafl. West. Bot. 8(8): 188-195.
  • Nowak, J.B. (1987) Final report on studies in burnt area, Sierra Negra, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands Ecuador. Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished.
  • 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).
  • Svenson, H.K. Weatherby, C.A. (1938) Pteridophyta of the Galápagos Islands. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 65: 303-333.
  • Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
  • Van der Werff, H.H. (s.a.) Pers. obs. and colls. Personal observations and collections.
  • Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Dennstaedtia cicutaria", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=47. Accessed 15 December 2025.