Pteris kathmanduensis

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

Pteris kathmanduensis Fraser-Jenk. & T.G.Walker, Taxon. Revis. Indian Subcontinental Pteridophytes: 415 (2008).

• Typus: Nepal, Dhading District, NW of Kathmandu, NW of Balaju, along upper path in from Gate no. 2 at Mudku check-post, in Raniban, Nagarjun forest, behind and on NW side of Jamachok Mountain, 28 Nov 2005, C.R.Fraser-Jenkins 31909a (Holotype: BM)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central (Yunnan). Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam (Meghalaya), East Himalaya (Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim), India (Uttarakhand, West Bengal), Nepal, West Himalaya. 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. 2024. Pteris kathmanduensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Feb 15. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Pteris kathmanduensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Feb 2024.
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Pteris kathmanduensis. Published online. Accessed: 15 Feb 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Pteris kathmanduensis Accessed: 15 Feb 2024.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Pteris kathmanduensis. Accessed: 2024 Feb 15.

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