Pteris moluccana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Tracheophyta
Divisio: Pteridophyta
Classis: Polypodiopsida
Ordo: Polypodiales

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Pteridoideae
Genus: Pteris
Species:

Name

Pteris moluccana Blume, Enum. Pl. Javae 2: 208 (1828).

  • Typus: Indonesia, Moluccas, Maluku, Banda, 1821, Blume 1711 (Holotype: L 0398131, 0398132).

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Pteris indica Christ, Farnkr. Erde: 165 (1897), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asia-Tropical
    • Regional: Malesia
      • Maluku (Seram, Ambon).
    • Regional: Papuasia
      • Bismarck Archipelago (Admiralty Island), New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea).
  • Continental: Pacific
    • Regional: Southwestern Pacific
      • Vanuatu.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

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