Pteris propinqua

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

Pteris propinqua J.Agardh, Recens. Spec. Pter.: 65 (1839).

• Lectotype, designated by Tryon 1964: 202: Jamaica, Bancroft (K)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Litobrochia propinqua (J.Agardh) J.Sm. in B.Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald 6: 234 (1854).
  • Pteris aculeata var. propinqua (J.Agardh) Baker in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 1(2): 412 (1870).
• Heterotypic
  • Pteris propinqua var. cumingiana J.Agardh, Recens. Spec. Pter.: 65 (1839).
    • Type: Panama, Cuming 1182 (B 20 0092368).
  • Campteria luschnathiana Klotzsch, Linnaea 14: 286 (1840), nom. nud.
    • Litobrochia breviloba T.Moore, Index Fil.: 220 (1861), nom. nud.
    • Pteris luschnathiana Klotzsch ex Baker in W.J.Hooker & J.G.Baker, Syn. Fil.: 172 (1867).
      • Typus: Brazil, Bahia, in sylvis umbrosis, Luschnath (B 20 0137577)
  • Pteris goeldiana Christ, Hedwigia 44: 364 (1905), {nom. nud.
    • Typus: Juruá Miry. Rio Juruá. Juni 1901. Ule 5604.
  • Pteris goeldii Christ, Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79(1): 37 (1908).
    • Typus: Brazil, Sao paulo, prope Salto grande d. Rio Paranapanema, 500 m, R. Wettstein s.n. (Holotype: P 00610488).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Jamaica. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South. Regional: Southern South America Paraguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Agardh, J.G. 1839. Recensio Specierum Generis Pteridis. 86 pp., Berling, Lund. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Tryon, R.M. 1964. The ferns of Peru. Polypodiaceae (Dennstaedtieae to Oleandreae). Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 194: 1–253. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pteris propinqua in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb 28. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Pteris propinqua. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Feb 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pteris propinqua. Published online. Accessed: 28 Feb 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Pteris propinqua Accessed: 28 Feb 2022.

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