Pteris similis

Taxonavigation

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

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

Pteris similis Kuhn in C.C.von der Decken, Reisen Ost Afr. 3(3): 21 (1879).

Syntypes: An Assika, 7. III. 1870 in Lande der Niamniam, G.A. Schweinfurth 3311 (B 20 0093015, 20 0093016; BM, K 000435419, 000435420); Am Flusse Mruole, Mando’s Gebidt, 1 März 1870, G.A. Schweinfurth 3087 (B 20 0093019).

Heterotypic
- Pteris congensis Christ, Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 3(1): {{BHLpage|40814264|29} (1909).
  - Typus: ‘Route de Buta à Bima, 15 octobre 1905’, F. Seret 92 (Holotype: BM).
- Pteris molunduensis Hieron., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 417 (1915).
  - Typus: ‘Sudkameruner Waldgebiet: An einem Wasserlauf in Raphia-Stumpf im Bezirk und bei der Station Molundu am Dsch Ngoko, 15°12’ ö. L. 2° n. Br. bei Nginda, 21 km nördlich Molundu, 4 Jan. 1911’, G.W.J. Mildbraed 4164

(Holotype: B 20 0092977, 20 0092978; isotype: P 00483461).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Central African Republic, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaire.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Sudan.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Tanzania, Uganda.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Angola.

Kuhn, F.A.M. 1879. Cryptogamae vasculares. P. 7–71 in: von der Decken, K.K.: Reisen in Ost-Afrika in den Jahren 1859–1865. Band 3. Abt. 3. Geologie, Botanik, Meteorologie, astronomische, geodätische und Höhenmessungen, magnetische Beobachtungen, Geschichtstabellen, Literaturübersicht. C.F. Winter, Leipzig & Heidelberg. MDZ Reference page.

Roux, J.P. 2009. Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands. Strelitzia 23: 1–296. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 978-1-919976-48-8. ARK: /t0ps2bc93 PDF Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pteris similis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 4. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Pteris similis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 4 Mar 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pteris similis. Published online. Accessed: 4 Mar 2022.
Hassler, M. 2022. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Pteris similis Accessed: 4 Mar 2022.

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