Pteris otaria

Taxonavigation

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

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

Pteris otaria Bedd., Ferns S. India: 13, pl. XLI (1863).

Heterotypic
- Pteris quadriaurita f. ludens Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 386 (1864).
  - Syntypes: Ceylon, Central Province, Thwaites 13512, 3060, (1133)
  - Pteris quadriaurita var. ludens (Thwaites) Bedd., Handb. Ferns Brit. India: 111 (1883).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Beddome, R.H. 1863. The ferns of southern India. Being descriptions and plates of the ferns of the Madras presidency. 88 pp., 7 pp index, 270 pl., Gantz Brothers, Madras. BHL Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pteris otaria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 2. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Pteris otaria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Mar 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pteris otaria. Published online. Accessed: 2 Mar 2022.
Hassler, M. 2022. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Pteris otaria Accessed: 2 Mar 2022.

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