Pteris mildbraedii

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

Pteris mildbraedii Hieron., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 415 (1915).

• Typus: Cameroon, 58 km E of Kribi, Mildbraed 5986 (Holotype: B, isotype: P 00483459)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Pteris biaurita var. africana Bonap., Notes Pterid. 1: 61 (1915) [WorldFerns: "quadriaurita"]
    • Typus: Congo (Brazzaville), Benito, Reutlinger s.n. (Holotype: P)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaire. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Tanzania. Regional: South Tropical Africa Zimbabwe. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Réunion (extinct). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Brause, G.G.W. & Hieronymus, G. 1915. Pteridophyta africana nova vel non satis cognita. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 53(3–5): 376–433. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Verdcourt, B. 2002. Pteridaceae. In Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.), Flora of Tropical East Africa. 29 pp. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, United Kingdom. ISBN 90-5809-407-3 JSTOR Global Plants Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pteris mildbraedii 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 mildbraedii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 Mar 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pteris mildbraedii. Published online. Accessed: 1 Mar 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Pteris mildbraedii Accessed: 1 Mar 2022.
• JSTOR Global Plants. Pteris mildbraedii. Accessed: 2024 Jun 3 Reference page.