Pteris biaurita subsp. fornicata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Pteridoideae
Genus: Pteris
Species: Pteris biaurita
Subspecies: Pteris biaurita subsp. fornicata

Name

Pteris biaurita subsp. fornicata Fraser-Jenk., Taxon. Revis. Indian Subcontinental Pteridophytes: 116 (2008).

• Typus: Sri Lanka, Hunnasgiriya, 1954, T.G.Walker T101 (Holotype: BM).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Pteris pectinata D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 15 (1825), nom. illeg. non Cav. (1802) nec Desv. (1811).
  • Pteris quadriaurita var. eximia Rech., Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 84: 423 (1909).
    • Pteris pacifica var. eximia (Rech.) C.Chr., Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 177: 52 (1943).
  • Pteris flavicaulis Hayata, J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30(1): 443 (1911).
  • Pteris pacifica Hieron., Hedwigia 55: 355 (1914).
  • Pteris cumingii Hieron., Hedwigia 55: 358 (1914).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Gulf of Guinea Islands. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Comoros. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast, Tibet. Regional: Eastern Asia Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Borneo, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera. Regional: Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Queensland. Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Wallis-Futuna Islands. Regional: Northwestern Pacific Caroline Islands, Marianas. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. 2008. Taxonomic revision of three hundred Indian subcontinental pteridophytes with a revised census-list: a new picture of fern taxonomy and nomenclature in the Indian subcontinent. VIII + 685 pp., Bishen Singh, Dehra Dun. ISBN 978-81-211-0685-6 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Pteris biaurita subsp. fornicata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Oct 3. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Pteris biaurita subsp. fornicata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 Oct 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Pteris biaurita subsp. fornicata. Published online. Accessed: 3 Oct 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Pteris biaurita subsp. fornicata Accessed: 3 Oct 2023.