Pteris buchananii

Taxonavigation edit

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

Pteris buchananii Baker ex Sim, Ferns S. Afr.: 111, t. 46 (1892).

Typus: Natal, Inchanga, Buchanan s.n. (lectotype, designated by Schelpe, Contr. Bolus Herb. 1: 62: K).

Heterotypic
- Pteris subquadripinnata Chiov., Lav. Ist. Bot. Univ. Modena 6: 147 (1935).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Malawi, Zimbabwe.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces (Eastern Cape, Western Cape), Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces (North West, Limpopo, Mpulamanga).

Sim, T.R. 1892. The ferns of South Africa, containing descriptions and figures of the ferns and fern allies of South Africa, with localities, cultural notes, &c. J.C. Juta, Cape Town, W.M. Wesley, London. 275 pp., 159 p. BHL (text) BHL (plates) Reference page.

Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. & Anthony, N.C. 1986. Pteridophyta. In O.A. Leistner (ed.), Flora of Southern Africa: [i–iv], v–xv, 1–292. Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Pretoria. ISBN 0-621-08877-3, BHL Reference page.

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