Pteris decurrens

Taxonavigation edit

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

Pteris decurrens C.Presl, Delic. Prag. 1: 183 (1822).

Typus: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Pohl s.n. (Holotype: PR (2 sheets); isotype: BR (2 sheets)).

Basionym
- Litobrochia decurrens (C.Presl) C.Presl, Tent. Pterid.: 149 (1836).
Heterotypic
- Pteris appendiculata Kaulf., Enum. Filic.: 187 (1824).
  - Typus: "Habitat in Brasilia", Herb. Mertens
- Litobrochia horizontalis Fée, Crypt. Vasc. Brésil 1: 48 (1869).
  - Typus: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, 22 May 1868, Glaziou 2314 (K 000589382).
  - Pteris horizontalis (Fée) Rosenst., Meded. Rijks-Herb. 19: 10 (1913).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Venezuela.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil Northeast (Bahia), Brazil Southeast (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), Brazil South (Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul).

Presl, C.B. & Presl, J.S. 1822. Deliciae Pragenses, Historiam Naturalis Spectantes. Editae a Joanne Swatopluco Presl...et Carolo Bor̆iwogo Presl...v. 1. 244 pp. Prague. BHL Reference page.

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