Asplenium arifolium Burm. f.

Mazumdar, Jaideep, Callmander, Martin W. & Fumeaux, Nicolas, 2019, Typification and nomenclature of the ferns described in N. L. Burman’s Flora Indica, Candollea 74 (1), pp. 93-109 : 96

Asplenium arifolium Burm. f. , Fl. Ind.: 231. 1768.

≡ Parahemionitis arifolia (Burm. f.) Panigrahi in Indian Fern J. 9: 244. 1993.

Lectotypus (designated by MAZUMDAR, 2015: 91): [ INDIA]: Rheede, Hort. Malab . 12: 21, tab. 10. 1693 . Epitypus (designated by MAZUMDAR, 2015: 91): INDIA. West Bengal: Burdwan, Kanchannagar , near bridge above canal, 30 m, 21.XI.2007, Mazumdar 59 ( CAL!).

Notes. – The only original material preserved in G-PREL [G00360112], an uncited specimen from unknown origin, represents a juvenile of Acrostichum aureum L. , as determined by A.H.G. Alston (label). Aware of this, MORTON (1974: 316) was not sure whether this gathering should be considered as the type (“If this really is the type”) and therefore did not designate a lectotype ( TURLAND et al. 2018: Art. 7.11). MAZUMDAR (2015) selected one of the illustrations cited in the protologue ( RHEEDE, 1693: 21, tab. 10) as lectotype and designated an epitype to fix the taxonomy of this name.