Dryopteris splendens (Bedd.) Kuntze

Dryopteris splendens (Bedd.) Kuntze View in CoL , Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 813. 1891.

Nephrodium splendens Hook. View in CoL ; Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 4: 126 (1862), nom. illeg., non Nephrodium splendens (Willd.) Desv. (1827) View in CoL ; Lastrea splendens Bedd. View in CoL , Ferns Brit. India 1: t. 42. 1865, nom. nov. Type: INDIA. West Bengal, “ Sikkim ”; J. D. Hooker s. n. ( lectotype, K, designated by Fraser-Jenkins in Bull. Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. 18 (5): 405. 1989, not seen; isolectotypes: B, barcode B 200067565, B 200067569, B 200067570, B 200067571; BR, barcode BR 0000032264388, BR 0000032264395; E, barcode E 01467890, E 01467891; GH, barcode 00021663; NY, barcode 04153316, 04153317; P, barcode P 01603131, P 01603132, P 01603131; U barcode U. 1009785; ZT, barcode ZT- 00278799).

Aspidium splendens Willd. View in CoL , Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 5: 220 (1810). Nephrodium splendens (Willd.) Desv. View in CoL , Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6 (3): 253 (1827). Type: Mauritius. Wallich list no. 2241 ( holotype, K 001115453) (Excluding).

Note.

The correct authorship for Dryopteris splendens is “ (Bedd.) Kuntze, ” not “ (Hook.) Kuntze ” as cited by many authors (e. g., Fraser-Jenkins 1986, 1989; Wu and Lu 2000; Wu et al. 2013; Fraser-Jenkins et al. 2018), nor “ (Desv.) Kuntze ” as shown in Hassler’s (1994–2025) World Plants database. This taxon was originally described by Hooker (1862) as Nephrodium splendens . Hooker’s name, however, is a later homonym of Nephrodium splendens (Willd.) Desv. ( Desvaux 1827) and is therefore illegitimate. Consequently, it cannot serve as the basonym for subsequent combinations. The second earliest name of this taxon, Lastrea splendens Bedd. , is legitimate under ICN Art. 6.5 and can be considered, under ICN Art. 6.13, a new name. Therefore, it can serve as the basonym for later combinations where necessary. Thus, the authorship of Dryopteris splendens proposed by Kuntze (1891) should be attributed to “ (Bedd.) Kuntze. ”