Pteris dentata

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Polypodiales 

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Pteridoideae
Genus: Pteris
Species: Pteris dentata

Name

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Pteris dentata Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: CXXIV, 186 (1775).

  • Typus: Yemen, Menacha, Schweinfurth 1402 ((Neotype, designated by Runemark, Bot. Notiser 115(2): 189 (1962): C; isoneotype: K). Original collection: Yemen, montium Hadiensium, P. Forsskål s.n., lost.

Synonyms

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  • Heterotypic
    • Pteris serrulata Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 187 (1775).
      • Typus: Yemen, Hadie, Forsskål (Lectotype, designated by C.V.Morton, Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 116: 247–248 (1969): BM).
      • Pteris arguta Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 458 (1789), nom. illeg.
    • Lonchitis adscensionis G.Forst., Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. 9: 72 (1789).
      • Typus: "Habitat in insula Adscensionis." [21–31 May 1775], J.R. Forster & J.G.A. Forster (B-W 20018-01 0, LE 00008595).
      • Pteris adscensionis (G.Forst.) Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 67 (1801) (accepted by WorldPlants; Critically Endangered).
      • Asplenium adscensionis (G.Forst.) Bernh., Asplenium: 18, f. 8 (1802).
      • Pteris flabellata var. ascensionis (G.Forst.) Hook., Sp. Fil. 2: 185 (1858).
    • Pteris flabellata Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 172 (1800).
      • Type: South Africa, Cape Province, between Taffelberg & Leuwekopp, Thunberg s.n. (Lectotype, designated by Runemark, Bot. Notiser 115(2): 191 (1962))
      • Pteris arguta var. flabellata (Thunb.) Mett. in F.A.M.Kuhn, Filic. Afr.: 76 (1868).
      • Pteris dentata subsp. flabellata (Thunb.) Runemark, Bot. Notis. 115: 190 (1962).
    • Pteris elegans Jacq., Fragm. Bot.: 74, t. 116 (1809).
    • Pteris semiserrata Roxb. in A. Beatson, Tracts St. Helena: 319 (1816).
    • Pteris flaccida Fée, Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 126 (1852).
    • Pteris arguta f. major Mett. ex Kuhn, Filic. Afr.: 76 (1868).
    • Pteris arguta f. minor Mett. ex Kuhn, Filic. Afr.: 77 (1868).
    • Pteris oligodyctyon Baker, J. Bot. 18: 328 (1880).
    • Pteris straminea Cordem., Bull. Soc. Sci. Île Réunion 1890–1891: 160 (1890), nom. illeg.

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • 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
      • Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
    • Regional: Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces.
    • Regional: Middle Atlantic Ocean
      • Ascension, St.Helena.
    • Regional: Western Indian Ocean
      • Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion, Rodrigues.
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Western Asia
      • East Aegean Islands, Iran, Lebanon-Syria.
    • Regional: Arabian Peninsula
      • Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
  • Continental: Australasia
    • Regional: New Zealand
      • New Zealand North (introduced).

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

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