Pteris cretica

Pteris cretica

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Pteridoideae
Genus: Pteris
Species: Pteris cretica
Subspecies: P. c. subsp. cretica – P. c. subsp. laeta

Name

Pteris cretica L., Mant. Pl.: 130 (1767).

• Typus: Crete [in error; ? Italy] P. Arduino (Lectotype designated by Tryon, Contr. Gray Herb. 194: 192 (1964): LINN 1246.7).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Pycnodoria cretica (L.) Small, Ferns Florida: 91 (1932).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Great Britain (introduced). Regional: Middle Europe Hungary, Netherlands (introduced), Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe Corse, France, Sardegna (extinct, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Italy, Sicilia (extinct). Regional: Eastern Europe Krym. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria. Regional: Macaronesia Azores (introduced), Canary Islands. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Socotra. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. Regional: Middle Atlantic Ocean Ascension, St.Helena. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar, Réunion. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan, Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Turkey. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Yemen. Regional: China China South-Central, China North-Central, China Southeast, Tibet. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Lesser Sunda Islands, Philippines, Sulawesi. Continental: Australasia (introduced) Regional: Australia New South Wales. Regional: New Zealand New Zealand North, New Zealand South. Continental: Pacific (introduced) Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaii. Continental: Northern America (introduced) Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Florida, Louisiana, Maryland. Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America (introduced) Regional: Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Jamaica. Regional: Western South America Colombia, Peru. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1767. Mantissa Plantarum. Generum editionis VI. et Specierum editionis II. [1]: 1–142 + index (2 pp.). Holmiae. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Brownsey, P.J. & Perrie, L.R. 2021. Pteridaceae. In: Breitwieser, I. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Ferns and Lycophytes. Fascicle 30. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln. DOI: 10.7931/dtkj-x078 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Pteris cretica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Nov 1. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Pteris cretica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 Nov 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Pteris cretica. Published online. Accessed: 1 Nov 2023.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Pteris cretica. Accessed: 2023 1 Nov.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Pteris cretica Accessed: 1 Nov 2023.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Pteris cretica in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Nov 1.

Vernacular names

English: Cretan brake
suomi: Siipisanikka
français: Ptéris de Crète
Nederlands: Lintvaren
中文: 欧洲凤尾蕨

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