Pteris mertensioides

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

Pteris mertensioides Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 5: 394 (1810).

• Typus: Indonesia: in Amboina. Ventenat s.n. (Holotype: B -W 20008 -01 0).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Pteris decussata J.Sm., J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 405 (1841).
    • Typus: Philippines, Luzon, H. Cuming 103 (BM, GH)
  • Litobrochia gardneri Fée, Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 139 (1852).
    • Typus: Habitat in Zeylanica insula, Gardner 42 (Herb. Mong.)
    • Campteria gardneri (Fée) T.Moore, Ind. Fil.: 43 (1857).
    • Pteris gardneri (Fée) Hook., Sp. Fil. 2: 206 (1858).
  • Pteris patens Hook., Sp. Fil. 2: 177 (1858).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent India, Sri Lanka (extinct). Regional: Indo-China Andaman Islands, Thailand. Regional: Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi. Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji, Samoa. Regional: South-Central Pacific Society Islands. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Willdenow, C.L. 1810. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta. Tomus 5, pars 1. pp. [i]–l, 1–542. Berolini: G.C. Nauk. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pteris mertensioides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 1. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Pteris mertensioides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 Mar 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pteris mertensioides. Published online. Accessed: 1 Mar 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Pteris mertensioides Accessed: 1 Mar 2022.