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  1. Family: Aspleniaceae Newman
    1. Genus: Thelypteris Schmidel

      1. Thelypteris gigantea (Mett.) R.M.Tryon

        This species is accepted, and its native range is Nicaragua to Peru.

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru

    Thelypteris gigantea (Mett.) R.M.Tryon appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Lechler, W. [2292], Peru Meniscium giganteum K000633681

    First published in Rhodora 69: 6 (1967)

    Not accepted by

    • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Meniscium giganteum.]

    Sources

    Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
    'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
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    Kew Backbone Distributions
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0