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!Pteris L.

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Published In: Species Plantarum 2: 1073. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.)

Synonymy

Afropteris Alston
Lathyropteris Christ
Litobrochia C. Presl
Pycnodoria C. Presl

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/10/2009)

Acceptance : Accepted

Taxon Profile (Last Modified On 5/28/2020)

Reference(s) :

Roux, J. P. 2009. Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands. Strelitzia 23: 1–296, 8 pl.
Rakotondrainibe, F. & A. Jouy. 2016. Nouveautés taxonomiques et nomenclaturales dans le genre Pteris L. (Pteridaceae) à Madagascar. Adansonia, sér. 3, 38(1): 15–28.

Family or Genus Distribution : not endemic to the Malagasy Region

Generic Species Diversity and Endemism Status : based on existing literature

No. of species in Fl. Madagasc. : 26 (9 endemic, 17 indigenous non-endemic)

Accepted Published Species : 29 (17 endemic, 12 indigenous non-endemic)

Estimated Unpublished Species : none

Estimated Total Species : 29 (17 endemic, 12 indigenous non-endemic)

Additional Taxonomic Work : not currently required

Species Level Data Entry : complete

Notes : Based on Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands, Roux (2009).

Compiled or updated by : R. Ramananjanahary, 2013

Lower Taxa

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Pteris angulata C. Presl = Pellaea angulosa (Bory ex Willd.) Baker
Pteris angulosa Bory ex Willd. = Pellaea angulosa (Bory ex Willd.) Baker
Pteris appendiculata Baker = Pteris laurea Desv.
*Pteris aquilina var. lanuginosa (Bory ex Willd.) Hook. = Pteridium aquilinum subsp. capense (Thunb.) C. Chr.
Pteris articulata Kaulf. ex Spreng. = Pellaea angulosa (Bory ex Willd.) Baker
!Pteris biaurita L.
Pteris biaurita var. africana Bonap. = Pteris trachyrachis (Bonap.) C. Chr.
Pteris biaurita fo. trachyrachis Bonap. = Pteris trachyrachis (Bonap.) C. Chr.
Pteris bonapartei C. Chr. = Pteris camerooniana Kuhn
Pteris brevisora Baker = Pteris muricella Fée
Pteris brownii Desv. = Doryopteris concolor (Langsd. & Fisch.) Kuhn
Pteris burkeana Hook. = Pellaea dura (Willd.) Hook.
Pteris calomelanos Sw. = Pellaea calomelanos (Sw.) Link
Pteris camerooniana Kuhn
Pteris capensis Thunb. = Pteridium aquilinum subsp. capense (Thunb.) C. Chr.
Pteris catoptera Kunze
Pteris concolor Langsd. & Fisch. = Doryopteris concolor (Langsd. & Fisch.) Kuhn
!Pteris confertinervia Ching = Pteris cretica L.
Pteris confluens Thunb. = Thelypteris confluens (Thunb.) C.V. Morton
Pteris consobrina Kunze = Cheilanthes quadripinnata (Forssk.) Kuhn
Pteris cordemoyi C. Chr. = Pteris dentata Forssk.
Pteris cordifolia Baker = Doryopteris cordifolia (Baker) Diels
Pteris cornuta P. Beauv. = Ceratopteris thalictroides (L.) Brongn.
Pteris costata Bory = Pteris vittata L.
!Pteris cretica L.
Pteris curtisii C. Chr. = Pteris laurea Desv.
Pteris dentata Forssk.
Pteris diversifolia Sw. = Pteris vittata L.
Pteris dura Willd. = Pellaea dura (Willd.) Hook.
Pteris elegans Sw. = Pteris dentata Forssk.
Pteris elongatiloba Bonap.
Pteris ensifolia Poir. = Pteris vittata L.
Pteris farinosa Forssk. = Aleuritopteris farinosa (Forssk.) Fée
Pteris flabellata Thunb. = Pteris dentata Forssk.
Pteris friesii Hieron.
Pteris glabra Mett. = Blotiella glabra (Bory) R.M. Tryon
Pteris goudotii Kunze ex Kuhn
Pteris graminea Poir. = Monogramma graminea (Poir.) Schkuhr
Pteris griseoviridis C. Chr.
Pteris hastata Thunb. = Pellaea calomelanos (Sw.) Link
Pteris heteroclita Desv.
Pteris hildebrandtii Hieron. = Pteris friesii Hieron.
Pteris sect. Histiopteris J. Agardh = Histiopteris (J. Agardh) J. Sm.
Pteris humbertii C. Chr.
Pteris inaequilateralis Poir. = Pteris vittata L.
Pteris incisa Thunb. = Histiopteris incisa (Thunb.) J. Sm.
Pteris interrupta Willd. = Cyclosorus interruptus (Willd.) H. Itô
Pteris intricata C.H. Wright
Pteris involuta Sw. = Cheilanthes involuta (Sw.) Schelpe & N.C. Anthony var. involuta
Pteris janssenii Rakotondr.
Pteris laciniata Willd. = Doryopteris concolor (Langsd. & Fisch.) Kuhn
Pteris lancaefolia J. Agardh = Blotiella lanceifolia (J. Agardh) Rakotondr.
Pteris lanceolata L. = Pteris vittata L.
Pteris lanuginosa Bory ex Willd. = Pteridium aquilinum subsp. capense (Thunb.) C. Chr.
Pteris lastii C. Chr.
Pteris lathyropteris C. Chr. = Pteris madagascarica J. Agardh
Pteris laurea Desv.
Pteris lessonii Bory = Histiopteris incisa (Thunb.) J. Sm.
Pteris linearis Poir.
!Pteris longifolia L. = Pteris vittata L.
Pteris lunulata (Burm. f.) Retz. = Adiantum lunulatum Burm. f.
Pteris macrodon Baker
Pteris madagascarica J. Agardh
Pteris madagascariensis Kuhn = Blotiella madagascariensis (Hook.) R.M. Tryon
Pteris manniana Mett. ex Kuhn = Pteris camerooniana Kuhn
Pteris marginata Bory = Pteris tripartita Sw.
Pteris melleri Baker = Pteris heteroclita Desv.
Pteris mettenii Kuhn
!Pteris mollis Christ = Pteris muricella Fée
Pteris muricella Fée
Pteris mysorensis Fée = Doryopteris concolor (Langsd. & Fisch.) Kuhn
Pteris natalensis Kuhn = Blotiella natalensis (Hook.) R.M. Tryon
Pteris nemoralis Willd. = Pteris linearis Poir.
Pteris nervosa Thunb. = Pteris cretica L.
Pteris normalis D. Don = Pteris linearis Poir.
Pteris osmundoides Bory = Blechnum tabulare (Thunb.) Kuhn
Pteris pectiniformis Godet ex Kuhn = Pellaea pectiniformis Baker
!Pteris pedata L. = Doryopteris concolor (Langsd. & Fisch.) Kuhn
Pteris pedatoides Desv. = Doryopteris pedatoides (Desv.) Kuhn
Pteris pellucens J. Agardh = Pteris tripartita Sw.
!Pteris pellucida C. Presl = Pteris woodwardioides Bory
Pteris pentaphylla Willd. = Pteris cretica L.
Pteris perrieriana C. Chr.
Pteris phanerophlebia Baker = Adiantum phanerophlebium (Baker) C. Chr.
Pteris pilosa Poir. = Doryopteris pilosa (Poir.) Kuhn
Pteris pohliana C. Presl = Doryopteris concolor (Langsd. & Fisch.) Kuhn
Pteris pseudolonchitis Bory
Pteris pseudowoodwardioides Rakotondr.
Pteris pteridioides (Hook.) Ballard = Pteris muricella Fée
!Pteris quadriaurita Retz.
Pteris quadripinnata Forssk. = Cheilanthes quadripinnata (Forssk.) Kuhn
Pteris rakotondrainibeae Kottaim.
Pteris rasoloheryana Rakotondr.
Pteris remotifolia Baker
Pteris remotipinna Bonap. = Pteris remotifolia Baker
*Pteris rugosa Rakotondr. = Pteris rakotondrainibeae Kottaim.
Pteris scolopendrina Bory = Vittaria scolopendrina (Bory) Schkuhr ex Thwaites
Pteris serraria Sw. = Pteris cretica L.
!Pteris serrulata Forssk. = Pteris dentata Forssk.
Pteris siliquosa (L.) P. Beauv. = Ceratopteris thalictroides (L.) Brongn.

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