Pteris pteridioides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales 

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Pteridoideae
Genus: Pteris
Species:

Name

Pteris pteridioides (Hook.) F.Ballard, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1937: 348 (1937).

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Hypolepis pteridioides Hook., Sec. Cent. Ferns: t. 59 (1861).
      • Typus: Bioko [Fernando Po], St. Isabel Peak. Mann 348 (Holotype: K)
  • Homotypic
    • Pteris brevisora Baker in W.J.Hooker & J.G.Baker, Syn. Fil.: 162 (1867), nom. nov., nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: West Tropical Africa
      • Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone.
    • Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire.
    • Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia, Sudan.
    • Regional: East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
    • Regional: South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe.
    • Regional: Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar.

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

References

Primary references

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