Dryopteris splendens Kuntze

Dryopteris splendens (Bedd.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 813. 1891. Nephrodium splendens Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 4: 126 (1862), nom. illeg., non Nephrodium splendens (Willd.) Desv. (1827); Lastrea splendens Bedd., 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., Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 5: 220 (1810). Nephrodium splendens (Willd.) Desv., 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. ”