Pteris splendens

Taxonavigation

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

Pteris splendens Kaulf., Enum. Filic.: 186 (1824).

Homotypic
- Litobrochia splendens (Kaulf.) C.Presl, Tent. Pterid.: 149 (1836).
Heterotypic
- Litobrochia papyracea Fée, Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 136 (1852).
  - "Habitat in America meridionali", Gardner
  - Pteris papyracea (Fée) Hook., Sp. Fil. 2: 212 (1858).
  - Pteris denticulata var. papyracea (Fée) Christ, Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79(1): 37 (1908).
- Litobrochia praealta Fée, Crypt. Vasc. Brésil 1: 46 (1869), "prealta".
  - Typus: Habitat in Brasilia fluminensi, Glaziou 2304 (Holotype: P 00609073; isotypes: B 20 0146754, K 000589370, P 00609074-076)
  - Pteris splendens var. praealta (Fée) Christ, Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79(1): 38 (1908).
- Litobrochia organensis Fée, Crypt. Vasc. Brésil 1: 240 (1869).
  - Pteris splendens var. organensis (Fée) Dutra, Anais Reunião Sul-Amer. Bot. 2: 33 (1938 publ. 1939).
- Pteris splendens var. miersii Baker, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 5: 218 (1891).
  - Typus: Brazil, Rio, Jul 1878, Miers 861 (Holotype: K 000589371).
- Pteris splendens var. pumila Rosenst., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 277 (1910).
  - Typus: Hab. Brasilia australis, Prov. S. Paulo. Serra do Mar, 100 m alt., ad saxa, 1908, Wacket (isotype: {{P 00609071)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Guyana.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Ecuador, Peru.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil Northeast (Bahia, Ceará, Pernambuco), Brazil Southeast (Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo), Brazil South (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina).
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Paraguay.

Kaulfuss, G.F. 1824. Enumeratio Filicum quas im Itinere Circa Terram Legit Cl. Adalbertus de Chamisso Adiectis in Omnia Harum Plantarum Genera Permultasque Species non Satis Cognitas vel Novas Animadversionibus. 300 pp., Lipsia [Leipzig]: Carolus Cnobloch. MDZ Reference page.

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