Taxon:
Rumohra adiantiformis (G. Forst.) Ching
Summary
Place of publication:
Sin. Contr. 5:70. 1934
Verified:
01/20/1998
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963-. Flora of southern Africa.
- Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
- George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
- Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
- Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- León, B. et al. 2012. Los helechos ornamentales en el Perú (The ornamental ferns of Peru) Note: Ministerio de Agricultura, Lima. Peru, and Museo de Historia Natural U.N.M.S.M.
- León, B. 2012. pers. comm. Note: re. common name
- Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis.
- Marticorena, C. & R. Rodriguez, eds. 1995-. Flora de Chile.
- Mickel, J. T. & A. R. Smith. 2004. The pteridophytes of Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 88:1-1054.
- Mickel, J. T. 1994. Ferns for American gardens Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Proctor, G. R. 1985. Ferns of Jamaica. A guide to the pteridophytes British Museum (Natural History), London, United Kingdom.
- Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Note: Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
- Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
Common names
English
leather fern – leatherleaf fern – German
Lederfarn – Spanish (Peru)
helecho cuero – Swedish
läderbräken –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Cape Province | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Transvaal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Comoros | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Reunion | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Seychelles | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Papua New Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | New South Wales | s.e. |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | e. |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Tasmania | n.w. |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Victoria | s. |
1 | Native | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Bermuda | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Hispaniola | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Puerto Rico | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Bolivar | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Falcon | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Chile | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Uruguay | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Galápagos | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Africa
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Asia-Tropical
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PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Tasmania (n.w.), New South Wales (s.e.), Queensland (e.), Victoria (s.)]
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NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Hispaniola, Bermuda, Cuba, Jamaica, United States [Puerto Rico]
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela [Bolivar, Falcon]
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Ecuador [Galápagos], Peru
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina, Chile, Uruguay
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Environmental | ornamental | | Mickel, J. T. 1994. Ferns for American gardens Macmillan Publishing Company. |