030.0000 Family Pteridaceae E.D.M.Kirchn.; Schul-Bot. 109 (1831)

48 genera, ca. 1350 spp. The family has been split extensively in smaller subgroups, but Smith et al. (2006) and PPG-I argue for keeping them together.

Species listed in database: 1400; hybrids: 67

030.3005 Genus Pteris L.; Sp. Pl. 2: 1073 (1753)

Distribution: Worldwide

Species listed in database: 344; hybrids: 10

species :

Pteris actiniopteroides Christ; Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 1, 7: 6 (1899)

Distribution: China (Chongqing, SE-Gansu, N-Guangxi, Guizhou, N-Henan, Hubei, S-Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan); India (Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya)

36 CHI 40 IND

species :

Pteris adscensionis (G.Forst.) Sw.; J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 67 (1801)

Distribution: Ascension Isl. (Green Mt.)

28 ASC

Remarks: often included in P. dentata but kept separate by Lambdon et al. 2023

Conservation Status: IUCN CR

Synonyms: hidden

= Lonchitis adscensionis G.Forst.; Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. 9: 72 (1789)

= Asplenium adscensionis (G.Forst.) Bernh.; Abh. Kurfürstl.-Mainz. Akad. Nützl. Wiss. Erfurt 18, f. 8 (1802)

species :

Pteris albersii Hieron.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 63: 389 (1915)

subspecies :

subsp. albersii

Distribution: Tanzania (Kilimanjaro, Usambara Mts.)

25 TAN

subspecies :

subsp. mufindiensis Verdc.; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Pterid. 21 (2002)

Distribution: Tanzania

25 TAN

subspecies :

subsp. uaraguessensis Verdc.; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Pterid. 19 (2002)

Distribution: Kenya

25 KEN

Conservation Status: only known from type

species :

Pteris albertiae Arbeláez; Brittonia 47(2): 178 (1995)

Distribution: Colombia (Boyacá, Norte de Santander)

82 CLM

species :

Pteris altissima Poir.; Encycl. [J. Lamarck et al.] 5: 722 (1804)

Name: Forest brake

Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Veracruz); Guatemala; Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola (Dominican Republic); Puerto Rico; Nevis; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Vincent; Grenada; Trinidad; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Caldas, Caquetá, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Nariño, Putumayo, Risaralda, Tolima, Valle); Venezuela (Amazonas, Aragua, Bolívar, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Portuguesa, Sucre, Yaracuy, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz); Brazil (Acre, Alagoas, Amazonas, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Roraima, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo); Paraguay (Canindeyu)

79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 CUB DOM GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR MTS PUE STK STV TRT 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 PAR

Remarks: deflexa agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Litobrochia altissima Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 135 (1852)

= Litobrochia arborescens Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 135 (1852)

= Litobrochia elata (J.Agardh) Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 135 (1852)

= Litobrochia grandis Fée; Mém. Foug. 8 (Icon. Esp. Nouv.): 75 (1857)

= Litobrochia intermedia C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 149 (1836)

= Litobrochia karsteniana Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 135 (1852)

= Litobrochia kunzeana (J.Agardh) Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 135 (1852)

= Litobrochia macroptera (Link) J.Sm.; J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 163 (1841)

= Litobrochia schiedeana C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 148 (1836), nomen

= Pteris altissima var. karsteniana (Kunze) Hieron.; Hedwigia 48: 245 (1909)

= Pteris deflexa var. lata (Kaulf.) Luetzelb.; Estud. Bot. Nordéste 3: 249 (1923)

= Pteris elata J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 63 (1839)

= Pteris elata var. karsteniana Kunze; Linnaea 23: 287 (1850)

= Pteris grandis (Fée) Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 2: 229 (1858)

= Pteris intermedia (C.Presl) Kaulf. ex Ettingsh.; Farnkr. Jetztw. [Ettingshausen]: 101, t. 66, f. 6 (1865)

= Pteris kunzeana J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 62 (1839)

= Pteris kunzeana var. polita J.Bommer; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 35(1): 192 (1896)

= Pteris lata Kaulf. ex Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 2: 28 (1833)

= Pteris macroptera Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 2: 32 (1833)

= Pteris palustris Gaudich.; Voy. Uranie [Freycinet], Bot. 391 (1829), nom. illeg.

= Pteris podophylla Kunze; Linnaea 9: 75 (1834), nom. illeg.

= Pteris protea Liebm.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., ser. 5, 1: 228 (1849)

= Pteris schiedeana C.Presl ex Ettingsh.; Farnkr. Jetztw. [Ettingshausen]: 99, t. 66, f. 1 (1864)

= Pteris sterilis C.Presl; Delic. Prag. 1: 184 (1822)

species :

Pteris amoena Blume; Enum. Pl. Javae 2: 210 (1828)

Distribution: China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, S-Hunan, S-Jiangxi, Yunnan, Hainan, Zhejiang); Tibet; Japan (incl. Yakushima Isl.); Taiwan; India (Assam State, Manipur, Meghalaya); Myanmar; E-Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah); Philippines; Java; Solomon Isl. (Kolombangara)

36 CHI TIB 38 JAP NNS TAI 40 IND 41 LAO MYA THA VIE 42 BOR JAW PHI 43 SOL

Remarks: sect. Campteria

Conservation Status: EN in Japan, IUCN CR for India (Fraser-Jenkins 2012)

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris biaurita Y.C.Wu, K.K.Wong & Pong; Bull. Dept. Biol. Coll. Sci. Sun Yatsen Univ. 3: 246, t. 114 (1932), non L. 1753 [fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. (2017)]

= Pteris mcclurei Ching; Bull. Biol. Dept. Sci. Coll. Sun Yatsen Univ. 6: 28 (1933) [fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. (2017)]

= Pteris nakasimae Tagawa; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 7: 84 (1938) [fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. (2017)]

= Pteris porphyrophlebia C.Chr. & Ching; Lingnan Sci. J. 15: 393 (1936) [fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. (2017)]

= Pteris purpureorachis Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci., C, 12: 48 (1917) [fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. (2017)]

= Pteris tokioi Masam.; Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 25: 13 (1935)

= Pteris tokioi var. yakusimensis (Tagawa) Sa.Kurata; Hokuriku J. Bot. 6: 10 (1957)

= Pteris yakusimensis Tagawa; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 5: 107 (1936)

species :

Pteris andamanica Fraser-Jenk.; Annot. Checkl. Ind. Pterid. 1: 276 (2016)

Distribution: Andaman Isl.

41 AND

species :

Pteris angustata (Fée) C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 38: 72 (1967)

Distribution: Brazil (Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo)

84 BRA

Synonyms: hidden

= Litobrochia angustata Fée; Crypt. Vasc. Brésil 1: 49, t. 11, f. 1 (1869)

= Pteris paulistana Rosenst.; Hedwigia 46: 89 (1906)

species :

Pteris angustipinna Tagawa; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 4: 203 (1935)

Distribution: Taiwan

38 TAI

Conservation Status: CR in Taiwan

species :

Pteris angustipinnula Ching & S.H.Wu; Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 11 (1983)

Distribution: China (SW-Guangxi)

36 CHI

species :

Pteris anopteris Christenh.; Global Fl. 1(4): 23 (2018), nom. nov.

Distribution: Hispaniola (Haiti)

81 HIS

Synonyms: hidden

= Anopteris hexagona subsp. intermedia C.V.Morton; Bull. Jard. Bot. État. Bruxelles 27: 583 (1957)

= Anopteris intermedia (C.V.Morton) Vaganov & Shmakov; Turczaninowia 13(1): 10 (2010)

species :

Pteris appendiculifera Alderw.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 2: 172 (1920)

Distribution: Sumatra

42 SUM

species :

Pteris arbelaeziana A.Rojas; Acta Bot. Malac. 42(1): 167 (2017)

Distribution: Costa Rica

80 COS

species :

Pteris arborea L.; Sp. Pl. 2: 1073 (1753)

Distribution: Jamaica; Hispaniola (Dominican Republic); Puerto Rico; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; St. Vincent; Trinidad

81 DOM GDL HIS JAM MAR PUE STL STV TRT

Synonyms: hidden

= Litobrochia aculeata (Sw.) C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 149 (1838)

= Litobrochia aghardii Fée; Mém. Foug. 11 (Hist. Foug. Antil.): 25 (1866), nomen

= Litobrochia biformis Fée; Crypt. Vasc. Brésil 1: 47 (1869)

= Litobrochia brevinervis Fée; Mém. Foug. 11 (Hist. Foug. Antil.): 27, t. 8, f. 2 (1866)

= Litobrochia crassipes Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 135 (1852)

= Litobrochia lactuca C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 149 (1836)

= Litobrochia longibrachiata Fée; Mém. Foug. 11 (Hist. Foug. Antil.): 25 (1866)

= Litobrochia varians Fée; Crypt. Vasc. Brésil 1: 49, t. 12, f. 2 (1869)

= Polypodium spinosum L.; Sp. Pl. 2: 1092 (1753)

= Pteris aculeata Sw.; Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 129 (1788)

= Pteris brevinervis (Fée) Jenman; Bull. Misc. Inform. Roy Bot. Gard. Trinidad 23(App.): 125 (1900)

= Pteris lactuca Poir.; Encycl. [J. Lamarck et al.] 5: 717 (1804)

= Pteris longibrachiata J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 75 (1839)

= Pteris longibracteata Baker; Syn. Fil. [W. J. Hooker & Baker] 173 (1867) (err. scr.)

= Pteris multiserialis Jenman; Bull. Misc. Inform. Roy Bot. Gard. Trinidad 23(App.): 129 (1900)

= Pteris spinosa (L.) Desv.; Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 301 (1827)

form :

f. regia (Jenman) Proctor; Amer. Fern J. 72(4): 114 (1982)

Distribution: Jamaica

81 JAM

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris regia Jenman; Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 17: 39 (1895)

species :

Pteris argyraea T.Moore; Gard. Chron. 671 (1959)

Name: Silver brake, Striped brake

Distribution: India (Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka; Sumatra; ?Java

40 IND SRL 42 SUM

Remarks: sect. Campteria

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris confusa T.G.Walker; Kew Bull. 14: 329 (1960) [fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. (2017)]

= Pteris quadriaurita var. argentea Bedd.; Ferns Brit. India 111 (1883)

= Pteris quadriaurita var. argyraea (T.Moore) Underw.; Cycl. Amer. Hort., ed. 3 [L. H. Bailey]: 1463 (1901)

species :

Pteris arisanensis Tagawa; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 6: 102 (1936)

Distribution: China (Guangdong, Guangxi, SW-Guizhou, Hainan, Hongkong, Jiangxi, Macao, Yunnan); Tibet; Taiwan; Nepal; Bhutan; N-India (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Myanmar (Kachin, etc.); Thailand; Vietnam; Philippines

36 CHI TIB 38 TAI 40 BHU IND NEP SRL 41 MYA THA VIE 42 PHI

Remarks: sect. Campteria. According to Fraser-Jenkins (2008 and 2015), Pteris arisanensis is the correct name for Himalayan material previously incorrectly identified as P. linearis Poir. from Africa

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris biaurita var. intermittens C.Chr.; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 312 (1931)

= Pteris linearis var. manipurensis S.R.Ghosh; Pterid. Fl. E. India 338 (2004), nom. inval.

= Pteris pseudoconfusa Sarn.Singh & Panigrahi; Ferns Fern Allies Arunachal Pradesh 2: 588 (2005) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 2008)

= Pteris vijaynagarensis Sarn.Singh & Panigrahi; Ferns Fern Allies Arunachal Pradesh 2: 603 (2005) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 2008)

species :

Pteris armata C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 56 (1825)

Distribution: Palawan; Philippines

42 PHI PLW

species :

Pteris aspericaulis Wall. ex J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 22 (1839)

Distribution: China (Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan); Tibet; Taiwan; Pakistan; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Jammu & Kashmir); Myanmar (Kachin, Chin, etc.); N-Thailand; Vietnam

36 CHI TIB 38 TAI 40 BHU IND NEP PAK 41 MYA THA VIE

Remarks: sect. Campteria

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris aspericaulis var. cuspigera Ching; Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 8 (1983) [fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. (2017)]

= Pteris aspericaulis Wall.; Numer. List. [Wallich] no. 107 (1829), nomen

= Pteris aspericaulis Wall. ex Hieron.; Hedwigia 66: 348 (1914)

= Pteris bomiensis Ching & S.K.Wu; Fl. Xizangica 1: 72 (1983) (fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. 2015)

= Pteris cuspigera (Ching) X.Q.Song; Guihaia 30(4): 452 (2010) [fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. (2017)]

= Pteris pseudoquadriaurita Khullar; Illustr. Fern Fl. W. Himalaya 1: 272 (1994) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 1997)

= Pteris quadriaurita var. aspericaulis (Wall. ex J.Agardh) Bedd.; Ferns Brit. India 111 (1883)

= Pteris rubronervia W.Bull ex J.Dix; Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 479 (1861)

= Pteris shimianensis H.S.Kung; Fl. Sichuanica 6: 231 (1988), nom. nov. superfl. for P. aspericaulis var. cuspigera Ching [fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. (2017)]

species :

Pteris assamica Fraser-Jenk. & T.G.Walker; Taxon. Revis. Indian Subcontinental Pteridophytes 118 (2008)

Distribution: ?China; SE-Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam State, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, West Bengal); Bangladesh; ?W-Myanmar; Thailand; peninsular Malaysia

40 BAN BHU IND NEP 41 THA 42 MLY

Remarks: sect. Campteria

species :

Pteris atrovirens Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 5(1): 385 (1810)

Distribution: Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni); Gabon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Pemba Isl.; Tanzania; Angola; Seychelles

22 BEN GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE TOG 23 BIO BUR CAF CMN CON EQG GAB PRI SAO ZAI 24 SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG 29 SEY

Synonyms: hidden

= Litobrochia spinulifera J.Sm.; Ferns Brit. Foreign 193 (1866)

= Pteris atrovirens var. inermis Bonap.; Notes Ptéridol. 14: 229 (1923)

= Pteris spinulifera Schumach.; Beskr. Guin. Pl. (Vid. Selsk. Afh. 4): 459 (1827)

form :

f. laevicosta Verdc.; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Pterid. 13 (2002)

Distribution: Sierra Leone; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Gabon; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Kenya; Pemba Isl.; Tanzania

22 GHA IVO NGA SIE 23 BIO CAF GAB ZAI 25 KEN TAN

species :

Pteris auquieri Pic.Serm.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 53(1-2): 219 (1983)

Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Uganda; Tanzania

23 BUR RWA ZAI 25 TAN UGA

species :

Pteris austrotaiwanensis Y.S.Chao; Taiwania 66(3): 307-316 (2021)

Distribution: S-Taiwan

38 TAI

Remarks: sect. Campteria, fauriei agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris fauriei var. chinensis Ching & S.H.Wu; Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 10 (1983)

species :

Pteris bahamensis (J.Agardh) Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 125 (1852)

Name: Bahama Ladder Brake

Distribution: USA (S-Florida); Bahamas; Cuba; Cayman Isl. (Grand Cayman)

78 USA 81 BAH CAY CUB

Remarks: included by Fraser-Jenkins et al. (2017) in P. longifolia

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris diversifolia var. bahamensis J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 6 (1839)

= Pteris longifolia var. bahamensis (J.Agardh) Hieron.; Hedwigia 54: 289 (1914)

= Pycnodoria bahamensis (J.Agardh) Small; Ferns S. E. States [Small] 100 cum tab., f. 468 (1938)

= Pycnodoria pinetorum Small; Ferns Trop. Florida 31, fig. (1918)

species :

Pteris bakeri C.Chr.; Index Filic. 593 (1906)

Distribution: Colombia (Cesar, Cundinamarca, Norte de Santander); Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba)

82 CLM 83 BOL PER

Conservation Status: IUCN I

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris decomposita Baker; Syn. Fil. [W. J. Hooker & Baker], ed. 2: 479 (1874) (non Gaudich. (1827))

species :

Pteris baksaensis Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 9: 348 (1964)

Distribution: China (Hainan)

36 CHI

species :

Pteris balansae E.Fourn.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 18: 320 (1873)

Distribution: New Caledonia

60 NWC

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris balansae var. polymorpha E.Fourn.; (1911)

= Pteris fournieri C.Chr.; Index Filic. 598 (1906)

= Pteris pancheri Baker; Syn. Fil. [W. J. Hooker & Baker], ed. 2: 479 (1874)

= Pteris polymorpha E.Fourn.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 18: 320 (1873) (non Poir. (1804))

species :

Pteris bambusoides A.Gepp; Fl. Arfak Mts. [Gibbs]: 195 (1917)

Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya)

42 NWG

species :

Pteris barbigera Ching; Lingnan Sci. J. 15: 395 (1936)

Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim); Vietnam

40 IND 41 VIE

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris squamaestipes C.Chr. & Tardieu; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 6: 143, t. 1(1) (1937)

species :

Pteris barklyae (Baker) Mett.; Fil. Afr. [Kuhn] 77 (1868) (barkleyae)

Distribution: Seychelles

29 SEY

Synonyms: hidden

= Afropteris barklyae (Baker) Alston; Bol. Soc. Brot., ser. 2, 30: 6 (1956)

= Allosorus barklyae (Baker) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 806 (1891)

= Ochropteris barklyae (Baker) Buscal.; Malpighia 28: 168 (1917)

= Pellaea barklyae Baker; Syn. Fil. [W. J. Hooker & Baker] 151 (1867)

= Pteris barklyae (Baker) L.Zhang, X.M.Zhou, X.F.Gao & Li Bing Zhang; Phytotaxa 174(2): 116-118 (2014), isonym

species :

Pteris barombiensis Hieron.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 68: 413, fig. (1915)

Distribution: Cameroon

23 CMN

Conservation Status: IUCN R

species :

Pteris bavazzanoi Pic.Serm.; Webbia 27: 422 (1972 publ. 1973)

Distribution: Tanzania

25 TAN

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris kilimensis Rosenst. ex Bonap.; Notes Ptéridol. 7: 297 (1918), nom. nud.

species :

Pteris bella Tagawa; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 8: 166 (1939)

Distribution: China (Hainan, Hunan, Yunnan); Taiwan; Myanmar (Chin); Thailand (widespread); S-Vietnam

36 CHI 38 TAI 41 MYA THA VIE

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris wangiana Ching; Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot., ser. 2, 1: 311 (1949)

species :

Pteris berteroana J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 66 (1839)

Distribution: Juan Fdz. Isl.

85 JNF

Remarks: chilensis agg.

Conservation Status: IUCN V

Synonyms: hidden

= Litobrochia berteroana (J.Agardh) Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 135 (1852)

= Pteris comans var. berteroana (J.Agardh) Bonap.; Notes Ptéridol. 7: 355 (1918)

species :

Pteris biaurita L.; Sp. Pl. 2: 1076 (1753)

subspecies :

subsp. biaurita

Name: Thinleaf brake

Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Jalisco, Mexico State, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Tabasco); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Isla del Coco; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic); Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. John, Tortola); Saba; St. Kitts; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; Trinidad; Colombia (Boyacá, Caquetá, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Meta); Venezuela (Anzoategui, Aragua, Barinas, Carabobo, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Lara, Merida, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Tachira); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Brazil (Alagoas, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Pará, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo)

79 MEX 80 BLZ COC COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 CUB DOM GDL HIS JAM MAR MTS PUE SAB STK TRT VIR 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 ECU PER 84 BRA

Remarks: quadriaurita agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Campteria biaurita (L.) Hook.; Gen. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] t. 65A (1840)

= Campteria rottleriana C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 147 (1836)

= Campteria wightiana C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 147 (1836)

= Litobrochia biaurita (L.) J.Sm.; Cat. Cult. Ferns: 37 (1857)

= Litobrochia rottleriana Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 135 (1852)

= Litobrochia wallichiana C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 150 (1836)

= Pteris allosora Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 2: 31 (1833)

= Pteris biauriculata L.; Fl. Jamaic. [Linnaeus] 23 (1759), orth. var.

= Pteris biaurita var. krugii Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 4: 48 (1903)

= Pteris biaurita var. pungens Krug; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 99 (1897)

= Pteris biaurita var. subpinnatifida Jenman; Bull. Bot. Dept., Jamaica 41: 7 (1893)

= Pteris candifera Zoll.; Syst. Verz. [Zollinger] 39 (1854)

= Pteris caudata Zoll. & Moritzi; Natuur- Geneesk. Arch. Ned.-Indië 1: 398 (1844)

= Pteris caudiformis Moritzi; Syst. Verz. (Moritzi et al.) 118 (1844)

= Pteris quadriaurita var. biaurita (L.) J.Bommer & Christ; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 35(1): 190 (1896)

subspecies :

subsp. fornicata Fraser-Jenk.; Taxon. Revis. Indian Subcontinental Pteridophytes 116 (2008)

Distribution: Madagascar; Comores (Anjouan, Grande Comore, Mayotte); China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan); Tibet; Taiwan; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam State, ?Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.; Myanmar (Kachin, Chin, etc.); Thailand (widespread); Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Sumatra; Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah); Sulawesi; Palawan; Philippines; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Timor, Alor); Moluccas (Seram); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch. (New Ireland, Admiralty Isl.); Solomon Isl. (Guadalcanal, Santa Ysabel, Kolombangara, Makira, Malaita, Kirakira); Australia (NE-Queensland); Vanuatu; Rotuma Isl.; Wallis & Futuna (Futuna, ´Uvea); Tonga (Late Isl., ´Eua, Vava´u, Niuafo´ou, Tafahi); Fiji (Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Batiki, Gau, Koro, Ovalau, Taveuni); American Samoa (Tutuila, Ofu, Ta´u); [Western] Samoa (Aleipata Isl., Savai´i, ´Upolu); Palau; Northern Marianas (Pagan, Anatahan, Alamagan, Maug, Asuncion, Agrigan, Sarigan, Rota Isl.); Guam; Fed. States of Micronesia (Yap, Truk, Moen, Dublon, Tol, Pohnpei, Kosrae)

29 COM MDG 36 CHI TIB 38 TAI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP SRL 41 AND CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 BOR LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI PLW SUL SUM 43 BIS SOL 50 AUS 60 ASA FIJ ROT SAM TON VAN WAL 62 GUM MIC MRN PLU

Remarks: triploid apomictic Asian subspecies

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris cumingii Hieron.; Hedwigia 66: 358 (1914)

= Pteris flavicaulis Hayata; J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30: 443 (1911)

= Pteris pacifica Hieron.; Hedwigia 66: 355 (1914)

= Pteris pacifica var. eximia (Rech.) C.Chr.; (1931)

= Pteris pectinata D.Don; Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 15 (1825) (non Cav. (1802) nec Desv. (1811))

= Pteris quadriaurita var. eximia Rech.; (1908)

subspecies :

subsp. walkeriana Fraser-Jenk. & Rajkumar; Taxon. Revis. Indian Subcontinental Pteridophytes 115 (2008)

Distribution: China; Tibet; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam State, ?Bihar, Chhattisgarh, ?Goa, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.; Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Philippines; Java

36 CHI TIB 40 BAN BHU IND NEP 41 AND LAO MYA THA 42 JAW PHI

Remarks: sect. Campteria

Synonyms: hidden

= Campteria biaurita var. major Bedd.; Suppl. Ferns Brit. Ind. 25 (1892)

species :

Pteris biformis Splitg.; Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 7: 422 (1840)

Distribution: Galapagos

83 GAL

species :

Pteris bifurcata Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 9: 349 (1964)

Distribution: China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, S-Guizhou, Hainan)

36 CHI

Remarks: sect. Campteria, fauriei agg.; not in Taiwan

species :

Pteris blanchetiana C.Presl ex Ettingsh.; Farnkr. Jetztw. [Ettingshausen]: 103 (1865 publ. 1864)

Distribution: Galapagos

83 GAL

species :

Pteris blumeana J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 22 (1839)

Distribution: ?SW-China (?Yunnan); India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam State, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Myanmar; Thailand (widespread); Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Moluccas (Seram); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch. (New Ireland); Solomon Isl. (Kolombangara)

40 BAN IND 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 JAW MOL NWG PHI SUL 43 BIS SOL

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris normalis Blume; Enum. Pl. Javae 2: 224 (1828), non D. Don 1824.

= Pteris quadriaurita var. blumeana (J.Agardh) C.B.Clarke; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., ser. 2, 1: 466 (1880)

= Pteris subiriana P.Das; Phytotaxa 391: 247 (2018) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 2020)

species :

Pteris boliviensis J.Prado & A.R.Sm.; Amer. Fern J. 92(2): 107 (2002)

Distribution: Bolivia (Cochabamba)

83 BOL

species :

Pteris boninensis H.Ohba; Sci. Rep. Tohoku Imp. Univ., ser. 4, Biol. 36: 89 (1971)

Distribution: Bonin Isl. (Keetaajima, Nakohdojima, Chichijima, Minamijima, Anijima, Otohtojima, Nishinoshima, Hahajima, Mukohjima, Imohtojima, Hirashima); Volcano Isl. (Iwojima, Kita-Iwojima, Minami-Iwojima); ?Northern Marianas

38 KZN OGA

Remarks: sect. Campteria, fauriei agg.

Conservation Status: IUCN R

species :

Pteris borneensis Y.S.Chao; Syst. Bot. 42(4): 728 (2017)

Distribution: Borneo (Sabah)

42 BOR

species :

Pteris brasiliensis Raddi; Opusc. Sci. 3: 293 (1819)

Distribution: Brazil (Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Central); Argentina (Chaco, Corrientes, Formosa, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fe)

84 BRA 85 ARG PAR

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris denticulata var. brasiliensis (Raddi) Baker; Syn. Fil. [W. J. Hooker & Baker] 169 (1867)

species :

Pteris brassii C.Chr.; Brittonia 2: 287 (1937)

Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)

42 NWG

species :

Pteris brevis Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci. 81: 7 (1952)

Distribution: Philippines (Basilan)

42 PHI

species :

Pteris brooksiana Alderw.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 2, 23: 19 (1916)

Distribution: Sumatra (Bengkulu Isl.)

42 SUM

species :

Pteris buchananii Baker ex Sim.; Ferns S. Afr. [Sim] 111, 112, t. 46 (1892)

Distribution: Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Malawi; Zimbabwe; South Africa (North West, Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.); Lesotho

24 ETH 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW ZIM 27 LES SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris subquadripinnata Chiov.; Lav. Ist. Bot. Univ. Modena 6: 147 (1935)

species :

Pteris buchtienii Rosenst.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 6: 309 (1908)

Distribution: Bolivia (Beni)

83 BOL

Remarks: Known only from type. Possibly a synonym of P. lechleri

species :

Pteris burtonii Baker; Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 5: 218 (1891)

22 GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE TOG 23 BIO BUR CAF CMN CON EQG GAB PRI SAO ZAI 25 TAN UGA 26 ANG

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris aethiopica Christ; J. Bot. (Morot) 22: 21 (1909)

= Pteris atrovirens var. cervonii Bonap.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 19: 388 (1913), nomen

= Pteris burtonii var. aethiopica (Christ) Tardieu; Mem. I. F. A. N. 28: 72, fig. 8 (1953)

= Pteris johnstonii Baker; Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 5: 218 (1891)

species :

Pteris cadieri Christ; J. Bot. (Morot) 19: 72 (1905)

subspecies :

subsp. cadieri

Distribution: China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, S-Hunan, SW-Jiangsu, W-Jiangxi, Zhejiang); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Bangladesh; Thailand; Cambodia; N-Vietnam; Philippines

36 CHI 38 NNS TAI 40 BAN 41 CBD THA VIE 42 PHI

Remarks: cadieri agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris dimorpha var. plumbea (Christ) Y.S.Chao; Syst. Study Pteris cadieri complex, Ph. D. thesis. 54 (2009), comb. inval. (ined.).

= Pteris plumbea Christ; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 49 (1909)

= Pteris plumbea var. sintenensis Masam.; Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 28: 237 (1938)

= Pteris ×sintenensis (Masam.) C.M.Kuo; Stud. Ferns Ken-Ting Nation. Park, Taiwan: 63 (1986)

subspecies :

subsp. walkeri Fraser-Jenk.; Annot. Checkl. Ind. Pterid. 1: 283 (2016)

Distribution: China; India (Assam State, Manipur, Meghalaya)

36 CHI 40 IND

species :

Pteris caiyangheensis L.L.Deng; Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 16(4): 423 (1996)

Distribution: China (Yunnan)

36 CHI

species :

Pteris calocarpa (Copel.) M.G.Price; Kew Bull. 29: 727 (1974 publ. 1975)

Distribution: Philippines (Zamboanga)

42 PHI

Conservation Status: CR in the Philippines

Synonyms: hidden

= Copelandiopteris calocarpa (Copel.) B.C.Stone; Webbia 28: 493 (1973)

= Schizostege calocarpa Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci. 1, Suppl. II: 155, t. 12 (1906)

species :

Pteris camerooniana Kuhn; Filic. Afr. 207 (1868), nom. nov.

Distribution: Ivory Coast; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Central African Republic; Chad; Madagascar

22 IVO NGA 23 BIO CAF CMN 24 CHA 29 MDG

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris bonapartei C.Chr.; Cat. Pl. Madag., Pterid. 52 (1932) (nomen), Dansk Bot. Ark. 7: 129 (1932)

= Pteris manniana Mett.; Fil. Afr. [Kuhn] 84 (1868), nom. inval., non P. mannii Baker 1867

= Pteris jungneri Brause & Hieron.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 63: 388 (1916)

= Pteris pellucida Baker; Syn. Fil. [W. J. Hooker & Baker] 154 (1867) (quoad pl. afric.)

= Pteris quadriaurita f. simplex Bonap.; Notes Ptéridol. 5: 70 (1917)

species :

Pteris carsei Braggins & Brownsey; New Zealand J. Bot. 58(3): 214-222 (2020)

Distribution: New Zealand (Three Kings Isl., North Isl.); Kermadec Isl.

51 KER NZL

Remarks: comans agg.

species :

Pteris catoptera Kunze; Linnaea 18: 119 (1844)

Distribution: Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Mali; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Gabon; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Sudan; Ethiopia; Soqotra; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (North West, Limpopo, ?Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Comores; N-Yemen

22 GHA GUI IVO MLI NGA SEN SIE 23 BIO BUR CAF CMN GAB RWA ZAI 24 ETH SOC SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 SAF SWZ 29 COM MDG 35 YEM

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris abyssinica Hieron.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 63: 404 (1915)

= Pteris quadriaurita subsp. abyssinica (Hieron.) Schelpe; Contr. Bolus Herb. 1: 66 (1977)

= Pteris quadriaurita subsp. catoptera (Kunze) Schelpe; Contr. Bolus Herb. 1: 66 (1969)

= Pteris quadriaurita var. abyssinica (Hieron.) Pic.Serm.; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n. s. 47(1): 17 (1940)

variant :

var. horridula Schelpe; Contr. Bolus Herb. 1: 66 (1967)

Distribution: Tanzania; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (Gauteng)

25 TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZIM 27 SAF

species :

Pteris changjiangensis X.L.Zheng & F.W.Xing; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 47(2): 156 (2010)

Distribution: China (Hainan)

36 CHI

species :

Pteris chiapensis A.R.Sm.; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. ser. 4, 40: 226 (1975)

Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca)

79 MEX

species :

Pteris chilensis Desv.; Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 5: 325 (1811)

Distribution: Chile (Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Metropolitana de Santiago, O´Higgins, Maule, Ñuble, Biobío, Araucanía, Los Rios); Juan Fdz. Isl.

85 CLE JNF

Remarks: chilensis agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris fernandeziana Phil.; Linnaea 29: 105 (1857)

= Pteris tenera Kaulf.; Enum. Filic. [Kaulfuss] 191 (1824)

species :

Pteris christensenii Kjellb.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 66: 60 (1933)

Distribution: Sulawesi

42 SUL

species :

Pteris ciliaris D.C.Eaton; Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 8: 203 (1860)

Distribution: Cuba

81 CUB

Remarks: cretica agg.

species :

Pteris clemensiae Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci., C, 12: 47 (1917)

Distribution: Sumatra; Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah)

42 BOR SUM

species :

Pteris comans G.Forst.; Fl. Ins. Austr.: 79 (1786)

Name: Netted brake

Distribution: Bismarck Arch. (New Ireland); Solomon Isl. (Bougainville, Guadalcanal, Kolombangara, Makira, New Georgia, Rendova, Vangunu, Malaita, Nggatokae); Norfolk Isl.; New Caledonia; Vanuatu; Rotuma Isl.; Tonga (Tongatapu, ´Eua, Vava´u, Niuafo´ou, Tafahi); Fiji (Viti Levu, Gau, Taveuni); American Samoa (Manua Isl., Tutuila); [Western] Samoa (Savai´i, ´Upolu); Cook Isl. (Rarotonga, Mangaia); Marquesas Isl. (Nuku Hiva, Ua Huka, Ua Pou, Hiva Oa, Tahuata, Fatu Hiva); Society Isl. (Tahiti, Bora Bora, Moorea); Austral Isl. (Rapa Iti, Tubuai, Raivavae)

43 BIS SOL 50 NFK 60 ASA FIJ NWC ROT SAM TON VAN 61 AUI COO MRQ SCI

Remarks: comans agg. This species is a complex and contains several undescribed local entities

Synonyms: hidden

= Litobrochia comans (G.Forst.) C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 149 (1836)

= Litobrochia endlicheriana (J.Agardh) Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 134 (1852)

= Litobrochia undulata T.Moore; Gard. Chron. 1867: 348 (1867)

= Pteris deplanchei E.Fourn.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 18: 322 (1873)

= Pteris endlicheriana J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 66 (1839)

= Pteris undulata (T.Moore) Regel; Index Sem. (LE, Petropolitanus) Suppl. 1868: 25 (1869)

species :

Pteris commutata Kuhn; Reisen Ost-Afr. [Decken] 3(3), Bot. 20 (1879)

Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Uganda; Tanzania

23 CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 24 SSU 25 TAN UGA

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris grossiloba Christ; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 8: 29 (1909)

= Pteris pseudocretica Bonap.; Notes Ptéridol. 14: 313 (1924)

species :

Pteris concinna Heward; Mag. Nat. Hist. II(2): 461 (1838)

Distribution: Jamaica

81 JAM

Remarks: cretica agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris mutilata var. concinna (Heward) Jenman; Bull. Bot. Dept., Jamaica no. 4: 6 (1893)

species :

Pteris congesta J.Prado; Amer. Fern J. 83(4): 131 (1993), nom. nov.

Distribution: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)

84 BRA

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris gracilis Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 128 (1852) (non Michx. (1803))

= Pteris leptophylla var. gracilis (Fée) Baker; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 1(2): 413 (1870)

species :

Pteris consanguinea Mett.; Kuhn, Linnaea 36: 89 (1869)

Distribution: Colombia (Valle); Venezuela (Aragua, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Lara, Miranda, Yaracuy); Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz)

82 CLM VEN 83 BOL

species :

Pteris coriacea Desv.; Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 300 (1827)

Distribution: Costa Rica; Colombia (Antioquia); Ecuador; Peru

80 COS 82 CLM 83 ECU PER

Remarks: deflexa agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris coriacea var. diffusa Sodiro; Anales Univ. Centr. Ecuador 8: 15 (1893)

= Pteris coriacea var. jamesonii (Hook.) Baker; Syn. Fil. [W. J. Hooker & Baker] 162 (1867)

= Pteris jamesonii Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 2: 193, t. 133 (1858)

species :

Pteris crassiuscula Ching & Chu H.Wang; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 8: 166, t. 20(18) (1959)

Distribution: China (Hainan)

36 CHI

species :

Pteris cretica L.; Mant. Pl. 1: 130 (1767)

subspecies :

subsp. cretica

Name: Cretan Brake (EN); Kretischer Saumfarn (DE); Helecho temblon, helecho orlado (ES)

Distribution: England [I] (England [I], Wales [I]); Netherlands [I]; Germany [I]; Switzerland; Spain [I]; France; Channel Isl. [I] (Jersey [I]); Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Malta; Crimea; Algeria; Azores [I] (Sao Miguel Isl. [I], Terceira [I]); Canary Isl. (Gran Canaria); D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Ethiopia; Soqotra; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (North West, Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; Ascension Isl. [I]; St. Helena; Madagascar; La Réunion; Georgia [Caucasus]; Yemen; China (Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, SW-Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, S-Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, W-Zhejiang); Tibet; Japan; Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Pakistan; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar (Kachin, Chin, etc.); Thailand; Vietnam; ?peninsular Malaysia; Palawan; Philippines; Australia [I] (New South Wales [I]); New Zealand [I]; Vanuatu [I]; Hawaii (Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Hawaii Isl.); USA [I] (California [I], Florida [I], Louisiana [I], Maryland [I]); ?Guatemala; ?El Salvador; Honduras; ?Nicaragua; ?Costa Rica; ?Panama; ?Jamaica; Colombia [I]; ?Peru; ?Brazil; ?Argentina (?Buenos Aires, ?Corrientes, ?Entre Rios, ?Jujuy, ?Misiones, ?Salta, ?Tierra del Fuego, ?Tucuman)

10 grb 11 ger net SWI 12 cis COR FRA SAR spa 13 ITA MLT SIC 14 KRY 20 ALG 21 azo CNY 23 BUR RWA ZAI 24 ETH SOC 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 LES SAF SWZ 28 asc STH 29 MDG REU 33 GEO 35 YEM 36 CHI TIB 38 JAP NNS TAI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP PAK SRL 41 MYA THA VIE 42 PHI PLW 50 aus 51 nzl 60 van 63 HAW 76 usa 78 usa 80 HON 82 clm

Remarks: cretica agg. Distribution of ssp. cretica and ssp. laeta not always known

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris confertinervia Ching; Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 4 (1983) (fide Fraser-Jenkins (2008) and Knapp (Ferns of Taiwan, 2011 ff.))

= Pteris contracta Link; Fil. Spec. 53 (1841)

= Pteris cretica f. bifida Nishioka ex Akasawa; Bull. Kochi Women´s Univ., Ser. Nat. Sci. 27: 2 (1979)

= Pteris cretica var. alternata Chiov.; Lav. Ist. Bot. Univ. Modena 6,I/XI: 146 (1935)

= Pteris cretica var. americana J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 9 (1839)

= Pteris cretica var. balansae Rakotondr.; The natural history of Madagascar: 310 (2003), nom. nud.

= Pteris cretica var. intermedia (Christ) C.Chr.; Acta Horti Gothob. 1: 96 (1924)

= Pteris cretica var. nervosa (Thunb.) Ching & S.H.Wu; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. [Fl. China Ed. Committee] 3(1): 28 (1990) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 1997)

= Pteris cretica var. plurilobata Bonap.; Notes Ptéridol. 14: 311 (1923)

= Pteris cretica var. prolifera R.Sim ex J.Dix; Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 246 (1860)

= Pteris dangiana X.Y.Wang & P.S.Wang; Pterid. Fl. Guizhou 581-582 (2001)

= Pteris emergens Link; Fil. Spec. 52 (1841)

= Pteris heptaphyllos Poir.; Encycl. [J. Lamarck et al.] 5: 714 (1804)

= Pteris intermedia Christ; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 39: 389 (1911)

= Pteris lomarioides Colenso; Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 13: 380 (1881)

= Pteris nervosa Thunb.; Fl. Jap. [Thunberg] 332 (1784), et Syst. Veg., ed. 14 (J. A. Murray): 930 (1784)

= Pteris oligophylla Viv.; Ann. Bot. (Genoa) 1(2): 189 (1804)

= Pteris pentaphylla Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 5(1): 362 (1810)

= Pteris pseudodactylina Ching & S.K.Wu; Fl. Xizangica 1: 66 (1983) (fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. 2015)

= Pteris semiserrata Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 186 (1775), non Roxb.

= Pteris serraria Sw.; J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 65 (1801)

= Pteris serrulata var. intermedia Christ; Baroni & Christ, Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n. s. 4(1): 89 (1897)

= Pteris sichuanensis H.S.Kung; Acta Bot. Yunnan. 4(4): 337-338, f. 1: 1-2 (1982)

= Pteris taeniosa J.Sm.; J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 405 (1841)

= Pteris trifoliata Fée; Mém. Foug. 8 (Icon. Esp. Nouv.): 114 (1857)

= Pteris triphylla M.Martens & Galeotti; Nouv. Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 15 (Mém. Lycopod.): 51 (1842) (non J. Agardh (1839))

= Pteris wallichiana C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 290 (1836), nom. nud.

= Pteris xichouensis W.M.Chu & Z.R.He; Acta Bot. Yunnan. 22(3): 257 (2000)

= Pycnodoria cretica (L.) Small; Ferns Florida 91 (1932)

subspecies :

subsp. laeta (Ettingsh.) Fraser-Jenk.; Taxon. Revis. Indian Subcontinental Pteridophytes 100 (2008)

Distribution: Azerbaijan (Talysh); Turkey (E-Anatolia); W-Iran; E-Afghanistan; China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan); Tibet; Japan; Taiwan; Pakistan; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam State, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Myanmar; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; Sulawesi; Philippines; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Timor); New Guinea (Papua New Guinea); Argentina [I]

33 AZE 34 AFG IRN TUR 36 CHI TIB 38 JAP TAI 40 BHU IND NEP PAK SRL 41 CBD LAO MYA VIE 42 LSI NWG PHI SUL 85 arg

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris cretica var. cartilagidens Christ; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 1 [Hist. Acrostich.]: 56 (1905)

= Pteris cretica var. laeta (Wall. ex Ettingsh.) C.Chr. & Tardieu; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 6: 137 (1937)

= Pteris cretica var. latifolia J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 9 (1839)

= Pteris cretica var. rosthornii Diels; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29(2): 202 (1900)

= Pteris laeta Wall.; Numer. List. [Wallich] no. 95 (1829), nomen

= Pteris laeta Wall. ex Ettingsh.; Farnkr. Jetztw. [Ettingshausen]: 96, t. 57, f. 8-11, t. 58, f. 4, 12.: 75 (1865 publ. 1864)

= Pteris mysorensis Fée; Mém. Foug. 10 (Icon. Esp. Nouv.): 16, t. 32, f. 2 (1865)

= Pteris mysurensis B.Heyne ex Wall.; Numer. List. [Wallich] no. 87 (1829), nomen

= Pteris plumbea Y.C.Wu, K.K.Wong & Pong; Bull. Dept. Biol. Coll. Sci. Sun Yatsen Univ. 3: 230, t. 106 (1932) (non Christ 1909)

= Pteris prainii S.R.Ghosh; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 3: 591, t. 1 (1982) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 1997)

species :

Pteris croesus Bory; Voy. îles Afrique 2: 192 (1804)

Distribution: La Réunion

29 REU

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris nigrescens Poir.; Encycl. [J. Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 4: 607 (1816)

species :

Pteris cryptogrammoides Ching; Fl. Fujianica 1: 597 (1982), et Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 7 (1983)

Distribution: China (Fujian)

36 CHI

species :

Pteris dactylina Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 2: 160, t. 130 A (1858)

Distribution: China (Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan); Tibet; Taiwan; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, ?West Bengal); Myanmar; Sulawesi

36 CHI TIB 38 TAI 40 BHU IND NEP 41 MYA 42 SUL

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris gracillima Ching & S.K.Wu; Fl. Xizangica 1: 65, t. 16, f. 7-8 (1983), non Rosenst. 1911

species :

Pteris daguensis (Hieron.) Lellinger; Fern Gaz. 11: 108 (1975), et Amer. Fern J. 67(2): 59 (1977)

Distribution: Colombia (Chocó, Valle)

82 CLM

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris orizabae var. daguensis Hieron.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 495 (1904)

species :

Pteris dalhousiae Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 2: 170, t. 121 (1858)

Distribution: Thailand (S-Thailand, peninsular Thailand); Cambodia; peninsular Malaysia (Penang, Johor); Sumatra; Borneo (Sabah); W-Java

41 CBD THA 42 BOR JAW MLY SUM

species :

Pteris dataensis Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci. 81: 7 (1952)

Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)

42 PHI

Remarks: sect. Campteria

species :

Pteris dayakorum Bonap.; Notes Ptéridol. 7, 401 (1918)

Distribution: Borneo

42 BOR

species :

Pteris decrescens Christ; Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr., sér. 3, 16: 244 (1906)

Distribution: China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan); Thailand (widespread); Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia

36 CHI 41 CBD THA VIE 42 MLY

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris depauperata (Bedd.) S.R.Ghosh; Pterid. Fl. E. India 342 (2004) [fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. (2017)]

= Pteris hossei Hieron.; Hedwigia 66: 325-375 (1914)

= Pteris quadriaurita var. depauperata Bedd.; Suppl. Ferns Brit. Ind. 24 (1892) [fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. (2017)]

variant :

var. parviloba (Christ) C.Chr. & Tardieu; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 6: 137 (1937)

Distribution: China (Guangxi); N-Vietnam

36 CHI 41 VIE

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris parviloba (Christ) Christ; Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 149 (1907)

= Pteris quadriaurita var. parviloba Christ

species :

Pteris decurrens C.Presl; Delic. Prag. 1: 183 (1822)

Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Meta, Nariño, Valle); Venezuela (Carabobo, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Lara); Ecuador; Peru; Brazil (Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo)

82 CLM VEN 83 ECU PER 84 BRA

Remarks: quadriaurita agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Litobrochia decurrens (C.Presl) C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 149 (1836)

= Litobrochia horizontalis Fée; Crypt. Vasc. Brésil 1: 48, t. 12, f. 1 (1869)

= Pteris appendiculata Kaulf.; Enum. Filic. [Kaulfuss] 187 (1824)

= Pteris horizontalis (Fée) Rosenst.; Meded. Rijks-Herb. no. 19: 10 (1913)

= Pteris palustris Raddi; Opusc. Sci. 3: 293 (1819), nom. illeg.

= Pteris pilosiuscula Desv.; Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 296 (1827)

species :

Pteris deflexa Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 2: 30 (1833)

Distribution: Puerto Rico; Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Caldas, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Nariño, Quindío, Risaralda, Tolima); Venezuela (Aragua, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Portuguesa, Tachira, Trujillo); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Brazil (Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo); Paraguay (Alto Paraná, Amambay, Caazapa, Canindeyu, Cordillera, Guaira, Paraguari); Uruguay (Cerro Largo, Durazno, Montevideo, Rivera, Tacuarembo, Trenta y Tres); Argentina (Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Tucuman)

81 PUE 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU

Remarks: deflexa agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris deflexa var. silveirae Christ; Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 2: 552 (1902)

= Pteris gaudichaudii J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 42 (1839)

= Pteris laeta C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 145 (1836)

= Pteris platychlamys Fée; Crypt. Vasc. Brésil 2: 25 (1873)

= Pteris polita Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 2: 30 (1833)

= Pteris rostrata Fée; Mém. Foug. 10 (Icon. Esp. Nouv.): 16, t. 33, f. 1 (1865)

species :

Pteris deltea J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 33 (1839)

Distribution: Society Isl. (Tahiti)

61 SCI

species :

Pteris deltodon Baker; J. Bot. 26: 226 (1888)

Distribution: China (SW-Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Laos; Vietnam

36 CHI 38 NNS TAI 41 LAO VIE

Conservation Status: Vulnerable (Japan)

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris nana Christ; C. Chr., Ind. 603 (1906)

= Pteris trifoliata Christ; Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 1, 7: 7 (1899) (non Fée (1857))

= Pteris sanduensis X.Y.Wang & P.S.Wang; Pterid. Fl. Guizhou 598-599 (2001)

variant :

var. monstrosa P.S.Wang & Jun H.Zhao; Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occid. Sin. 31(6): 1265 (2011)

Distribution: China (Guizhou)

36 CHI

species :

Pteris deltoidea Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci. 6: 85 (1911)

Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)

42 NWG

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris glabella Rosenst.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 423 (1911)

species :

Pteris dentata Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 186 (1775)

Name: Toothed brake

Distribution: Morocco; Cape Verde Isl.; Ghana; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; ?Congo [Brazzaville]; E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (North West, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov., ?Free State); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; St. Helena; Madagascar; Mauritius; La Réunion; Rodrigues; East Aegaean Isl. (Ikaria, Samos); Iran; Lebanon; Saudi Arabia; N-Yemen; S-Yemen; New Zealand [I]; Easter Isl. [I]

20 MOR 21 CVI 22 GHA 23 BIO BUR CMN PRI RWA SAO ZAI 24 ETH SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 LES SAF SWZ 28 STH 29 MAU MDG REU ROD 34 EAI IRN LEB 35 SAU YEM 51 nzl 61 eas

Remarks: The African populations are often separated as ssp. flabellata; the typical form is in Arabia

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris arguta Aiton; Hort. Kew. [W. Aiton] 3: 458 (1789), nom. superfl.

= Pteris arguta f. major Mett.; Fil. Afr. [Kuhn] 76, 77 (1868)

= Pteris arguta f. minor Mett.; Fil. Afr. [Kuhn] 77 (Oct. 1868)

= Pteris arguta var. flabellata (Thunb.) Mett.; Fil. Afr. [Kuhn] 76 (1868)

= Pteris cordemoyi C.Chr.; Index Filic. 595 (1906), nom. nov. for Pteris straminea Cordem.

= Pteris dentata subsp. flabellata (Thunb.) Runemark; Bot. Not. 115: 190 (1962)

= Pteris dentata var. oligodictya (Baker) Tardieu; Fl. Madagasc. Fam. 5e: 92, fig. 14, t. 7, 8 (1958)

= Pteris elegans Jacq.; Fragm. Bot. 74 (1806), nom. illeg.

= Pteris flabellata Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 2: 172 (1800)

= Pteris flabellata var. ascensionis (Sw.) Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 2,7/8: 185 (1858)

= Pteris flaccida Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 126 (1852)

= Pteris oligodictyon Baker; J. Bot. 18: 328 (1880)

= Pteris semiserrata Roxb.; Beats., St. Helena: 319 (1816) (non Forssk. (1775))

= Pteris serrulata Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 187 (1775)

= Pteris straminea Cordem.; Bull. Soc. Sci. Arts La Réunion 1890-91 (non Mett. (1874))

species :

Pteris denticulata Sw.; Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 129 (1788)

Distribution: Venezuela (Bolívar); Guyana; Bolivia (Chuquisaca, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Brazil (Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Pará, Pernambuco, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Caazapa, Canindeyu, Central, Cordillera, Paraguari); Argentina (Chaco, Corrientes, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fe)

82 GUY VEN 83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR

Remarks: cretica agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Litobrochia brasiliensis (Raddi) C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 149 (1836)

= Litobrochia denticulata (Sw.) C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 149, t. 5, f. 20 (1836)

= Litobrochia dissimilis Fée; Crypt. Vasc. Brésil 2: 31, t. 90 (1873)

= Pteris dissimilis (Fée) Chr.; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79(1): 37 (1908)

= Pteris palmata Vell.; Fl. Flumin. 11: t. 87 (1831), nom. illeg.

= Pteris quadrifida C.Presl; Delic. Prag. 1: 182 (1822)

= Pteris reticulata Desv.; Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 5: 324 (1811)

= Pteris salicifolia Schrad.; Gött. Gel. Anz. 871 (1824)

= Pteris serrata Vell.; Fl. Flumin. 11: t. 82 (1831)

= Pteris stenophylla Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 2: 23 (1833)

= Pteris undulata Christ; Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 2: 550 (1902) (non Litobrochia undulata T. Moore)

variant :

var. tristicula (Raddi) J.Prado; Amer. Fern J. 83(4): 131 (1993)

Distribution: Brazil (Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo); Argentina (Misiones)

84 BRA 85 ARG

Synonyms: hidden

= Litobrochia tristicula (Raddi) C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 149 (1836)

= Pteris tristicula Raddi; Opusc. Sci. 3: 293 (1819)

species :

Pteris dimorpha Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci. 8: 282 (1908)

Distribution: SE-China (Fujian, Guangxi, etc.); Taiwan; Vietnam

36 CHI 38 TAI 41 VIE

Remarks: cadieri agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris cadieri subsp. dimorpha (Copel.) Fraser-Jenk.; Annot. Checkl. Ind. Pterid. 1: 282 (2016)

= Pteris ensiformis var. grevilleana Mett. ex C.B.Clarke; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., ser. 2, 1: 464 (1880)

= Pteris grevilleana var. diffusa Y.C.Wu, K.K.Wong & Pong; Bull. Biol. Dept. Sci. Coll. Sun Yatsen Univ. 3: 1-368, t. 110 (1932)

= Pteris grevilleana Y.C.Wu, K.K.Wong & Pong; Bull. Dept. Biol. Coll. Sci. Sun Yatsen Univ. 3: 234, t. 108 (1932) (non Wall.)

variant :

var. metagrevilleana Y.S.Chao, H.Y.Liu & W.L.Chiou; Phytotaxa 230(2): 136 (2015)

Distribution: Taiwan; Borneo (Sabah)

38 TAI 42 BOR

variant :

var. prolongata Y.S.Chao, H.Y.Liu & W.L.Chiou; Phytotaxa 230(2): 137 (2015)

Distribution: SE-China (Fujian, Guangdong); Taiwan; NE-India (Arunachal Pradesh); Bangladesh

36 CHI 38 TAI 40 BAN IND

species :

Pteris dispar Kunze; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 539 (1848)

Distribution: China (S-Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hongkong, Hunan, Hubei, S-Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Macao, Sichuan, Zhejiang); South Korea (Cheju Isl.); Japan; Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; ?Vietnam

36 CHI 38 JAP KOR NNS TAI

Remarks: The old type of P. semipinnata was in reality P. dispar, therefore P. semipinnata was conserved with a conserved type

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris semipinnata var. dispar (Kunze) Hook. & Baker; Syn. Fil. [W. J. Hooker & Baker] 157 (1865)

= Pteris taiwaniana Masam. & Suzuki

species :

Pteris dissitifolia Baker; J. Bot. 28: 263 (1890)

Distribution: China (Guangdong, Hainan, S-Yunnan); Laos; N-Vietnam

36 CHI 41 LAO VIE

Remarks: possibly a synonym of P. semipinnata but kept separate by Flora of China

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris semipinnata var. dissitifolia (Baker) C.Chr. & Tardieu; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 6: 143 (1937)

species :

Pteris distans J.Sm. ex Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 2: 169 (1858)

Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)

42 PHI

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris distans J.Sm.; J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 405 (1841), nom. nud.

species :

Pteris dixitii Fraser-Jenk. & Pariyar; Ferns and Fern-allies of Nepal 1: 329 (2015)

Distribution: China (Yunnan); Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, West Bengal); Myanmar

36 CHI 40 BHU IND 41 MYA

species :

Pteris droogmantiana L.Linden; Semaine Hort. 4: 435, 487 (1900)

Distribution: Congo [Brazzaville]

23 CON

Remarks: provisionally accepted name

species :

Pteris edanyoi Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci. 81: 8, t. 1(2) (1952) (edanoi auct.)

Distribution: Taiwan; Philippines (Luzon)

38 TAI 42 PHI

species :

Pteris ekemae Benl; Nova Hedwigia 27(1/2): 147, figs 1, 2 (1976)

Distribution: Cameroon

23 CMN

species :

Pteris ekmanii C.Chr.; Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., ser. 3, 16(2): 64 (1936)

Distribution: Hispaniola (Haiti)

81 HIS

species :

Pteris elmeri Christ ex Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci. 81: 7 (1952)

Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)

42 PHI

species :

Pteris elongatiloba Bonap.; Notes Ptéridol. 5: 69 (1917)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

variant :

var. remotivenia Bonap.; Notes Ptéridol. 5: 70 (1917)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris elongatiloba var. erythrorachis Bonap.; Notes Ptéridol. 14: 407, 408 (1923)

= Pteris elongatiloba var. multipinnula C.Chr.; Cat. Pl. Madag., Pterid.52 (1932), nom. nud., et Dansk Bot. Ark. 7: 129, pl. 50, figs 4-6 (1932)

species :

Pteris emodi (Fraser-Jenk.) Fraser-Jenk. & Khullar; Indian Fern J. 38(1-2): 20 (2021)

Distribution: E-Afghanistan; S-China; Tibet; Pakistan; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Darjeeling); Myanmar

34 AFG 36 CHI TIB 40 BHU IND NEP PAK 41 MYA

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris vittata subsp. emodi Fraser-Jenk.; Taxon. Revis. Indian Subcontinental Pteridophytes 96 (2008)

species :

Pteris endoneura M.G.Price; Kew Bull. 29: 727 (1974 publ. 1975)

Distribution: Philippines (Quezon, Western Samar, Camarines Norte)

42 PHI

Conservation Status: EN in the Philippines

Synonyms: hidden

= Copelandiopteris endoneura (M.G.Price) B.C.Stone; Kalikasan 5(3): 330 (1976)

species :

Pteris ensiformis Burm.; Fl. Ind. (N. L. Burman) 230 (1768)

Name: Sword brake fern, Slender brake

Distribution: China (Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, SW-Guizhou, Hainan, S-Jiangxi, Sichuan, S-Yunnan, S-Zhejiang); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam State, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Nicobar Isl.; Myanmar; Thailand (widespread); Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Singapore; Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah); Sulawesi; Philippines; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, Lombok, Wetar, Sumbawa, Flores, Alor, Timor); Moluccas (Seram, etc.); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch. (New Britain, Admiralty Isl.); Solomon Isl. (Guadalcanal, Malaita); Australia [I] (NE-Queensland [I]); New Caledonia; Vanuatu; Rotuma Isl.; Tonga (´Eua); Fiji (Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Beqa, Kadavu, Koro, Ovalau, Taveuni); Wallis & Futuna (Alofi, Futuna, ´Uvea); American Samoa (Tutuila, Ofu, Olosega, Ta´u); [Western] Samoa (Savai´i, ´Upolu); Marquesas Isl. [I] (Ua Pou [I], Hiva Oa [c]); Palau (Babeldaob); Guam; Fed. States of Micronesia (Yap, Kosrae); Cuba [I]; Jamaica [I]; Puerto Rico [I]

36 CHI 38 NNS TAI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP SRL 41 CBD LAO MYA NCB THA VIE 42 BOR LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI SNG SUL 43 BIS SOL 50 aus 60 ASA FIJ NWC ROT SAM TON VAN WAL 61 mrq 62 GUM MIC PLU 81 cub jam pue

Remarks: cretica agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Acrostichum trifoliatum Houtt.; Handl. Pl.-Kruidk. 13: 90 (1786)

= Phorolobus chinensis Desv.; Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 171, t. 7-8 (1827)

= Pteris attenuata Blume; Enum. Pl. Javae 2: 210 (1828)

= Pteris caudata Lour.; Fl. Cochinch., ed. 2, 2: 835 (1793)

= Pteris crenata Sw.; J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 65 (1801)

= Pteris ensiformis var. furcans Ching; Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 6 (1983) (fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. 2015)

= Pteris ensiformis var. rheophila M.Kato, Darnaedi & K.Iwats.; J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 15(1): 94 (1991)

= Pteris gracilis Roxb.; Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 4: 508 (1844), non Michx. 1803

= Pteris heterodactyla Reinw.; J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 405 (1841)

= Pteris multidentata Wall.; Numer. List. [Wallich] no. 2681 (1831), nomen

= Pteris prionitis Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 126 (1852)

= Pteris serrulata var. obtusata Christ; Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 4(7): 612 (1904)

= Pteris stricta Poir.; Encycl. [J. Lamarck et al.] 5: 713 (1804)

variant :

var. merrillii (C.Chr. ex Ching) S.H.Wu; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. [Fl. China Ed. Committee] 3(1): 39 (1990)

Distribution: China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan); Vietnam

36 CHI 41 VIE

Remarks: not in Taiwan

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris merrillii C.Chr. ex Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 9: 348 (1964)

variant :

var. victoriae Baker; Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 7: 576 (1890)

Name: Victorian brake

Distribution: China [I] (Hainan [I]); India [I]; Sri Lanka [I]; Myanmar [I]; Philippines [I]; Australia [I] (Queensland [I]); Guam [I]; Honduras [I]; Brazil [I] (Espírito Santo [I])

36 chi 40 ind srl 41 mya 42 phi 50 aus 62 gum 80 hon 84 bra

Remarks: a garden form probably best treated as convar.

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris victoriae (W.Bull ex Ridl.) W.Bull; Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 1891: 4 (1891)

species :

Pteris epaleata D.J.Ohlsen; Muelleria 39: 17-26 (2020)

Distribution: Australia (SE-Queensland, S-Victoria, E-New South Wales, Tasmania, King Isl.); New Zealand (South Isl.)

50 AUS 51 NZL

Remarks: comans agg.

species :

Pteris esquirolii Christ; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 50 (1909)

Distribution: China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan); Taiwan; Vietnam

36 CHI 38 TAI 41 VIE

variant :

var. muricatula (Ching) Ching & S.H.Wu; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. [Fl. China Ed. Committee] 3(1): 31 (1990)

Distribution: China (Hunan)

36 CHI

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris muricatula Ching; Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 10: 173 (1940)

species :

Pteris exigua O.G.Martínez & J.Prado; Brittonia 63(2): 295 (2011)

Distribution: Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, Tucuman)

85 ARG

species :

Pteris faba Y.S.Chao; New Zealand J. Bot. 61(2-3): 125 (2022)

Distribution: Philippines; New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)

42 NWG PHI

species :

Pteris famatinensis de la Sota; Darwiniana 17: 97 (1972)

Distribution: Argentina (La Rioja)

85 ARG

species :

Pteris fauriei Hieron.; Hedwigia 66: 345 (1914)

Distribution: China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, S-Hunan, Jiangxi, Macao, SE-Yunnan, Zhejiang); Japan; Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Myanmar (Kachin, etc.); Vietnam; Philippines; Fed. States of Micronesia (Truk, Dublon)

36 CHI 38 JAP NNS TAI 41 MYA VIE 42 PHI 62 MIC

Remarks: sect. Campteria, fauriei agg. Apogamous triploid

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris fauriei var. rigida Hieron.; Hedwigia 55: 347 (1914)

= Pteris guizhouensis Ching; Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 10 (1983)

= Pteris khasiana subsp. fauriei (Hieron.) Fraser-Jenk.; Annot. Checkl. Ind. Pterid. 1: 292 (2016)

= Pteris linearis var. fauriei (Hieron.) C.Chr. & Tardieu; Fl. Indo-Chine [P. H. Lecomte et al.] 7(2): 159 (1939)

= Pteris longipinnula Christ; Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr., sér. 3, 16: 16(199-200-201): 130-131 (1906) (non Wall. 1828)

= Pteris quadriaurita Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 2: 179 (1852)

= Pteris rigidula Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci. 81: 11, t. 9 (1952)

species :

Pteris finotii Christ; J. Bot. (Morot) 19: 72 (1905)

Distribution: China (Guangdong, Hainan, S-Yunnan); N-Vietnam

36 CHI 41 VIE

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris finotii var. obtusa Tagawa; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 16(3): 72-73 (1956)

species :

Pteris formosana Baker; J. Bot. 23: 103 (1885)

Distribution: Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan

38 NNS TAI

Conservation Status: Vulnerable (Ryukyu Isl.: only one locality)

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris decurrentipinnulata Bonap.; Notes Ptéridol. 7: 65 (1918)

= Pteris takeoi Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 6: 344, f. 148 (1915)

species :

Pteris fraseri Mett. ex Kuhn; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 41 (1868)

Distribution: Ecuador; Peru

83 ECU PER

species :

Pteris friesii Hieron.; Fries, Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exped. 1911-12, Bot. 1: 5 (1914), et Engl. Jahrb. 68: 391-412 (1915)

Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (North West, ?Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar

22 GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE 23 CMN CON GAB ZAI 24 SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 SAF SWZ 29 MDG

Remarks: possibly a variant of P. catoptera

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris abrahamii Hieron.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 68: 409 (1915)

= Pteris angolensis Hieron.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 68: 395 (1915)

= Pteris catoptera var. friesii (Hieron.) Verdc.; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Pterid. 25 (2002)

= Pteris mohasiensis Hieron.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 391 (1915)

= Pteris quadriaurita subsp. friesii (Hieron.) Schelpe; Contr. Bolus Herb. 1: 66, 67 (1969)

= Pteris stolzii Hieron.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 410 (1915)

species :

Pteris gallinopes Ching; Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 4 (1983)

Distribution: China (Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan)

36 CHI

species :

Pteris geminata Wall. ex J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 31 (1839)

Distribution: Comores (Mayotte); S-India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)

29 COM 40 IND

Conservation Status: IUCN EN for India (Fraser-Jenkins 2012)

Synonyms: hidden

= Campteria anamallayensis Bedd.; Ferns S. India t. 45 (1863)

= Campteria geminata (Wall. ex J.Agardh) J.Sm.; Hist. Fil. 294 (1875)

= Campteria kleiniana C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 147, t. 5, f. 19 (1836) ex Bedd., Ferns Brit. India 117-118, t. 60 (1883)

= Litobrochia kleiniana (C.Presl) Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 135 (1852)

= Pteris biaurita var. geminata (Wall. ex J.Agardh) C.B.Clarke; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., ser. 2, 1: 469 (1880)

= Pteris biaurita var. geminata (Wall. ex J.Agardh) Tiwari; J. Indian Bot. Soc. 438 (1964), isonym

= Pteris dubia Kuhn; Reisen Ost-Afr. [Decken] 3(3): Bot. 71 (1879)

= Pteris geminata Wall.; Numer. List. [Wallich] no. 2180 (1829), nomen

= Pteris kleiniana (C.Presl ex Bedd.) Christ; Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 1, 4: 666 (1896)

= Pteris maxima Baker; Syn. Fil. [W. J. Hooker & Baker] 165 (1867)

species :

Pteris giasii Fraser-Jenk. & Pasha; Taxon. Revis. Indian Subcontinental Pteridophytes 119 (2008)

Distribution: Bangladesh (Chittagong Hills); ?W-Myanmar

40 BAN

Remarks: sect. Campteria

species :

Pteris gigantea Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 5(1): 381 (1810)

Distribution: Trinidad; Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá); Venezuela (Aragua, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Merida, Miranda); Ecuador

81 TRT 82 CLM VEN 83 ECU

Remarks: deflexa agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Litobrochia gigantea (Willd.) C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 149 (1836)

= Pteris crassipes J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 59 (1839)

= Pteris hartiana Jenman; Ferns Brit. W. Ind. 130 (1900)

species :

Pteris glaucovirens Goldm.; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19 (Suppl. 1): 457 (1843) ex Hieron., Hedwigia 66: 339 (1914)

Distribution: Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah); Philippines (Luzon)

42 BOR PHI

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris flava Goldm.; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19 (Suppl. 1): 457 (1843) ex Hieron., Hedwigia 66: 337 (1914) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 2008)

= Pteris sulcata Meyen; J. Sm., Compan. Bot. Mag. 24 (1846) (non Roxb. (1844))

species :

Pteris gongalensis T.G.Walker; Kew Bull. 14: 328, f. 4, t. 5 A (1960)

Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka

40 IND SRL

Conservation Status: IUCN I

species :

Pteris grandifolia L.; Sp. Pl. 2: 1073 (1753)

Name: Elephantleaf brake

Distribution: USA (Florida); Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Hidalgo, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic); Puerto Rico; Guadeloupe; Grenada; Trinidad; Colombia (Antioquia, Atlántico, Boyacá, Caldas, Cundinamarca, Huila, Tolima); Venezuela (Aragua, Bolívar, Falcon, Lara, Miranda, Portuguesa, Yaracuy); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (La Paz, Santa Cruz); Brazil (Acre)

78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 CUB GDL GRE HIS JAM PUE TRT 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA

Remarks: haenkeana agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Acrostichum marginatum L.; Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1526 (1763)

= Heterophlebium grandifolium (L.) Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 140, t. 11 A, f. 9-12 (1852)

= Litobrochia grandifolia (L.) J.Sm.; J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 163 (1841)

= Pteris grandifolia var. campanae Rosenst.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 7: 291 (1909)

= Pteris socorrensis H.Karst.; Fl. Columb. (H. Karst.) 1: 118, t. 58 (1860)

= Pteris grandifolia var. socorrensis (H.Karst.) Hieron.; Hedwigia 48: 242 (1909)

= Pteris vittata Schkuhr; Deutschl. Krypt. Gew. 1, t. 89 (1809)

species :

Pteris grevilleana Wall. ex J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 23 (1839)

subspecies :

subsp. grevilleana

Distribution: China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Macao, Yunnan); S-Japan (Yakushima Isl.); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam State, Meghalaya); Bangladesh; Myanmar; Thailand (widespread); Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Sumatra; Sulawesi

36 CHI 38 JAP NNS TAI 40 BAN IND 41 CBD MYA THA VIE 42 MLY SUL SUM

Remarks: cadieri agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris aberrans Alderw.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 2: 173, fig. (1920)

= Pteris ensiformis var. grevilleana (Wall. ex J.Agardh) Mett. ex C.B.Clarke; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., ser. 2, 1: 464 (1880)

= Pteris grevilleana Wall.; Numer. List. [Wallich] no. 2680 (1829), nomen

subspecies :

subsp. digitata (Baker) Fraser-Jenk.; Annot. Checkl. Ind. Pterid. 1: 289 (2016)

Distribution: China ; Taiwan; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam; Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah); Philippines

36 CHI 38 TAI 41 MYA THA VIE 42 BOR PHI

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris digitata (Baker) C.Chr.; Dansk Bot. Ark. 9(3): 71 (1937)

= Pteris grevilleana f. ornata (Alderw.) Y.S.Chao, H.Y.Liu & W.L.Chiou; Phytotaxa 230(2): 142 (2015)

= Pteris grevilleana var. ornata Alderw.; Malayan Ferns 364 (1909)

= Pteris quadriaurita var. digitata Baker; J. Bot. 17: 40 (1879)

species :

Pteris griffithii Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 2: 170, t. 123A (1853)

Distribution: Bhutan; NE-India (Arunachal Pradesh); Myanmar

40 BHU IND 41 MYA

Remarks: not in Bangladesh nor Andaman Isl.

Conservation Status: IUCN CR for India (Fraser-Jenkins 2012)

species :

Pteris griseoviridis C.Chr.; Cat. Pl. Madag., Pterid. 53 (1932) (nomen), Dansk Bot. Ark. 7: 131, t. 62, f. 2-3 (1932)

Distribution: Madagascar; Comores (Grande Comore)

29 COM MDG

species :

Pteris guangdongensis Ching; Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 5 (1983)

Distribution: China (Guangdong)

36 CHI

species :

Pteris haenkeana C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 55 (1825)

Distribution: Guatemala; Colombia (Antioquia, Caldas, Cesar, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Nariño, Quindío, Santander, Valle); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz); Brazil (Acre)

80 GUA 82 CLM 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA

Remarks: haenkeana agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Litobrochia ampla (Kunze) C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 148 (1836)

= Litobrochia haenkeana (C.Presl) C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 149 t, f. 24 (1836)

= Pteris ampla Kunze; Linnaea 9: 74 (1834)

= Pteris haenkeana var. adaucta Rosenst.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 468 (1913)

species :

Pteris hainanensis Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 8: 166, t. 20(19) (1959)

Distribution: China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan); Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia

36 CHI 41 VIE 42 MLY

Remarks: cadieri agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris cadieri var. hainanensis (Ching) S.H.Wu; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. [Fl. China Ed. Committee] 3(1): 54 (1990)

species :

Pteris hamulosa (Christ) Christ; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 8: 30 (1909)

Distribution: Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni); Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Pemba Isl.; Tanzania; Angola; Mozambique

22 GHA IVO NGA 23 BIO BUR CAF CMN CON EQG ZAI 24 SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MOZ

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris acanthoneura Alston; Estud. Ensaios Doc. Junta Invest. Ci. Ultramar 12: 15, t. 495 (1954)

= Pteris biaurita f. spinulifera Bonap.; Notes Ptéridol. 1: 61 (1915), nom. nud.

= Pteris biaurita var. spinulifera Bonap.; Notes Ptéridol. 14: 311 (1923), non Pteris spinulifera Schumach. (1827)

= Pteris quadriaurita var. hamulosa Christ; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 1: 4, 91 (1903)

species :

Pteris henryi Christ; Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 1, 6: 957 (1898)

Distribution: China (Guangxi, Guizhou, SW-Henan, S-Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan); Myanmar (Mandalay); Vietnam

36 CHI 41 MYA VIE

species :

Pteris herrerae A.Rojas & M.Palacios; Revista Biol. Trop. 54(3): 1062 (2006)

Distribution: Costa Rica

80 COS

species :

Pteris heteroclita Desv.; Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 299 (1827)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

Synonyms: hidden

= Campteria triplicata (J.Agardh) T.Moore; Index Fil. [T. Moore] 221 (1861)

= Litobrochia triplicata (J.Agardh) Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 135 (1852)

= Pteris heteroclita var. melleri (Baker) Bonap.; Notes Ptéridol. 5: 100 (1917)

= Pteris melleri Baker; Syn. Fil. [W. J. Hooker & Baker] 165 (1867)

= Pteris triplicata J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 29 (1839)

species :

Pteris heteromorpha Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 127 (1852)

Distribution: China (S-Yunnan); India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu); Myanmar; Thailand (widespread); Laos; Vietnam; Borneo; Sulawesi; Sulawesi; Philippines (Luzon)

36 CHI 40 IND 41 LAO MYA THA VIE 42 BOR PHI SUL

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris almeidiana Bole & Almeida; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 74 320 (1977)

= Pteris cretica var. heteromorpha (Fée) Bedd.; Ferns Brit. India 106 (1883)

= Pteris heteroclita Bory; Voy. Indes Or. [Bélanger] 2(1): 41 (1833), non Desv. 1827

= Pteris propinqua J.Sm.; J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 405 (1841)

species :

Pteris hexagona (L.) Proctor; Bull. Inst. Jamaica, Sci. Ser. 5: 53 (1953)

Distribution: Jamaica; Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic)

81 HIS JAM

Synonyms: hidden

= Adiantum hexagonum L.; Sp. Pl. 2: 1097 (1753)

= Allosorus heterophyllus (L.) Bernh.; Neues J. Bot. 12: 36 (1806)

= Anopteris heterophylla (L.) Prantl ex Diels; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I, 4: 289 (1899)

= Anopteris hexagona (L.) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 59 (1905)

= Anopteris hexagona var. simplicior C.V.Morton; Amer. Fern J. 52: 148 (1962)

= Anopteris stricta (Kunze) Vaganov & Shmakov; Turczaninowia 13(1): 9 (2010)

= Cryptogramma heterophylla (L.) Prantl; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 3: 414 (1882)

= Cryptogramma stricta Prantl; Nomencl. Gefäßkrypt. 141 (1883)

= Onychium heterophyllum (L.) Kuhn; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 98 (1897)

= Onychium strictum Kunze; Farnkräuter 2: 11 (1848)

= Pteris heterophylla L.; Syst. Nat. ed. X, 2: 1322 (1759)

= Pteris heterophylla var. internata Underw.; Cycl. Amer. Hort., ed. 3 [L. H. Bailey]: 1463 (1901)

variant :

var. multifida (Fée) Sánchez; Brittonia 69(4): 496 (2017)

Distribution: Cuba; Hispaniola (Dominican Republic); Puerto Rico

81 CUB HIS PUE

Synonyms: hidden

= Anopteris hexagona subsp. multifida (Fée) C.V.Morton; Bull. Jard. Bot. État. Bruxelles 27: 584 (1957)

= Onychium multifidum Fée; Mém. Foug. 8 (Icon. Esp. Nouv.): 74 (1857)

species :

Pteris hillebrandii Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci. 11: 172 (1916)

Distribution: Hawaii (Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Hawaii Isl.)

63 HAW

Remarks: Pteris cretica x irregularis

species :

Pteris hirsutissima Ching; Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 13 (1983)

Distribution: China (Sichuan)

36 CHI

species :

Pteris hirtula (C.Chr.) C.V.Morton; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 38: 373 (1974)

Distribution: China (SE-Yunnan); Tibet; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur); Myanmar; Vietnam

36 CHI TIB 40 BHU IND 41 MYA VIE

Remarks: bona sp. fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. (2008, 2015)

Conservation Status: IUCN CR or EX for India (Fraser-Jenkins 2012)

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris hekouensis Ching; Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 8 (1983) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 1997)

= Pteris longipinnula var. hirtula C.Chr.; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 312 (1931)

= Pteris subhirtula Sarn.Singh & Panigrahi; Ferns Fern Allies Arunachal Pradesh 2: 596 (2005) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 2008)

species :

Pteris hivaoaensis Lorence & K.R.Wood; PhytoKeys 4: 28 (2011)

Distribution: Marquesas Isl. (Hiva Oa)

61 MRQ

Conservation Status: critically endangered

species :

Pteris holttumii C.Chr.; Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 7: 287, fig. (1934)

Distribution: Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah); Sulawesi

42 BOR SUL

species :

Pteris hookeriana J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 12 (1839)

Distribution: S-India (Kerala); Sri Lanka

40 IND SRL

Conservation Status: IUCN CR for India (Fraser-Jenkins 2012)

Synonyms: hidden

= Idiopteris hookeriana (J.Agardh) T.G.Walker; Kew Bull. 1957: 431, t. 1 (1958)

= Pteris cretica var. hookeriana (J.Agardh) Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites]: 386 (1864)

species :

Pteris hostmanniana Ettingsh.; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 23: 55 (1864)

Distribution: Galapagos

83 GAL

species :

Pteris hovenkampii Y.S.Chao; Syst. Bot. 46(3): 746 (2021)

Distribution: Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah); Brunei

42 BOR BRN

species :

Pteris hui Ching; Sinensia 1: 9 (1929)

Distribution: China (NW-Guangxi)

36 CHI

species :

Pteris humbertii C.Chr.; Cat. Pl. Madag., Pterid. 52 (1932) (nomen), Dansk Bot. Ark. 7: 137, t. 52, f. 5-8 (1932)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

species :

Pteris inaequalis (Fée) Jenman; Ferns Brit. W. Ind. 124 (1900)

Distribution: Trinidad

81 TRT

Synonyms: hidden

= Litobrochia inaequalis Fée; Mém. Foug. 11 (Hist. Foug. Antil.): 26, t. 8, f. 1 (1866)

species :

Pteris incompleta Cav.; Anales Ci. Nat. 2: 107 (1801)

Name: Unvollständiger Saumfarn (DE); Rajuno dentado (ES)

Distribution: Portugal; Spain; Morocco; Azores (Santa Maria Isl., Sao Miguel Isl., Terceira, Sao Jorge, Pico, Faial, Flores Isl., Corvo Isl.); Madeira (Madeira Isl.); Canary Isl. (Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma Isl.)

12 POR SPA 20 MOR 21 AZO CNY MDR

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris kingiana E.J.Lowe; Ferns 3: t. 46 (1857), nom. illeg., non Endl. 1833

= Pteris palustris Poir.; Encycl. [J. Lamarck et al.] 5: 722 (1804)

= Pteris serrata J.F.Gmel.; Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis], 2(2): 1299 (1792)

species :

Pteris incurvata Y.S.Chao, H.Y.Liu & W.L.Chiou; Phytotaxa 230(2): 144 (2015)

Distribution: Taiwan

38 TAI

Remarks: cadieri agg.

species :

Pteris inermis (Rosenst.) de la Sota; Darwiniana 17: 99 (1972)

Distribution: Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz); Argentina (Jujuy)

83 BOL 85 ARG

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris muricata var. inermis Rosenst.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 53 (1912)

species :

Pteris intricata Wright; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 252 (1908)

Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Mali; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Mozambique; Madagascar

22 GHA GUI IVO MLI NGA SIE 23 BIO BUR CAF CMN CON RWA ZAI 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MOZ ZAM 29 MDG

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris adamii Tardieu; Mém. Inst. Franc. Afrique Noire 28: 76, t. 12(1) (1953)

species :

Pteris irregularis Kaulf.; Enum. Filic. [Kaulfuss] 189 (1824)

Distribution: Hawaii (Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Hawaii Isl.)

63 HAW

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris alata Gaudich.; Voy. Uranie [Freycinet], Bot. 391 (1829)

species :

Pteris janssenii Rakotondr.; Adansonia, sér. 3, 38(1): 16 (2016)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

species :

Pteris kathmanduensis Fraser-Jenk. & T.G.Walker; Taxon. Revis. Indian Subcontinental Pteridophytes 415 (2008)

Distribution: China (Yunnan); Nepal; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal)

36 CHI 40 IND NEP

species :

Pteris kawabatae Sa.Kurata; J. Geobot. 17: 59 (1969)

Distribution: Japan (Yakushima Isl.); Taiwan

38 JAP NNS TAI

Remarks: sect. Campteria, fauriei agg.

Conservation Status: CR in Japan. Also very rare in Taiwan, known only from a few sites

species :

Pteris keysseri Rosenst.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 167 (1913)

Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); ?Bismarck Arch. (?New Ireland); Solomon Isl. (Guadalcanal); ?[Western] Samoa

42 NWG 43 SOL

Remarks: sect. Campteria

species :

Pteris khasiana (C.B.Clarke) Hieron.; Hedwigia 55: 364 (1914)

Distribution: China; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam State, Jharkhand, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Myanmar (Kachin, etc.)

36 CHI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP 41 MYA

Remarks: sect. Campteria

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris quadriaurita var. khasiana C.B.Clarke; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., ser. 2, 1: 466, t. 53 (1880)

species :

Pteris kidoi Sa.Kurata; J. Geobot. 13: 8 (1964)

Distribution: ?China (?Zhejiang); Japan (Honshu, Shikoku); Taiwan

38 JAP TAI

Conservation Status: IUCN R

species :

Pteris kingiana Endl.; Prodr. Fl. Norfolk. [Endlicher] 13 (1833)

Distribution: Norfolk Isl.

50 NFK

Conservation Status: IUCN R

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris trattinickiana Endl.; Prodr. Fl. Norfolk. [Endlicher] 14 (1833)

= Pteris tripartita var. kingiana (Endl.) Hook. & Baker; Syn. Fil. [W. J. Hooker & Baker] 161 (1867)

species :

Pteris kiuschiuensis Hieron.; Hedwigia 56: 341 (1914)

Distribution: China (Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, S-Yunnan); Japan (incl. Izu Isl.)

36 CHI 38 JAP

Remarks: sect. Campteria

variant :

var. centrochinensis Ching & S.H.Wu; Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 10 (1983)

Distribution: China (Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, S-Yunnan)

36 CHI

species :

Pteris kivuensis C.Chr.; Dansk Bot. Ark. 9(3): 71 (1937)

Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi

23 BUR RWA ZAI

Remarks: sometimes included in P. usambarensis

species :

Pteris krameri J.Prado & A.R.Sm.; Amer. Fern J. 92(2): 109 (2002)

Distribution: Guyana

82 GUY

species :

Pteris laevis Mett.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 15: 294 (1861)

Distribution: New Caledonia

60 NWC

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris subundulata Rosenst.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 73 (1910)

species :

Pteris langsonensis Li Bing Zhang, Liang Zhang & N.T.Lu; Phytotaxa 238(3): 283 (2015)

Distribution: Vietnam

41 VIE

species :

Pteris lastii C.Chr.; Index Filic. 600 (1906)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris acuminata Baker; J. Bot. 29: 5 (1891) (non Desv. (1811))

species :

Pteris latipinna Y.S.Chao & W.L.Chiou; PhytoKeys 85: 100 (2017), nom. nov.

Distribution: China (Hainan, Guangdong); Taiwan; Vietnam

36 CHI 38 TAI 41 VIE

Remarks: sect. Campteria, fauriei agg.

species :

Pteris laurea Desv.; Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 299 (1827)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

Synonyms: hidden

= Campteria laurea (Desv.) T.Moore; Index Fil. [T. Moore] 220 (1861)

= Pteris appendiculata Baker; J. Bot. 19: 366 (1881) (non Kaulf. (1824))

= Pteris curtisii C.Chr.; Index Filic. 596 (1906), nom. nov. for P. appendiculata Baker, non Kaulf. (1824)

= Pteris triphylla J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 16 (1839), nom. illeg.

species :

Pteris laurisilvicola Sa.Kurata; J. Geobot. 15: 85 (1967)

Distribution: Japan

38 JAP

Remarks: sect. Campteria, fauriei agg.

species :

Pteris lechleri Mett.; Fil. Lechl. 2: 13 (1859)

Distribution: Panama; Colombia (Antioquia); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, La Paz); Brazil (Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo); Argentina (Misiones)

80 PAN 82 CLM 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG

Remarks: quadriaurita agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Litobrochia sericea Fée; Crypt. Vasc. Brésil 1: 48, t. 11, f. 3 (1869)

= Pteris killipii Maxon; Amer. Fern J. 28: 107 (1933 publ. 1934) (nom. nov. superfl.)

= Pteris obscura Mett.; Kuhn, Linnaea 36: 90 (1869)

= Pteris sericea (Fée) Christ; Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 2: 551 (1902)

= Pteris vestita Baker; Syn. Fil. [W. J. Hooker & Baker] 169 (1867)

species :

Pteris lellingeri A.R.Sm. & J.Prado; Brittonia 56(1): 84 (-86, fig. 2A-B) (2004)

Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)

83 BOL

Conservation Status: Known only from type

species :

Pteris lepidopoda M.Kato & K.U.Kramer; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 41(4-6): 11 (1990)

Distribution: Moluccas (Seram)

42 MOL

species :

Pteris leptophylla Sw.; Kongl. Vetensk. Akad. Handl. 70 (1817)

Distribution: Brazil (Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo)

84 BRA

Remarks: chilensis agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Cheilanthes spinulosa (Raddi) Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 2: 39 (1833)

= Litobrochia leptophylla (Sw.) J.Sm.; Compan. Bot. Mag. 22 (1846)

= Litobrochia spinulosa (Raddi) J.Sm.; J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 163 (1841)

= Pteris decurrens Vell.; Fl. Flumin. 11: t. 85 (1831)

= Pteris leptophylla var. latisecta Rosenst.; Hedwigia 56: 362 (1915)

= Pteris peucedanifolia Schrad.; Gött. Gel. Anz. 781 (1824)

= Pteris semidentata Fée; Mém. Foug. 7 (Icon. Esp. Nouv.): 32, t. 18, f. 3 (1857)

= Pteris spinulosa Raddi; Opusc. Sci. 3: 293 (1819)

species :

Pteris liboensis P.S.Wang; Acta Bot. Yunnan. 9(4): 398 (1987)

Distribution: China (S-Guizhou, Guangxi)

36 CHI

species :

Pteris ligulata Gaudich.; Voy. Uranie [Freycinet], Bot. 385 (1827)

Distribution: Sumatra; Borneo (Sabah); Sulawesi; Moluccas (Ambon); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch. (New Britain, Admiralty Isl.); Solomon Isl. (Santa Ysabel, Kolombangara, Mono, Savo, Rendova, Tulagi, Florida Isl.); Palau (Babeldaob)

42 BOR MOL NWG SUL SUM 43 BIS SOL 62 PLU

Synonyms: hidden

= Cassebeera woodfordii C.H.Wright; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908(4): 183 (1908)

= Hemionitis woodfordii (C.H.Wright) Christenh.; Global Fl. 1(4): 23 (2018)

= Pellaea woodfordii (C.H.Wright) C.Chr.; Index Filic., Suppl. 2 (1906-1912): 54 (1913)

= Pteris beccariana C.Chr.; Index Filic. 593 (1906)

= Pteris concinna Baker; Malesia (Beccari) 3: 37 (1886) (non Hew (1838))

= Pteris furcans Baker; J. Bot. 26: 324 (1888)

= Pteris gracillima Rosenst.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 424 (1911)

= Pteris heterogena Alderw.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 2, 7: 26, t. 2 (1912)

= Pteris mixta Christ; Nachtr. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee [Schumann & Lauterbach] 45 (1905)

= Pteris walkeri Baker; J. Bot. 26: 324 (1888)

species :

Pteris limae Brade; Arq. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro 84: 114, t. 1, f. 2 (1932)

Distribution: Brazil (Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro)

84 BRA

species :

Pteris linearis Poir.; Encycl. [J. Lamarck et al.] 5: 723 (1804)

Distribution: Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Annobon Isl.; Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni); Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Sudan; Uganda; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Madagascar; Comores (Anjouan, Mayotte); Mauritius; La Réunion; Iles Glorieuses [I]

22 GHA GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA SEN SIE 23 ANN BIO BUR CAF CMN CON EQG GAB PRI RWA SAO ZAI 24 SUD 25 TAN UGA 26 ZAM ZIM 29 COM igl MAU MDG REU

Remarks: belongs in the P. biaurita complex and may be conspecific with Asian P. biaurita types fide Fraser-Jenkins 2008. P. nemoralis may be distinct.

Synonyms: hidden

= Campteria nemoralis (Bory ex Willd.) J.Sm.; Compan. Bot. Mag. 23 (1846)

= Litobrochia nemoralis (Bory ex Willd.) J.Sm.; Cat. Ferns Kew 4 (1856)

= Pteris biaurita f. nemoralis (Bory ex Willd.) Duss; Div. Foug. Antill. Franc. 68 (1903)

= Pteris biaurita var. nemoralis (Bory ex Willd.) A.Chev.; Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 770 (1920)

= Pteris hildebrandtii Hieron.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 68: 407, fig. (1915)

= Pteris nemoralis unranked variegata Withington ex J.Dix; Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 2: 375 (1862)

= Pteris nemoralis Bory ex Willd.; Enum. Filic. 1073 (1809), et Linn. Sp. Pl. 5: 386 (1810)

= Pteris rottleriana Link; Fil. Spec. 48 (1841), nom. superfl.

species :

Pteris litoralis Rech.; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 84: 423 (1908)

Distribution: Vanuatu; Fiji (Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Taveuni); American Samoa (Tutuila, Olosega, Ta´u); [Western] Samoa

60 ASA FIJ SAM VAN

Remarks: comans agg.

species :

Pteris livida Mett.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 2: 222 (1864)

Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Nariño, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle); Venezuela (Venezuela Distrito Federal, Tachira); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz)

80 COS PAN 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU PER

Remarks: deflexa agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris andreana Sodiro; Crypt. Vasc. Quit.: 102, 635 (1893)

= Pteris livida var. ferox Mett.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 2: 222 (1864)

species :

Pteris loheri Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci. 81: 8, t. 1(3) (1952)

Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)

42 PHI

species :

Pteris longifolia L.; Sp. Pl. 2: 1074 (1753)

Name: Ladder brake, Longleaf brake

Distribution: Palau [I] (Ulebsechel [I]); USA [I] (Alabama [I]); Bermuda [I]; Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Coahuila, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Veracruz, Tres Marias Isl.); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic); Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (St. Croix); Saba; St. Kitts; Guadeloupe; Trinidad; Venezuela (Aragua, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Lara, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Yaracuy)

62 plu 78 usa 79 MEX 80 BLZ GUA HON 81 ber CUB GDL HIS JAM PUE SAB STK TRT VIR 82 VEN

Remarks: longifolia agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris aequalis C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 54 (1825)

= Pteris longifolia f. bipinnata Proctor; Bull. Inst. Jamaica, Sci. Ser. 5: 54 (1953)

= Pteris longifolia f. stipularis (L.) Proctor & Lourteig; Bradea 5(40): 385 (1990)

= Pteris longifolia var. angusta Christ; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24(1): 98 (1897)

= Pteris longifolia var. decrescens C.Chr.; Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., ser. 3, 16(2): 64 (1936)

= Pteris longifolia var. mariesii Pynaert; Nursery Cat. (Éd. Pynaert - Van Geert) 1898: 14 (1898)

= Pteris stipularis L.; Sp. Pl. 2: 1074 (1753)

= Pteris vittata subsp. longifolia (L.) Fraser-Jenk. & Pariyar; Ferns Fern Allies Nepal 1: 364 (2015)

= Pycnodoria longifolia (L.) Britton; Fl. Bermud. 418 (1918)

species :

Pteris longipes D.Don; Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 15 (1825)

Distribution: China (Jiangxi, Chongqing, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan); Tibet; Japan; Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam State, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Myanmar (Kachin, Chin, etc.); Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah); Sulawesi; Philippines (Luzon); Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Lombok, Bali); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); [Western] Samoa (Savai´i)

36 CHI TIB 38 JAP NNS TAI 40 BHU IND NEP SRL 41 LAO MYA THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY NWG PHI SUL 60 SAM

Remarks: Pteris longipes is currently the valid name, but Fraser-Jenkins et al. (2015) will propose it for rejection

Synonyms: hidden

= Campteria heterophlebia (Kunze) T.Moore; Index Fil. [T. Moore] 43 (1857)

= Campteria pectinata C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 147 (1836)

= Campteria wallichiana (C.Agardh) T.Moore; Index Fil. [T. Moore] 221 (1861)

= Litobrochia wallichiana (C.Agardh) Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 135 (1852)

= Pteris austrosinica (Ching) Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 10: 302 (1965) (fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. 2015)

= Pteris heterophlebia Kunze; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 196 (1848)

= Pteris izuensis Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 10: 302 (1965) [fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. 2017]

= Pteris morrisonicola Hayata; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 28: 33 (1909)

= Pteris occidentalisinica Ching; Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 15 (1983) [fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. 2017]

= Pteris raghavendrae H.J.Chowdhery & Sur.Singh; Indian J. Forest. 12(2): 163 (1989) (as ´raghavendreii´) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 1997)

= Pteris rufopilosa Ching & Y.X.Lin; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 22: 197 (1984) (fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. 2015)

= Pteris tomentella Hand.-Mazz.; Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. no. 19 (1923)

= Pteris umbrosa Wall.; Numer. List. [Wallich] no. 109 (1829), nomen

= Pteris wallichiana C.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 69 (1839)

= Pteris wallichiana var. austrosinica Ching; Bull. Biol. Dept. Sci. Coll. Sun Yatsen Univ. 6: 27 (1933) (fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. 2015)

= Pteris wallichiana var. obtusa S.H.Wu; Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 15 (1983)

= Pteris wallichiana var. samoensis C.Chr.; (1931)

= Pteris wallichiana var. yunnanensis (Christ) Ching & S.H.Wu; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. [Fl. China Ed. Committee] 3(1): 83 (1990)

= Pteris ×khullarii Pangtey, Samant & S.Verma; Fern Gaz. 13(6): 357 (1990) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 1997)

= Pteris yunnanensis Christ; Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 1, 6: 957 (1898)

species :

Pteris longipetiolulata Lellinger; Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 89(61): 727 (1977)

Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Santander); Ecuador; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz)

82 CLM 83 BOL ECU

species :

Pteris longipinna Hayata; J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30(1): 444 (1911)

Distribution: Taiwan

38 TAI

Remarks: sect. Campteria

species :

Pteris longipinnula Wall. ex J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 19 (1839)

Distribution: China (Hainan, S-Yunnan); Japan; Nepal; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam State, Manipur, ?Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, ?Sikkim, ?Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Tripura); Bangladesh; Myanmar; peninsular Thailand; SW-Thailand; peninsular Malaysia; Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah); Brunei; Sulawesi; Philippines; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, Lombok, Flores); Moluccas (Seram); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)

36 CHI 38 JAP 40 BAN IND NEP 41 MYA THA 42 BOR BRN LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI SUL

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris amoena var. longipinnula (Wall. ex J.Agardh) C.V.Morton

= Pteris longipinnula Wall.; Numer. List. [Wallich] no. 108 (1829), nomen

= Pteris pectinata Roxb.; Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 4: 507 (1844), nom. illeg., non Cav. 1802, nec al.

= Pteris toppingii Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci., C, 12: 47 (1917)

= Pteris umbraculifera Mett. ex Miq.; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 4: 97 (1869)

species :

Pteris luzonensis Hieron.; Hedwigia 66: 325-375 (1914)

Distribution: Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro)

42 PHI

species :

Pteris lydgatei (Baker) Christ; Farnkr. Erde 167 (1897)

Distribution: Hawaii (Oahu, Molokai, Maui)

63 HAW

Conservation Status: IUCN E

Synonyms: hidden

= Cheilanthes lydgatei Baker; Syn. Fil. [W. J. Hooker & Baker], ed. 2: 475 (1874) (as ´lidgatii´)

= Schizostege lydgatei (Baker) Hillebr.; Fl. Hawaiian Isl. [Hillebrand] 632 (1888)

species :

Pteris macgregorii Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci. 81: 9, t. 6 (1952)

Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)

42 PHI

species :

Pteris macilenta A.Rich.; Voy. Astrolabe 82, t. 12 (1832)

Name: Sweet fern

Distribution: New Zealand (North Isl., South Isl.); Chatham Isl.

51 CTM NZL

Remarks: comans agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Litobrochia macilenta (A.Rich.) J.Sm.; J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 163 (1841)

= Pteris pendula Colenso; Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 20: 218 (1888)

= Pteris macilenta var. pendula (Colenso) Cheeseman; (1906)

species :

Pteris maclurioides Ching; Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 15 (1983)

Distribution: China (Guangdong, ?Guangxi); Vietnam

36 CHI 41 VIE

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris maclurioides var. tonkinensis Ching & S.H.Wu; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. [Fl. China Ed. Committee] 3(1): 81 (1990) (without latin descr. & type)

species :

Pteris macracantha Copel.; Occas. Pap. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 16: 85, f. 4 (1939)

Distribution: Fed. States of Micronesia (Pohnpei, Yap, Kosrae)

62 MIC

species :

Pteris macrodon Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 15: 414 (1876)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

species :

Pteris macrophylla Copel.; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 18: 218 (1942)

Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya)

42 NWG

species :

Pteris madagascarica J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 17 (1839)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

variant :

var. lathyropteris (C.Chr.) Tardieu; Fl. Madagasc. Fam. 5e: 107 (1958)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

Synonyms: hidden

= Lathyropteris madagascariensis Christ; Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 7: 275 (1907) (non Pteris madagascarica J. Agardh (1839))

= Pteris lathyropteris C.Chr.; Cat. Pl. Madag., Pterid. 137, t. 53, f. 6-7 (1932)

species :

Pteris majestica Ching; Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 12 (1983)

Distribution: China (Guangdong, Sichuan, SE-Yunnan)

36 CHI

species :

Pteris malipoensis Ching; Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 7 (1983)

Distribution: China (Hunan, SE-Yunnan)

36 CHI

species :

Pteris marquesensis Lorence & K.R.Wood; PhytoKeys 4: 30 (2011)

Distribution: Marquesas Isl. (Tahuata, Hiva Oa)

61 MRQ

Conservation Status: endangered

species :

Pteris mawsmaiensis Fraser-Jenk. & Benniamin; Panjab Univ. Res. J., Sci. 59: 8-9, 27 [t.] (2009 publ. 2010)

Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya); Myanmar

40 IND 41 MYA

species :

Pteris medogensis Ching & S.K.Wu; Fl. Xizangica 1: 71, t. 16, f. 1-4 (1983)

Distribution: Tibet; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal); Myanmar

36 TIB 40 BHU IND NEP 41 MYA

Remarks: sect. Campteria. Bona sp. fide Fraser-Jenkins (2008, 2015)

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris himalayensis S.R.Ghosh; Pterid. Fl. E. India 353 (2004) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 2008)

species :

Pteris melanocaulon Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 127 (1852)

Distribution: Sulawesi; Palawan; Philippines (widespread)

42 PHI PLW SUL

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris treacheriana Baker; J. Bot. 17: 65 (1879)

= Pteris cretica var. melanocaulos (Fée) Baker; J. Bot. 26: 226 (1888)

species :

Pteris melanorhachis Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci. 81: 9 (1952)

Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)

42 PHI

species :

Pteris menglaensis Ching; Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 6 (1983)

Distribution: China (S-Yunnan)

36 CHI

species :

Pteris mertensioides Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 5(1): 394 (1810)

Distribution: S-India (Tamil Nadu, Kerala); Sri Lanka; Andaman Isl.; peninsular Thailand; SW-Thailand; peninsular Malaysia; Singapore; Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah); Sulawesi; Palawan; Philippines; Java; Moluccas (Seram, Ambon); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Fiji (Viti Levu, Taveuni); [Western] Samoa (Savai´i, ´Upolu); Society Isl. (Tahiti)

40 IND SRL 41 AND THA 42 BOR JAW MLY MOL NWG PHI PLW SNG SUL 60 FIJ SAM 61 SCI

Conservation Status: IUCN CR for India (Fraser-Jenkins 2012). Endangered (Singapore)

Synonyms: hidden

= Campteria gardneri (Fée) T.Moore; Index Fil. [T. Moore] 43 (1857)

= Litobrochia gardneri Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 139 (1852)

= Pteris decussata J.Sm.; J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 405 (1841), nom. nud.

= Pteris decussata J.Sm. ex Kunze; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 6: 196 (1848)

= Pteris gardneri (Fée) Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 2: 206 (1858)

= Pteris patens Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 2: 177, t. 137 (1858) (non Kaulf. (1837))

species :

Pteris mettenii Kuhn; Filic. Afr. 85 (1868)

Distribution: Madagascar; Comores; La Réunion

29 COM MDG REU

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris pseudolonchitis Ettingsh.; Farnkr. Jetztw. [Ettingshausen]: 97 (1865 publ. 1864), non Bory ex Willd.

species :

Pteris mickelii Kottaim.; Phytotaxa 453(2): 154 (2020), nom. nov.

Distribution: Mexico (Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Veracruz); Guatemala; El Salvador

79 MEX 80 ELS GUA

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris erosa Mickel & Beitel; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 46 [Pterid. Fl. Oaxaca]: 322 (1988), nom. illeg., non Lesq. 1872

species :

Pteris micracantha Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci. 81: 10 (1952)

Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)

42 PHI

species :

Pteris microlepis Pic.Serm.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 53(1-2): 227 (1983)

Distribution: Rwanda; Uganda; Kenya

23 RWA 25 KEN UGA

species :

Pteris microptera Mett.; Kuhn, Linnaea 36: 92 (1869)

Distribution: Lord Howe Isl.; ?Vanuatu

50 LHI

Remarks: comans agg.

species :

Pteris mildbraedii Hieron.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 68: 415 (1915)

Distribution: Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni); Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Sudan; Tanzania; Zimbabwe; +La Réunion

22 BEN GHA IVO LBR NGA 23 BIO CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 24 SUD 25 TAN 26 ZIM 29 REU

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris quadriaurita var. africana Bonap.; Notes Ptéridol. 1: 61 (1915)

species :

Pteris minor (Hieron.) Y.S.Chao; Taiwania 66(3): 314 (2021)

Distribution: Ryukyu Isl. (Okinawa); Taiwan

38 NNS TAI

Remarks: sexual diploid

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris fauriei var. minor Hieron.; Hedwigia 55(4): 347 (1914)

= Pteris quadriaurita var. abbreviata Rosenst.; Hedwigia 56(5): 333 (1915)

species :

Pteris mkomaziensis Verdc.; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Pterid. 18 (2002)

Distribution: Tanzania

25 TAN

species :

Pteris moluccana Blume; Enum. Pl. Javae 2: 208 (1828)

Distribution: Moluccas (Seram, Ambon); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch. (Admiralty Isl.); Vanuatu

42 MOL NWG 43 BIS 60 VAN

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris indica Christ; Farnkr. Erde 165 (1897)

species :

Pteris montis-wilhelminae Alston; J. Bot. 78: 229 (1940) (Oct.), Nova Guinea, ser. 2, 4: 112, t. 11(16-17) 1940 (Dec.)

Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya)

42 NWG

species :

Pteris morii Masam.; Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 32: 342 (1942)

Distribution: China (Hainan)

36 CHI

species :

Pteris mucronulata Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci. 81: 10, t. 7 (1952)

Distribution: Palawan

42 PLW

Remarks: sect. Campteria

species :

Pteris multiaurita J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 12 (1839)

Distribution: India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka

40 IND SRL

species :

Pteris multifida Poir.; Encycl. [J. Lamarck et al.] 5: 714 (1804)

Name: Spider Brake (EN); Feingesägter Saumfarn (DE); Helecho arana (ES)

Distribution: Germany [I] (Baden-Württemberg [I]); Azores [I] (Sao Miguel Isl. [I], Faial [I]); Madeira [I] (Madeira Isl. [I]); Canary Isl. [I] (La Palma Isl. [I]); Uganda [I]; China (Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Macao, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Zhejiang); South Korea; Japan; Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Pakistan [I]; India [I]; Sri Lanka [I]; Bangladesh [I]; C-Thailand [I]; Vietnam; Singapore [I]; Fiji [I]; USA [I] (Alabama [I], Arkansas [I], California [I], District of Columbia [I], Florida [I], Georgia [I], Illinois [I], Indiana [I], Kentucky [I], Louisiana [I], Maryland [I], Mississippi [I], North Carolina [I], New York [I], South Carolina [I], Texas [I], Virginia [I]); Cuba [I]; Jamaica [I]; St. Kitts [I]; Montserrat [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Dominica [I]; Martinique [I]; Trinidad [I]; Bolivia [I]; Brazil [I]; Uruguay [I]; Argentina [I]

11 ger 21 azo cny mdr 25 uga 36 CHI 38 JAP KOR NNS TAI 40 ban ind pak srl 41 tha VIE 42 sng 60 fij 74 usa 75 usa 76 usa 77 usa 78 usa 81 cub dom gdl jam mar mts stk trt 83 bol 84 bra 85 arg uru

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris multifida f. serrulata R.H.Miao; Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni 36: 115 (1997)

= Pteris serrulata (R.H.Miao) Y.H.Yan; Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 27: 261 (2007), nom. illeg.

= Pteris serrulata unranked angusta B.S.Williams ex J.Dix; Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 2: 376 (1862)

= Pteris serrulata L.f.; Suppl. Pl. 445 (1782), nom. illeg. (non Forssk. 1775)

= Pteris serrulata var. variegata Regel; Index Sem. (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866(Suppl.): 25 (1867)

= Pycnodoria multifida (Poir.) Small; Ferns S. E. States [Small] 104 cum tab., 468 (1938)

species :

Pteris muricata Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 2: 193 (1858)

Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Veracruz, Oaxaca); Guatemala; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Cauca, Cesar, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Nariño, Santander); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz)

79 MEX 80 COS GUA NIC PAN 82 CLM 83 BOL ECU PER

Remarks: deflexa agg.

species :

Pteris muricatopedata Arbeláez; Brittonia 47(2): 175 (1995)

Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca); Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Cauca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Quindío, Santander, Tolima, Valle); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba)

79 MEX 80 COS PAN 82 CLM 83 BOL ECU PER

species :

Pteris muricella Fée; Mém. Foug. 8 (Icon. Esp. Nouv.): 73 (1857)

Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Venezuela (Lara, Portuguesa, Trujillo, Yaracuy)

79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 82 VEN

Remarks: deflexa agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris mollis Christ; Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 1, 4: 658 (1896)

species :

Pteris mutilata L.; Sp. Pl. 2: 1076 (1753)

Distribution: Cuba; Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic); Puerto Rico

81 CUB HIS PUE

Remarks: cretica agg. Not in Philippines

species :

Pteris nanlingensis R.H.Miao; Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni 36: 114 (1997)

Distribution: China (Guangdong)

36 CHI

species :

Pteris natiensis Tagawa; J. Jap. Bot. 14: 109 (1938)

Distribution: Japan

38 JAP

Remarks: sect. Campteria, fauriei agg.

species :

Pteris navarrensis Christ; Bull. Soc. bot. Genève, sér. 2, 1: 227 (1909)

Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó, Valle); Ecuador

80 COS PAN 82 CLM 83 ECU

species :

Pteris nevillei Baker; Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 5: 219 (1891)

Distribution: La Réunion

29 REU

species :

Pteris normalis D.Don; Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 15 (1824)

Distribution: Sudan; Soqotra; China; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Myanmar; peninsular Malaysia; Sumatra; Sulawesi; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Alor, Sumba, Flores, Timor)

24 SOC SUD 36 CHI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP 41 MYA 42 LSI MLY SUL SUM

Remarks: reports of P. oppositipinnata from outside the Philippines refer here fide Fraser-Jenkins (2008)

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris quadriaurita var. hamulosa Wall. ex Bedd.; Ferns Brit. India Suppl. 23 (1892)

= Pteris quadriaurita var. major C.B.Clarke; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., ser. 2, 1: 466 (1880)

= Pteris scabristipes Tagawa; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 6: 103 (1936) (tentative synonym fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. 2015)

species :

Pteris novae-caledoniae Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 2: 189 (1858)

Distribution: New Caledonia

60 NWC

species :

Pteris obtusiloba Ching & S.H.Wu; Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 11 (1983)

Distribution: China (Hunan, SW-Jiangxi, Zhejiang)

36 CHI

species :

Pteris olivacea Ching; Ching & S. H. Wu, Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 5 (1983)

Distribution: China (SE-Yunnan)

36 CHI

species :

Pteris oppositipinnata Fée; Mém. Foug. 10 (Icon. Esp. Nouv.): 17, t. 33, f. 3 (1865)

Distribution: Borneo (Sabah); Sulawesi; Palawan; Philippines

42 BOR PHI PLW SUL

Remarks: sect. Campteria. Not in India nor peninsular Malaysia

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris asperula J.Sm.; J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 405 (1841), nomen

= Pteris asperula J.Sm. ex Hieron.; Hedwigia 55: 362 (1914)

= Pteris brooksii Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci. 9: 231 (1914)

= Pteris caesia Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci. 1, Suppl. II: 156 (1906)

= Pteris quadriaurita subsp. setigera Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 2: 181, t. 135 A (1858)

= Pteris quadriaurita var. hamulosa Bedd.; Suppl. Ferns Brit. Ind. 23 (1892) [non sensu Wall.]

= Pteris setigera (Hook.) N.C.Nair; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 11: 187 (1969 publ. 1971)

species :

Pteris orientalis Alderw.; Bull. Dépt. Agric. Indes Néerl. 18: 12 (1908)

Name: Oriental brake

Distribution: Moluccas (Banda Isl.); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia (NE-Queensland)

42 MOL NWG 50 AUS

species :

Pteris orizabae M.Martens & Galeotti; Nouv. Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 15(5): 52 (1842)

Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua

79 MEX 80 ELS GUA HON NIC

Synonyms: hidden

= Litobrochia hemipteris Fée; Mém. Foug. 8 (Icon. Esp. Nouv.): 76 (1857)

= Litobrochia orizabae (M.Martens & Galeotti) Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 135 (1852)

= Litobrochia setifera Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 138 (1852)

= Pteris apicalis Liebm.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., ser. 5, 1: 230 (1849)

= Pteris ferruginea J.Bommer; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 35(1): 191 (1896)

= Pteris hemipteris (Fée) Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 2: 248 (1858)

= Pteris podophylla var. setifera (Fée) Baker; Syn. Fil. [W. J. Hooker & Baker] 173 (1867)

= Pteris setifera (Fée) Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 2: 224 (1858)

species :

Pteris omeiensis Ching; Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot., ser. 2, 1: 312 (1949)

Distribution: China (Guizhou, Sichuan)

36 CHI

Remarks: sect. Campteria, fauriei agg.

species :

Pteris oshimensis Hieron.; Hedwigia 66: 367 (1914)

Distribution: China (Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan); Japan; Ryukyu Isl. (Amami Oshima); N-Vietnam

36 CHI 38 JAP NNS 41 VIE

Remarks: sect. Campteria, fauriei agg.; separate from P. omeiensis fide Yang et al. 2024

species :

Pteris otaria Bedd.; Ferns S. India t. 41 (1863), pro hybr.

Distribution: India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka

40 IND SRL

Remarks: sect. Campteria. Bona sp. fide Fraser-Jenkins (1997), fertile hybrid P. multiaurita x P. quadriaurita

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris quadriaurita f. ludens Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites]: 386 (1864)

= Pteris quadriaurita var. ludens (Thwaites) Bedd.; Ferns Brit. India 111 (1883)

species :

Pteris pachysora (Copel.) M.G.Price; Kew Bull. 29: 727 (1974 publ. 1975)

Distribution: Philippines (Zamboanga)

42 PHI

Conservation Status: CR in the Philippines

Synonyms: hidden

= Copelandiopteris pachysora (Copel.) Stone; Webbia 28: 493 (1973)

= Schizostege pachysora Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci. 1, Suppl. II: 155 (1906)

species :

Pteris paleacea Roxb.; Beats., St. Helena: 319 (1816)

Name: Lays Back Fern (EN)

Distribution: St. Helena

28 STH

Conservation Status: IUCN V

species :

Pteris pallens (Sw.) Mett.; Fil. Hort. Bot. Lips. 54, t. 15, f. 7-10 (1856)

Distribution: Madagascar; Mauritius; La Réunion; ?Seychelles

29 MAU MDG REU

Synonyms: hidden

= Adiantum pallens Sw.; J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 84 (1801)

= Cheilanthes culcita Desv.; Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 305 (1827)

= Cheilanthes davallioides Bory ex Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 5(1): 461 (1810)

= Cheilanthes pallens (Sw.) Desv.; Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 306 (1827)

= Cryptogramma pallens (Sw.) Prantl; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 3: 414 (1882)

= Ochropteris angusta Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 120, t. 29, f. 3 (1852)

= Ochropteris bosseri Tardieu; Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1984(2): 193 (1984)

= Ochropteris pallens (Sw.) J.Sm.; J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 158 (1841)

= Ochropteris peltigera Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 120, t. 29, f. 4 (1852)

= Pteris bosseri (Tardieu) Christenh.; Phytotaxa 19: 7-54 (2011)

= Pteris peltigera (Fée) Christenh.; Phytotaxa 19: 7-54 (2011)

species :

Pteris papuana Ces.; Rendiconto Accad. Sci. Fis. & Mat. 16: 25, 29 (1877)

Distribution: Borneo; Sulawesi; Palawan; Philippines (Samar, Tayabas, Bohol, Mindanao); Moluccas (Seram, Ambon); Moluccas (Seram, Bacan); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch. (New Ireland); Solomon Isl. (Bougainville, Guadalcanal, Makira, Malaita); Vanuatu

42 BOR MOL NWG PHI PLW SUL 43 BIS SOL 60 VAN

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris brausei (Rosenst.) Rosenst.; C. Chr., Ind. Fil., Suppl. 66 (1913)

= Pteris grandifolia Blanco; Fl. Filip. [F. M. Blanco] 829 (1837)

= Pteris opaca (C.Presl) J.Sm.; J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 405 (1841), nomen, ex Fée

= Pteris rosenstockii C.Chr.; Dansk Bot. Ark. 9(3): 45 (1937)

= Pteris taenitis Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci. 7: 63, t. 3 (1912)

= Pycnodoria opaca C.Presl; Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 6 [Epim. Bot.]: 101 (1851)

= Taenitis brausei Rosenst.; Nova Guinea 8: 730 (1912)

species :

Pteris paraemeiensis (Ching) D.M.Yang; Phytotaxa 647(3): 232 (2024)

Distribution: China (Chongqing, Guangxi, Hunan, Sichuan)

36 CHI

Remarks: sect. Campteria, fauriei agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris oshimensis var. paraemeiensis Ching; Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 10 (1983)

species :

Pteris parkeri J.J.Parker; Gard. Chron. 51: 160 (1912)

Name: White-lined Cretan Brake

Distribution: England [I]; South Korea (Cheju Isl.); Japan; Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; USA [I] (Florida [I])

10 grb 38 JAP KOR NNS TAI 78 usa

Remarks: bona sp. fide Knapp (Ferns of Taiwan, 2011 ff.). Correct name fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. (2015)

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris cretica subsp. nipponica (W.C.Shieh) Jôtani & H.Ohba; Sci. Rep. Yokosuka City Mus. 15: 28 (1969)

= Pteris cretica var. albolineata Hook.; Bot. Mag. pl. 5194 (1860), as ´albo-lineata´

= Pteris matsuzaka Seriz.; Shidekobushi 3(1): 44 (2015), nom. nov. for P. cretica var. albolineata Hook.

= Pteris nipponica W.C.Shieh; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 79: 285 (1966)

species :

Pteris paucinervata Fée; Mém. Foug. 8 (Icon. Esp. Nouv.): 73 (1857)

Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Guerrero); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama

79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN

species :

Pteris paucipinnula X.Y.Wang & P.S.Wang; Pterid. Fl. Guizhou 596 (2001)

Distribution: China (N-Guizhou)

36 CHI

species :

Pteris pearcei Baker; Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 5: 218 (1891)

Distribution: Colombia (Cundinamarca); Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar, Tachira); ?Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni); Brazil (Acre, Roraima)

82 CLM VEN 83 BOL PER 84 BRA

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris petiolulata R.M.Tryon; Rhodora 62: 9, f. 3 (1960)

species :

Pteris pedicellata Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci. 81: 10, t. 8 (1952)

Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)

42 PHI

species :

Pteris pediformis M.Kato & K.U.Kramer; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 41(4-6): 166 (1990)

Distribution: Borneo (Sabah, Kalimantan); Sulawesi; Moluccas (Seram)

42 BOR MOL SUL

species :

Pteris pellucens J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 32 (1839)

Distribution: China (W-Guangxi, Hunan, Yunnan); Taiwan; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam State, Karnataka, Kerala, ?Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal); Myanmar (Kachin, etc.); Thailand (widespread); Laos; Vietnam; Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah); Sulawesi; Palawan; Philippines; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores)

36 CHI 38 TAI 40 BHU IND NEP 41 LAO MYA THA VIE 42 BOR LSI PHI PLW SUL

Remarks: confusion around name finally clarified by Fraser-Jenkins et al. (2015) who lectotypified P. longipes D. Don as synonym of P. wallichiana

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris kinabaluensis C.Chr.; Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 7: 286 (1934) [fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. (2017)]

= Pteris longipes var. philippinensis (Fée) C.Chr.

= Pteris philippinensis Fée; Mém. Foug. 8 (Icon. Esp. Nouv.): 114 (1857)

= Pteris radicans Christ; Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel 11: 431 (1896)

= Pteris zollingeri Mett. ex Miq.; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 4: 97 (1869)

species :

Pteris pellucida C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 55 (1825)

Distribution: Borneo; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Sumbawa, Timor); New Guinea (Irian Jaya)

42 BOR JAW LSI NWG PHI

Remarks: records for India and Indochina refer to P. pseudopellucida fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. (2017)

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris johannis-winkleri C.Chr.; Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 7(2): 154 (1928)

= Pteris nervosa Wall.; Numer. List. [Wallich] no. 96 (1829), nomen

species :

Pteris perplexa Y.S.Chao, H.Y.Liu & W.L.Chiou; Phytotaxa 230(2): 144 (2015)

Distribution: Ryukyu Isl. (Okinawa Isl.); Taiwan

38 NNS TAI

Remarks: cadieri agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris cadieri subsp. perplexa (Y.S.Chao, H.Y.Liu & W.L.Chiou) Fraser-Jenk.; Annot. Checkl. Ind. Pterid. 1: 283 (2016)

species :

Pteris perrieriana C.Chr.; Dansk Bot. Ark. 7: 132, t. 51, f. 1 (1932)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

species :

Pteris perrottetii Hieron.; Hedwigia 55: 374 (1914)

Distribution: India (Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra)

40 IND

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris perrottetii var. brevilaciniata Hieron.; Hedwigia 55: 375 (1914) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 2017)

species :

Pteris phuluangensis Tagawa & K.Iwats.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 23: 111, f. 7 (1968)

Distribution: NE-Thailand; Laos

41 LAO THA

species :

Pteris platysora Baker; J. Bot. 18: 211 (1880)

Distribution: China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Perak); Sumatra

36 CHI 41 VIE 42 MLY SUM

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris indochinensis Christ; J. Bot. (Morot) 21: 234, 266 (1908)

= Pteris insignis Mett. ex Kuhn; J. Bot. 6: 269 (1868), non Ettingsh. 1864 (fossil)

species :

Pteris platyzomopsis Christenh. & H.Schneid.; Phytotaxa 28: 51 (2011), nom. nov.

Name: Braid fern

Distribution: Australia (E-Queensland, NE-New South Wales, Northern Territory, N-Western Australia)

50 AUS

Synonyms: hidden

= Platyzoma microphyllum R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 160 (1810)

species :

Pteris pluricaudata Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci. 1, Suppl. II: 166 (1906)

Distribution: Andaman Isl.; peninsular Malaysia

41 AND 42 MLY

species :

Pteris podophylla Sw.; J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 67 (1801)

Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic); Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Cauca, Cesar, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Santander, Tolima, Valle); Venezuela (Amazonas, Aragua, Barinas, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Zulia); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz); Brazil (Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo)

79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 CUB HIS JAM 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA

Remarks: deflexa agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Litobrochia camptocarpa Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 137 (1852)

= Litobrochia podophylla (Sw.) C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 149 (1836)

= Lonchitis pedata L.; Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1536 (1763) (non Pteris pedata L.)

= Pteris camptocarpa (Fée) Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 2: 229 (1858)

= Pteris inflexa Copel.; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 19: 289, t. 41 (1941)

= Pteris luederwaldtii Rosenst.; Hedwigia 66: 361 (1915), as ´lüderwaldtii´

= Pteris pedata (L.) Kuhn; Hedwigia 35: 161 (1896) (non L. (1753))

= Pteris podophylla var. rufopubescens Hieron.; Hedwigia 48: 244 (1909)

= Pteris trialata Sodiro; Crypt. Vasc. Quit.: 107 (1893)

species :

Pteris polylepis (M.Kato & K.U.Kramer) Y.S.Chao; Fern Gaz. 21(7): 340 (2022)

Distribution: Moluccas (Seram); Solomon Isl. (Guadalcanal)

42 MOL 43 SOL

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris mertensioides subsp. polylepis M.Kato & K.U.Kramer; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 41(4-6): 161 (1990)

species :

Pteris praestantissima (Bory ex Fée) Christenh.; Phytotaxa 19: 22 (2011)

Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Vincent; Colombia (Cundinamarca); N-Venezuela; Venezuela (Aragua, Sucre, Tachira, Yaracuy); Ecuador

80 COS PAN 81 DOM GDL MAR STV 82 CLM VEN 83 ECU

Synonyms: hidden

= Chrysodium praestantissimum (Bory ex Fée) Mett.; Fil. Hort. Bot. Lips. 21 (1856)

= Lomagramma praestantissima (Bory ex Fée) Griseb.; Fl. Brit. W.I. [Grisebach] 678 (1864)

= Acrostichum praestantissimum Bory ex Fée; Mém. Foug. 2 (Hist. Acrostich.): 89 (1845), gen. altern.

= Neurocallis praestantissima Bory ex Fée; Mém. Foug. 2 (Hist. Acrostich.): 89 (1845)

= Neurocallis praestantissima var. subcaudata L.D.Gómez; Revista Biol. Trop. 20: 183 (1972)

= Pteris dominicensis Baker; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. t. 1642 (1886)

= Pteris macrodictya Christ; Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 7: 267 (1907)

species :

Pteris praetermissa T.G.Walker; Kew Bull. 14: 327, f. 3, t. 5 E (1960)

Distribution: India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra); Sri Lanka

40 IND SRL

Remarks: sect. Campteria

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris furunculata N.C.Nair & S.R.Ghosh; J. Indian Bot. Soc. 55: 38 (1976) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 2008)

= Pteris manickamii Rajkumar; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 102(3): 313 (2005 publ. 2006) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 2017)

species :

Pteris preussii Hieron.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 68: 399 (1916)

Distribution: Liberia; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni); Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; ?Angola

22 LBR 23 BIO BUR CAF CMN CON EQG RWA ZAI 24 SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris deistelii Hieron.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 63: 400 (1915)

= Pteris prolifera Hieron.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 68: 397 (1915)

species :

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

Distribution: Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Cesar, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Risaralda, Tolima, Valle); Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Falcon, Merida, Monagas, Portuguesa, Trujillo, Zulia); Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz); Brazil (Acre, Amazonas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Pará, Pernambuco, Paraná, Rondônia, Santa Catarina, São Paulo); Paraguay (Amambay)

80 COS HON NIC PAN 81 CUB JAM 82 CLM FRG SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 PAR

Remarks: deflexa agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Campteria luschnathiana Klotzsch; Linnaea 14: 286 (1840), nomen

= Litobrochia breviloba T.Moore; Index Fil. [T. Moore] 220 (1861)

= Litobrochia propinqua (J.Agardh) J.Sm.; Bot. Voy. Herald [Seemann] 234 (1854)

= Pteris aculeata var. propinqua (J.Agardh) Baker; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 1(2): 412 (1870)

= Pteris goeldiana Christ; Hedwigia 44: 364 (1905), nomen

= Pteris goeldii Christ; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79(1): 31 (1908)

= Pteris luschnathiana (Klotzsch) Baker; Syn. Fil. [W. J. Hooker & Baker] 172 (1867)

= Pteris propinqua var. cumingiana J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 65 (1839)

species :

Pteris pseudoamoena D.M.Yang & R.Guo; Phytotaxa 550(3): 218 (2022)

Distribution: China (Guangxi); Vietnam

36 CHI 41 VIE

species :

Pteris pseudolonchitis Bory ex Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 5(1): 389 (1810)

Distribution: Madagascar; Comores (Grande Comore); La Réunion; Seychelles

29 COM MDG REU SEY

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris tripartita var. pseudolonchitis (Bory ex Willd.) C.Chr.; (1906)

species :

Pteris pseudopellucida Ching; Lingnan Sci. J. 15 395 (1936)

Distribution: China (SE-Yunnan); Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam State, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, West Bengal, Nagaland); Bangladesh; Myanmar; ?Thailand; Laos; Vietnam

36 CHI 40 BAN BHU IND 41 LAO MYA VIE

Remarks: reports of P. stenophylla from Indochina belong here fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. (2015)

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris subsimplex Ching; Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 3 (1983) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 2008)

= Pteris pellucida f. simplex Hook.

species :

Pteris pseudowoodwardioides Rakotondr.; Adansonia, sér. 3, 38(1): 17 (2016)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

species :

Pteris pseudowulaiensis Y.S.Chao; Taiwania 66(3): 314 (2021)

Distribution: China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan); Taiwan

36 CHI 38 TAI

species :

Pteris pteridioides (Hook.) F.Ballard; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1937: 348 (1937)

Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; São Tomé; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Madagascar

22 GUI IVO LBR SIE 23 BIO BUR CMN RWA SAO ZAI 24 ETH SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZIM 29 MDG

Remarks: sometimes included in the Asian P. longipes (or P. pellucens) or in the neotropical P. muricella Fée

Synonyms: hidden

= Hypolepis pteridioides Hook.; Sec. Cent. Ferns t. 59 (1861) (non Mett. (1856))

= Pteris brevisora Baker; Syn. Fil. [W. J. Hooker & Baker] 162 (1867) (nom. illeg.)

species :

Pteris puberula Ching; Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 11: 52 (1941)

Distribution: China (Yunnan); Tibet; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Myanmar (Kachin, etc.); N-Thailand

36 CHI TIB 40 BHU IND NEP 41 MYA THA

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris nepalensis H.Itô; Fl. E. Himalaya [H. Hara] 466, t. 25 (1966) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 1997)

species :

Pteris pulchra Schltdl. & Cham.; Linnaea 5: 614 (1830)

Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz); Guatemala; Nicaragua; Colombia (Magdalena)

79 MEX 80 GUA NIC 82 CLM

Remarks: haenkeana agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Litobrochia mexicana Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 136 (1852)

= Litobrochia pulchra (Schltdl. & Cham.) C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 149 (1836)

= Pteris arborescens M.Martens & Galeotti; Nouv. Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 15 (Mém. Lycopod.): 54 (1842)

= Pteris mexicana (Fée) E.Fourn.; Mexic. Pl. 1: 117 (1872)

species :

Pteris pungens Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 5(1): 387 (1810)

Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Jamaica; Hispaniola (Haiti); Puerto Rico; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Trinidad; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Cauca, Chocó, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Valle, Vaupés); Venezuela (Amazonas, Barinas, Delta Amacuro, Tachira, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz); Brazil (Acre, Amazonas, Bahia, Mato Grosso, Pará, Roraima)

79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 GDL HIS JAM MAR PUE TRT 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA

Remarks: quadriaurita agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris acuminata Desv.; Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 5: 324 (1811)

= Pteris biaurita var. pungens (Willd.) Christ; (1897)

= Pteris longicauda Christ; Prim. Fl. Costaric. 3: 21 (1901)

= Pteris macroura Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 5(1): 380 (1810)

= Pteris pungens var. shimekii Rosenst.; Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Neuchâtel 5(2): 51 (-52, 37, t. 3, fig. 3) (1914)

= Pteris quadriaurita var. pungens (Willd.) J.Bommer & Christ; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 35(1): 189 (1896)

species :

Pteris purdoniana Maxon; Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 18: 41 c. fig. (1909)

Distribution: Jamaica

81 JAM

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris longifolia var. purdoniana (Maxon) Vareschi; (1968)

species :

Pteris quadriaurita Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 5: 38 (1791) ex Hieron., Hedwigia 66: 328 (1914)

Name: Striped brake

Distribution: Japan [I]; S-India [I]; Sri Lanka [I]; Borneo [I] (Sabah [I]); USA [I] (Alabama [I], Florida [I]); Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic); Puerto Rico; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Trinidad; Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Caldas, Cauca, Cesar, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Valle); Venezuela (Amazonas, Aragua, Bolívar, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Portuguesa, Tachira, Trujillo, Zulia); Guyana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Brazil (Brasilia Distrito Federal, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo); Paraguay (Amambay, Canindeyu); Argentina (Jujuy, Misiones, Salta)

38 jap 40 ind srl 42 bor 78 usa 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 CUB GDL HIS JAM MAR MTS PUE TRT 82 CLM GUY VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR

Remarks: quadriaurita agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Campteria galeottii (Fée) T.Moore; Index Fil. [T. Moore] 220 (1861)

= Litobrochia galeottii Fée; Mém. Foug. 8 (Icon. Esp. Nouv.): 75 (1857)

= Pteris attenuata C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 55 (1825), nom. illeg.

= Pteris biaurita var. quadriaurita (Retz.) Krug; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24(1): 99 (1897)

= Pteris biaurita var. repandula (Link) Kuhn; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24(1): 99 (1897)

= Pteris calcarata Bory; Voy. Indes Or. [Bélanger] 2(1): 42 (1833)

= Pteris edentula Kunze; Linnaea 9: 75 (1834)

= Pteris felosma J.Sm.; Compan. Bot. Mag. 24 (1846)

= Pteris galeottii (Fée) Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 2: 204 (1858)

= Pteris hispida C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 145 (1836)

= Pteris megaphylla Mett. ex Miq.; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 4: 96 (1869)

= Pteris nemoralis var. major M.Martens & Galeotti; Mem. Foug. 9 (Cat. Foug. Mex.): 53 (1842)

= Pteris pectinata Desv.; Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 5: 324 (1811) (non Cav. (1802))

= Pteris plumeria Ettingsh.; Farnkr. Jetztw. [Ettingshausen]: 95 (1865 publ. 1864), orth. var.

= Pteris plumieri Link; Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 462 (1822)

= Pteris plumula Desv.; Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 297 (1827)

= Pteris presliana J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 83 (1839)

= Pteris prolifera J.Bommer; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 35(1): 189 (1896)

= Pteris pyrophylla Blume; Enum. Pl. Javae 2: 212 (1828)

= Pteris quadrialata Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 5(1): 385 (1810)

= Pteris quadriaurita var. affluentior Jenman; J. Bot. 19: 53 (1881)

= Pteris quadriaurita var. asperula Christ; Prim. Fl. Costaric. 3: 22 (1901), nom. illeg.

= Pteris quadriaurita var. christii C.Chr.; Bot. Tidsskr. 25: 80 (1902)

= Pteris quadriaurita var. curtidens Christ; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 35(1): 189 (1896)

= Pteris quadriaurita var. fluminensis Rosenst.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 20: 94 (1924)

= Pteris quadriaurita var. strigulosa Christ

= Pteris repandula Link; Fil. Spec. 56 (1841)

= Pteris smithiana C.Presl ex Ettingsh.; Farnkr. Jetztw. [Ettingshausen]: 95 (1865 publ. 1864)

= Pteris trachyphylla Kunze; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 6: 196 (1848)

species :

Pteris quadristipitis X.Y.Wang & P.S.Wang; Pterid. Fl. Guizhou 598 (2001)

Distribution: China (S-Guizhou)

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species :

Pteris quinquefoliata (Copel.) Ching; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. [Fl. China Ed. Committee] 3(1): 24 (1990)

Distribution: China (N-Guangdong)

36 CHI

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris nana var. quinquefoliata Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci., C, 3: 282 (1908)

species :

Pteris rakotondrainibeae Kottaim.; Phytotaxa 453(2): 154 (2020), nom. nov.

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris rugosa Rakotondr.; Adansonia, sér. 3, 38: 22 (2016), nom. illeg.

species :

Pteris ramosii Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci. 81: 11 (1952)

Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)

42 PHI

Remarks: Possibly a variant of P. philippinensis

species :

Pteris rangiferina C.Presl ex Miq.; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 4: 95 (1869)

Distribution: Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah); Philippines; Java

42 BOR JAW PHI

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris rangiferina var. scabripes C.Chr.; (1934)

species :

Pteris rasoloheryana Rakotondr.; Adansonia, sér. 3, 38(1): 20 (2016)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

species :

Pteris reducta Baker; J. Bot. 18: 211 (1880)

Distribution: Sumatra

42 SUM

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris salakensis Alderw.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 2, 7: 26 (1912)

species :

Pteris remotifolia Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 199 (1877)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris remotipinna Bonap.; Notes Ptéridol. 5: 72 (1917)

= Pteris remotifolia var. scabra Bonap.; Notes Ptéridol. 5: 102 (1917)

species :

Pteris repens C.Chr.; Index Filic. 606 (1906)

Distribution: S-Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni); Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Sudan; Angola

22 NGA 23 CMN CON EQG GAB 24 SUD 26 ANG

Synonyms: hidden

= Afropteris repens (C.Chr.) Alston; Bol. Soc. Brot., ser. 2, 30: 5 (1956)

= Pteris nitida Mett.; Fil. Afr. [Kuhn] 86 (1868) (non R. Br. (1810))

species :

Pteris reptans T.G.Walker; Kew Bull. 14: 325, f. 2, t. 5(D) (1960)

Distribution: S-India (Kerala); Sri Lanka

40 IND SRL

Conservation Status: IUCN CR for India (Fraser-Jenkins 2012)

species :

Pteris roseolilacina Hieron.; Hedwigia 55: 350 (1914)

Distribution: SW-China (Himalayas); Nepal; India (Meghalaya, Mizoram, Uttarakhand, Manipur, ?Sikkim, West Bengal); Myanmar

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Remarks: sect. Campteria. Valid species fide Fraser-Jenkins 2008 and 2015, included in P. aspericaulis by Flora of China

species :

Pteris rubella Y.S.Chao & C.W.Chen; New Zealand J. Bot. 61(2-3): 126 (2022)

Distribution: Solomon Isl.

43 SOL

species :

Pteris rugosifolia Y.S.Chao; Syst. Bot. 44(2): 277 (2019)

Distribution: Taiwan

38 TAI

Remarks: cretica agg.

species :

Pteris ryukyuensis Tagawa; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 4: 204 (1935)

Distribution: Japan (Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Philippines

38 JAP NNS TAI 42 PHI

species :

Pteris satsumana Sa.Kurata; J. Geobot. 16: 66 (1968)

Distribution: Japan

38 JAP

Remarks: sect. Campteria, fauriei agg.

species :

Pteris saxatilis (Carse) Carse; Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 69: 315 (1928)

Distribution: New Zealand (North Isl., South Isl.)

51 NZL

Remarks: comans agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris macilenta var. saxatilis Carse; Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 61: 95 (1919)

species :

Pteris scabra Bory ex Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 5(1): 386 (1810)

Distribution: Mauritius; La Réunion; Seychelles

29 MAU REU SEY

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris angustata Bory ex Willd.; (1810)

= Pteris arguta Wall.; Numer. List. [Wallich] no. 2179 (1830), nomen

= Pteris elastica Tausch; Exsicc. (Fl. Mixta) n. 15 (1827)

= Pteris mascarenensis Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4(1): 75 (1827)

= Pteris punctata Fée; Mém. Foug. 10 (Icon. Esp. Nouv.): 18, t. 32, f. 4 (1865)

= Pteris sexalata Desv.; Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 298 (1827)

species :

Pteris scabripes Wall.; Numer. List. [Wallich] no. 94 (1829) ex J. Agardh

Distribution: ?SW-China; India (Assam State, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu); Myanmar; peninsular Thailand; SE-Thailand; peninsular Malaysia (Penang, Pahang); Borneo (Sabah)

40 IND 41 MYA THA 42 BOR MLY

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris silent-valliensis S.R.Ghosh & R.K.Ghosh; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 79(2): 385 (1982 publ. 1983) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 2008)

species :

Pteris scabririgens Fraser-Jenk., S.C.Verma & T.G.Walker; Taxon. Revis. Indian Subcontinental Pteridophytes 111 (2008)

Distribution: Tibet; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, ?Manipur, ?Nagaland, Sikkim, West Bengal)

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species :

Pteris schlechteri Brause; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 33, t. 2B (1912)

Distribution: Sulawesi; Philippines (Luzon, Negros, Mindanao); Moluccas (Seram); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)

42 MOL NWG PHI SUL

species :

Pteris schwackeana Christ; Schwacke, Pl. Nov. Mineir. 2: 97 (1900)

Distribution: Brazil (Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo)

84 BRA

Remarks: haenkeana agg.

species :

Pteris semiadnata Phil.; Linnaea 29: 106 (1857)

Distribution: Argentina (Neuquen, Rio Negro); Chile (Biobío, Araucanía, Los Rios, Los Lagos, Aisén, Magallanes); Juan Fdz. Isl.

85 ARG CLE JNF

Remarks: deflexa agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris flexuosa Mett.; Fil. Lechl. 1: 12 (1856) (non Kaulf. (1830))

= Pteris marattiifolia Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 2: 177, t. 122 (1858)

species :

Pteris semipinnata L.; Sp. Pl. 2: 1076 (1753), nom. cons.

Distribution: China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, S-Guizhou, Hunan, S-Jiangxi, Macao, Sichuan, S-Yunnan); South Korea (Cheju Isl.); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam State, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Myanmar (Kachin, etc.); Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; Sumatra; Borneo (Sabah); Sulawesi; Philippines; Moluccas (Seram); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia [I] (NE-Queensland [I])

36 CHI 38 KOR NNS TAI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP 41 LAO MYA THA VIE 42 BOR MOL NWG PHI SUL SUM 50 aus

Synonyms: hidden

= Litobrochia dimidiata (Willd.) C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 149 (1836)

= Pteris alata Poir.; Encycl. [J. Lamarck et al.] 5: 716 (1804)

= Pteris dimidiata Roxb.; Griffith, Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 4: 507 (1844), nom. superfl., nec Willd. 1810.

= Pteris dimidiata Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 5(1): 381 (1810)

= Pteris flabellata Schkuhr; Deutschl. Krypt. Gew. 1: t. 93 (1809), nom. illeg.

species :

Pteris setulosocostulata Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 4: 241, t. 168 (1914)

Distribution: China (Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan); Japan (Kyushu); Taiwan; Philippines

36 CHI 38 JAP TAI 42 PHI

Remarks: sect. Campteria. Kept separate from P. spinescens by Flora of China and Knapp (Ferns of Taiwan)

species :

Pteris silvatica Alderw.; Malayan Ferns Fern Allies, Suppl. Corr. 53 (1917)

Distribution: Sumatra; Java

42 JAW SUM

species :

Pteris similis Kuhn; Reisen Ost-Afr. [Decken] 3(3), Bot. 21 (1879)

Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni); Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Sudan; ?Uganda; ?Tanzania; Angola

22 GHA GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA SIE TOG 23 BIO CAF CMN CON EQG GAB PRI SAO ZAI 24 SUD 26 ANG

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris congoensis Christ; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 8: 29 (1909)

= Pteris molunduensis Hieron.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53(3-5): 417 (1915)

species :

Pteris simplex Holttum; Blumea 11: 531 (1962)

Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)

42 NWG

species :

Pteris sinensis Ching; Lingnan Sci. J. 16: 392 (1936)

Distribution: China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Japan; Nepal; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur)

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Remarks: possibly a heterotypic synonym of Pteris terminalis var. fauriei

Conservation Status: IUCN CR for India (Fraser-Jenkins 2012)

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris excelsa var. inaequalis (Baker) S.H.Wu; Fl. Fujianica 1: 75 (1982), et Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. [Fl. China Ed. Committee] 3(1): 50 (1990)

= Pteris excelsa var. inaequalis S.H.Wu; Fl. Fujianica 1: 75 (1982)

= Pteris excelsa var. simplicior (Tagawa) W.C.Shieh; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 79: 289 (1966)

= Pteris inaequalis Baker; J. Bot. 13: 199 (1875), non Heer (1854), fossil

= Pteris inaequalis var. simplicior Tagawa; J. Jap. Bot. 14(9): 600, 603 (1938)

species :

Pteris sodiroi R.Kr.Singh, V.K.Rawat & Sanjeet Kumar; J. Biodivers. Conservation 8(4): 45 (2024), nom. nov.

Distribution: Ecuador

83 ECU

Remarks: provisionally accepted name, status unconfirmed

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris rigida Sw.; Syn. Fil. [Swartz] 105, 299 (1806)

species :

Pteris sotae O.G.Martínez; Phytotaxa 267(4): 291 (2016)

Distribution: Bolivia; NE-Argentina

83 BOL 85 ARG

species :

Pteris speciosa Mett.; Kuhn, Linnaea 36: 91 (1869)

Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Putumayo, Santander, Valle); Ecuador; Peru

80 COS PAN 82 CLM 83 ECU PER

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris reticulata Mett.; Kuhn, Linnaea 36: 91 (1869) (non Desv. (1811))

= Pteris reticulato-venosa Hieron.; Hedwigia 48: 243 (1909)

species :

Pteris spinescens C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 56 (1825) ex Hieron., Hedwigia 66: 368 (1914)

Distribution: China (Himalayas); Tibet; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Mizoram West Bengal); Myanmar (Kachin, etc.)

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species :

Pteris splendens Kaulf.; Enum. Filic. [Kaulfuss] 186 (1824)

Distribution: Guyana; Ecuador; Peru; Brazil (Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo); Paraguay

82 GUY 83 ECU PER 84 BRA 85 PAR

Remarks: haenkeana agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Litobrochia organensis Fée; Crypt. Vasc. Brésil 1: 240 (1869)

= Litobrochia papyracea Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 136 (1852)

= Litobrochia praealta Fée; Crypt. Vasc. Brésil 1: 46, t. 11, f. 2 (1872), as ´prealta´

= Litobrochia splendens (Kaulf.) C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 149 (1836)

= Pteris denticulata var. papyracea (Fée) Christ; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79: 37 (1908)

= Pteris papyracea (Fée) Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 2: 212 (1858)

= Pteris splendens var. miersii Baker; Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 5: 218 (1891)

= Pteris splendens var. organensis (Fée) Dutra; Anais Reunião Sul-Amer. Bot. 2: 33 (1940)

= Pteris splendens var. praealta (Fée) Christ; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79: 38 (1908)

= Pteris splendens var. pumila Rosenst.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 277 (1910)

species :

Pteris splendida Ching; Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 9 (1983)

Distribution: China (NW-Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan)

36 CHI

variant :

var. longlinensis Ching & S.H.Wu; Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 9 (1983)

Distribution: China (NW-Guangxi, Hunan)

36 CHI

species :

Pteris squamipes Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci. 81: 11, t. 10 (1952)

Distribution: Philippines (Mindanao)

42 PHI

species :

Pteris stenophylla Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.; Icon. Filic. [W. J. Hooker & Greville] t. 130 (1829)

Distribution: Tibet; Nepal; India (Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Laos

36 TIB 40 IND NEP 41 LAO

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris cretica var. stenophylla (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) Baker; Syn. Fil. [W. J. Hooker & Baker] 154 (1867)

= Pteris digitata Wall.; Numer. List. [Wallich] no. 91 (1829), nomen

= Pteris digitata Wall. ex C.Hope; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 13: 450 (1901)

= Pteris pellucida var. stenophylla (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) C.B.Clarke; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., ser. 2, 1: 463 (1880)

species :

Pteris stridens J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 45 (1839)

Distribution: Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic)

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Remarks: deflexa agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris deflexa var. stridens (J.Agardh) Proctor; Bull. Inst. Jamaica, Sci. Ser. 5: 53 (1953)

species :

Pteris striphnophylla Mickel; Amer. Fern J. 74(4): 117 (1984)

Distribution: Hispaniola (Dominican Republic)

81 HIS

species :

Pteris subesquirolii Y.S.Chao; Syst. Bot. 44(2): 278 (2019)

Distribution: China (Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Guangxi); Taiwan

36 CHI 38 TAI

Remarks: cretica agg. Possibly a synonym of P. elmeri

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris pellucidifolia Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 6, Suppl. (Gen. Ind. Fl. Formos.): 114 (1917) (fide Knapp)

species :

Pteris subindivisa C.B.Clarke; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., ser. 2, 1: 467, t. 56, f. 1 (1880)

Distribution: China (W-Yunnan); Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam State, Mizoram, Sikkim, West Bengal); Myanmar

36 CHI 40 BHU IND NEP 41 MYA

Remarks: sect. Campteria. Valid species fide Fraser-Jenkins 2008 and 2015, included in P. aspericaulis by Flora of China

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris aspericaulis var. subindivisa (C.B.Clarke) Ching; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. [Fl. China Ed. Committee] 3(1): 61 (1990)

= Pteris beddomei Sarn.Singh & Panigrahi; Ferns Fern Allies Arunachal Pradesh 2: 567 (2005) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 2008)

= Pteris panigrahiana Sarn.Singh; Ferns Fern Allies Arunachal Pradesh 2: 586 (2005) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 2008)

= Pteris quadriaurita var. subindivisa (C.B.Clarke) Bedd.; Ferns Brit. India 112 (1883)

= Pteris submiaoensis Sarn.Singh & Panigrahi; Ferns Fern Allies Arunachal Pradesh 2: 599 (2005) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 2008)

= Pteris tirapensis Panigrahi & Sarn.Singh; Ferns Fern Allies Arunachal Pradesh 2: 601 (2005) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 2008)

species :

Pteris subquinata (Wall. ex Bedd.) J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 21 (1839)

Distribution: China (S-Yunnan); Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Myanmar; N-Thailand; Laos

36 CHI 40 BHU IND NEP 41 LAO MYA THA

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris monghaiensis Ching; Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 14 (1983)

= Pteris quadriaurita var. subquinata (Wall. ex J.Agardh) Bedd.; Suppl. Ferns Brit. Ind. 23 (1892)

= Pteris subquinata Wall.; Numer. List. [Wallich] no. 104 (1829), nomen

species :

Pteris swartziana J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 34 (1839)

Distribution: Cuba; Jamaica

81 CUB JAM

Remarks: quadriaurita agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris biaurita var. swartziana (J.Agardh) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 593, 608 (1906)

species :

Pteris sylhetensis Fraser-Jenk. & Sushil K.Singh; Annot. Checkl. Ind. Pterid. 2: 424 (2018)

Distribution: Bangladesh (Sylhet)

40 BAN

species :

Pteris tahuataensis Lorence & K.R.Wood; PhytoKeys 4: 33 (2011)

Distribution: Marquesas Isl. (Tahuata)

61 MRQ

Remarks: comans agg.

Conservation Status: critically endangered

species :

Pteris taiwanensis Ching; Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 16 (1983)

Distribution: ?SW-China; Taiwan; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, West Bengal)

38 TAI 40 BHU IND NEP

Remarks: status and nomenclature fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. (2017)

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris wallichiana var. magna (Christ) Tagawa; J. Jap. Bot. 13: 182 (1937)

= Pteris tripartita var. magna Christ; Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 1: 1016 (1901)

species :

Pteris talamauana Alderw.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 2, 28: 42 (1918)

Distribution: Sumatra

42 SUM

species :

Pteris tapeinidiifolia H.Itô; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 67: 220, f. 4 (1954)

Distribution: Palau (Koror, Angaur)

62 PLU

species :

Pteris tarandus M.Kato & K.U.Kramer; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 41(4-6): 158 (1990)

Distribution: Moluccas (Seram)

42 MOL

species :

Pteris tenuissima Ching; Lingnan Sci. J. 15: 394 (1936), nom. nov.

Distribution: Myanmar

41 MYA

Remarks: not in NE-India

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris quadriaurita var. setigera Bedd.; Ferns Brit. India t. 202 (1867), non Hook.

species :

Pteris terminalis Wall. ex J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 20 (1839)

Distribution: China (Chongqing, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Tibet; South Korea (Cheju Isl.); Japan; Taiwan; Pakistan; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Taiping Hills, Perak); Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah); Sulawesi; ?Philippines; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Sumbawa, Flores); Moluccas (Seram, Ambon); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch. (New Ireland); Solomon Isl. (Guadalcanal, Kolombangara, Santa Ysabel); New Caledonia; Vanuatu; Fiji (Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Taveuni); Hawaii (Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Hawaii Isl.)

36 CHI TIB 38 JAP KOR TAI 40 BHU IND NEP PAK 41 VIE 42 BOR LSI MLY MOL NWG SUL 43 BIS SOL 60 FIJ NWC VAN 63 HAW

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris atropurpurea Goldm.; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 457 (1843)

= Pteris excelsa Gaudich.; Voy. Uranie [Freycinet], Bot. 388 (1829), non Blume 1828

= Pteris excelsa var. rotunda H.C.Pande & P.C.Pande; Indian Fern J. 11(1-2): 99 (1994 publ. 1995) (without latin descr. or type), et Illustr. Fern Fl. Kumaon Himalaya 1: 125 (2003)

= Pteris excelsissima Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 4: 239, f. 167 (1914)

= Pteris inaequalis var. aequata (Miq.) Tagawa; J. Jap. Bot. 14(9): 600 (1938)

= Pteris kuhnii E.Fourn.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 18: 322 (1973)

= Pteris longipinnula Franch. & Sav.; (1876) (non Wall. 1828)

= Pteris semipinnata var. aequata Miq.; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 172 (1867)

= Pteris torricelliana Christ; Nachtr. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee [Schumann & Lauterbach] 45 (1905)

variant :

var. fauriei (Christ) Ebihara & Nakato; Phytotaxa 314(1): 76 (2017)

Distribution: South Korea (Cheju Isl.)

38 KOR

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris excelsa var. fauriei (Christ) W.C.Shieh; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 79: 286 (1966)

= Pteris inaequalis var. fauriei (Christ) Tagawa; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 43: 603 (1938)

= Pteris semipinnata var. fauriei Christ; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 5: 12 (1908)

species :

Pteris tibetica Ching; Fl. Xizangica 1: 68, t. 18, f. 1-4 (1983)

Distribution: Tibet; Nepal; India (Sikkim)

36 TIB 40 IND NEP

Remarks: valid species and not a synonym of P. aspericaulis fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. (2015, 2017)

species :

Pteris togoensis Hieron.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 68: 402 (1915)

Distribution: Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Annobon Isl.; Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni); Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; Sudan; Uganda; Tanzania; Angola

22 BEN GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 ANN BIO CAF CMN CON EQG GAB PRI SAO 24 SUD 25 TAN UGA 26 ANG

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris kameruniensis Hieron.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 63: 393 (1915)

= Pteris paucipinnata Alston; Exell, Bull. Inst. Franc. Afr. Noire, A, 21: 443 (1959)

= Pteris quadriaurita subsp. togoensis (Hieron.) Schelpe; Contr. Bolus Herb. 1: 66 (1969)

species :

Pteris trachyrachis C.Chr.; Cat. Pl. Madag., Pterid. 54 (1932) (nomen), Dansk Bot. Ark. 7: 133, t. 52, f. 1 (1932)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris biaurita f. trachyrachis Bonap.; Notes Ptéridol. 5: 68 (1917)

species :

Pteris transparens Mett.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 2: 221 (1864)

Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Cundinamarca, Valle); Ecuador; Peru

82 CLM 83 ECU PER

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris nuda Copel.; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 19: 302, t. 60 (1941)

species :

Pteris tremula R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 154 (1810)

Name: Tender brake, Australian brake fern, trembling fern, shaking brake (EN); Turawera (Maori); Zitter-Saumfarn (DE)

Distribution: Azores [I] (Sao Miguel Isl. [I], Terceira [I], Faial [I]); Madeira [I] (Madeira Isl. [I]); Canary Isl. [I] (Gran Canaria [I], Tenerife [I]); South Africa [I] (W-Cape Prov. [I], E-Cape Prov. [I], KwaZulu-Natal [I]); S-India [I]; ?Lesser Sunda Isl. (?Lombok); Australia (S-Northern Territory, E-South Australia, Queensland, E-New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, Tasmania); Lord Howe Isl.; Norfolk Isl.; New Zealand (North Isl., South Isl., Three Kings Isl.); Kermadec Isl.; Chatham Isl.; Vanuatu; Fiji (Kadavu); Austral Isl. (Raivavae); USA [I] (California [I]); Mexico [I] (Queretaro [I]); Argentina [I] (Buenos Aires [I])

21 azo cny mdr 27 saf 40 ind 50 AUS LHI NFK 51 CTM KER NZL 60 FIJ VAN 61 AUI 76 usa 79 mex 85 arg

Remarks: chilensis agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris affinis A.Rich.; Voy. Astrolabe 1: 81 (1832)

= Pteris argentea hort.Sander.; Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 27: 206 (1900)

= Pteris arguta var. tremula (R.Br.) Luerss.; J. Mus. Godeffroy 3: 12 (1873)

= Pteris baueriana Dies ex Endl.; Prodr. Fl. Norfolk. [Endlicher] 16 (1833)

= Pteris chrysocarpa Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 2: 33 (1833), nom. illeg.

= Pteris tenuis A.Cunn.; Compan. Bot. Mag. 2: 365 (1837)

= Pteris tremula var. foliosa T.Moore; Gard. Chron., ser. 2, 25: 787 (1886)

= Pteris tremula unranked smithiana Pynaert; Nursery Cat. (Éd. Pynaert - Van Geert) 1893-1894: 15 (1893)

= Pteris tremula var. caudata Regel; Index Sem. (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 77 (1867)

= Pteris tremula var. minor Regel; Index Sem. (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 77 (1867)

= Pteris tremula var. pectinata Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20: 156 (1915)

species :

Pteris treubii Alderw.; Bull. Dépt. Agric. Indes Néerl. 18: 12 (1908)

Distribution: Moluccas (Seram)

42 MOL

species :

Pteris tricolor Linden; Gard. Chron. 1860: 123 (1860) ex Hieron., Hedwigia 66: 352 (1914)

Name: Painted brake

Distribution: China (SE-Yunnan); India (Manipur, Mizoram); Myanmar

36 CHI 40 IND 41 MYA

Remarks: valid species fide Fraser-Jenkins 2008 and 2015, included in P. aspericaulis by Flora of China

Conservation Status: IUCN EN for India (Fraser-Jenkins 2012)

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris aspericaulis var. tricolor (Linden) E.J.Lowe; Ferns (E. J. Lowe) 19 (1860)

species :

Pteris trifoliolata H.J.Wei; Phytotaxa 567(1): 100 (2022)

Distribution: China (Guangxi)

36 CHI

species :

Pteris tripartita Sw.; J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 67 (1801)

Name: Trisect brake, Giant brake

Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni); Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zanzibar; Angola; Madagascar; Comores (Mayotte); Mauritius (incl. Cargados Carajos Isl.); ?La Réunion; Agalega Isl.; Seychelles (incl. Coetivy Isl.); Chagos Arch. (Diego Garcia); China (Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan); ?Taiwan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, ?Maharashtra); Sri Lanka; Andaman Isl.; Nicobar Isl.; Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah); Sulawesi; Palawan; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, Flores); Moluccas (Seram); Christmas Isl. [Austr.]; New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch. (Admiralty Isl.); Solomon Isl. (Kolombangara, Rennell, Vangunu, Bellona, Santa Ysabel, Makira, Malaita, Nggela Sule, San Jorge); Australia (NE-Queensland); Santa Cruz Isl.; New Caledonia; Vanuatu; Rotuma Isl.; Tonga (Late Isl., ´Eua, Vava´u, Tafahi); Niue; Fiji (Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Ovalau, Taveuni); Wallis & Futuna (Alofi, Futuna, ´Uvea, Wallis); American Samoa (Tutuila, Ofu, Ta´u); [Western] Samoa (Savai´i, ´Upolu); Tuvalu (Nui Atoll, Vaitupu); Gilbert Isl. (Butaritari); Banaba [Ocean] Isl.; Nauru; Cook Isl. (Rarotonga, Atiu); Marquesas Isl. (Nuku Hiva, Ua Huka, Ua Pou, Hiva Oa, Tahuata, Mohotani, Fatu Hiva); Society Isl. (Moorea, Tahiti); Austral Isl. (Tubuai, Raivavae, Rurutu, Rapa Iti); Palau (Koror, Ulebsechel, Urukthapel, Ngeanges, Angaur); Northern Marianas (Uracas, Rota Isl., Saipan); Guam; Fed. States of Micronesia (Sonsorol, Yap, Eauripik, Woleai, Faraulep, Ifalik, Lamotrek, Satawal, Truk, Fefan, Nama, Namoluk, Etal, Lukunor, Satawan, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi, Pohnpei, Mokil, Pingelap, Kosrae); Marshall Isl.. (Namorik, Jaluit, Ebon, Majuro); USA [I] (Florida [I]); Mexico [I] (Veracruz [I]); Costa Rica [I]; Costa Rica [I]; Panama [I]; Cuba [I]; Jamaica [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; St. Lucia [I]; Trinidad [I]; Colombia [I]; Venezuela [I]; Surinam [I]; French Guiana [I]; Ecuador [I]; Peru [I]; Bolivia [I]; Brazil [I]

22 GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE TOG 23 BIO CAF CMN CON EQG GAB PRI SAO ZAI 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG 29 AGA CGS COM MAU MDG SEY 36 CHI 40 IND SRL 41 AND LAO NCB THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI PLW SNG SUL SUM XMS 43 BIS SOL 50 AUS 60 ASA FIJ GIL NRU NUE NWC OCE ROT SAM SCZ TON TUV VAN WAL 61 AUI COO MRQ SCI 62 GUM MIC MRN PLU 78 usa 79 mex 80 cos pan 81 cub jam pue stl trt 82 clm frg sur ven 83 bol ecu per 84 bra

Remarks: deflexa agg. P. milneana is possibly a separate species

Conservation Status: IUCN EN for India (Fraser-Jenkins 2012). Endangered (Singapore)

Synonyms: hidden

= Asplenium lineare (Wall.) C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 108 (1836)

= Campteria pseudolonchitis C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 147 (1836)

= Litobrochia divaricata Brack.; U.S. Expl. Exped., Filic. 16: 108 (1854)

= Litobrochia intermedia (Blume) J.Sm.; J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 405 (1841)

= Litobrochia marginata (Bory) C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 149 (1836)

= Litobrochia microdictyon Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 138 (1852)

= Litobrochia milneana (Hook.) Carruth.; Fl. Vit. [Seemann] 350 (1873)

= Litobrochia pseudolonchitis Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 135 (1852)

= Litobrochia tripartita (Sw.) C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 150 (1836)

= Pteris attenuata Sw.; J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 66 (1801)

= Pteris connexa J.Sm.; J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 405 (1841)

= Pteris feliciennae F.Muell.; Fragm. (Mueller) 5: 124 (1866)

= Pteris guilleminei J.Agardh; Guill., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 6: 314 (1836)

= Pteris intermedia Blume; Enum. Pl. Javae 2: 211 (1828)

= Pteris junghuhnii (Reinw.) Baker; Syn. Fil. [W. J. Hooker & Baker] 170 (1867)

= Pteris linearis Wall.; Numer. List. [Wallich] no. 105 (1829), nomen

= Pteris longipes Blume; Enum. Pl. Javae 2: 212 (1828)

= Pteris marginata Bory; Voy. îles Afrique 2: 192 (1804)

= Pteris microdictyon (Fée) Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 2: 228 (1858)

= Pteris milneana (Hook.) Baker; Syn. Fil. [W. J. Hooker & Baker] 170 (1867)

= Pteris pedatifida Roxb.; Griffith, Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 4: 508 (1844)

= Pteris revolvens J.Agardh; Recens. Spec. Pter. 74 (1839)

= Pteris semiovata Poir.; Encycl. [J. Lamarck et al.] 5: 723 (1804)

= Pteris subpedata Wall.; Numer. List. [Wallich] no. 110 (1829), nomen

= Pteris tripartita var. feliciennae (F.Muell.) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. (1915)

= Pteris tripartita var. marquesensis E.D.Br.; Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 89 [Fl. S. E. Polynesia II]: 79 (1931)

= Pteris tripartita var. milneana Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 2: 226, t. 238 (1858)

= Pteris uniseriata Poir.; Encycl. [J. Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 4: 608 (1816)

variant :

var. raivavensis E.D.Br.; Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 89 [Fl. S. E. Polynesia II]: 79 (1931)

Distribution: Austral Isl. (Raivavae)

61 AUI

species :

Pteris umbrosa R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 154 (1810)

Name: Jungle brake

Distribution: Australia (Australian Capital Territory, E-Queensland, SE-Victoria, E-New South Wales)

50 AUS

species :

Pteris undulatipinna Ching; Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 3 (1983)

Distribution: China (S-Yunnan)

36 CHI

species :

Pteris usambarensis Hieron.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas [Engler] C: 80 (1895)

Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; Kenya; Tanzania

23 BUR ZAI 25 KEN TAN

species :

Pteris vaupelii Hieron.; Hedwigia 66: 364 (1914)

Distribution: American Samoa (Tutuila, Ofu, Ta´u); [Western] Samoa (Savai´i, ´Upolu)

60 ASA SAM

species :

Pteris venezuelensis A.R.Sm. & J.Prado; Brittonia 56(1): 86 (2004)

Distribution: Venezuela (Tachira)

82 VEN

species :

Pteris venulosa Blume; Enum. Pl. Javae 2: 209 (1828)

Distribution: India (Manipur, ?Mizoram, Tripura); Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; ?Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Sumatra; Borneo (Sabah); Java

40 IND 41 LAO MYA THA VIE 42 BOR JAW MLY SUM

Conservation Status: IUCN CR for India (Fraser-Jenkins 2012)

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris sumatrana Baker; J. Bot. 19: 167 (1881)

species :

Pteris venusta Kunze; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 6: 195 (1868)

subspecies :

subsp. venusta

Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Goa); Andaman Isl.; Borneo; Java

40 IND 41 AND 42 BOR JAW

subspecies :

subsp. matsudae (Masam.) Fraser-Jenk. & Kandel; Ferns and Fern-allies of Nepal 1: 357 (2015)

Distribution: China (Yunnan); Taiwan; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam State, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, ?Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia

36 CHI 38 TAI 40 BAN BHU IND 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 MLY

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris matsudae Masam.; Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 25(136-139): 12-13 (1935) (as ´matsudai´)

= Pteris pseudoesquirollii S.R.Ghosh; Pterid. Fl. E. India 325 (327-328) (2004) (fide Fraser-Jenkins et al. 2015)

species :

Pteris vermae (Fraser-Jenk.) Fraser-Jenk. & Khullar; Indian Fern J. 38(1-2): 20 (2021)

Distribution: C-China; S-China; Tibet; Nepal; Bhutan; India (?Arunachal Pradesh, ?Himachal Pradesh, ?Sikkim, Uttarakhand, ?Jammu & Kashmir)

36 CHI TIB 40 BHU IND NEP

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris vittata f. brevipinna S.C.Verma; Indian Pteridolology 229 (1961), nom. nud.

= Pteris vittata subsp. vermae Fraser-Jenk.; New Species Syndr. Indian Pteridol. 229 (1997)

species :

Pteris verticillata (L.) Lellinger & Proctor; Taxon 32(4): 570 (1983)

Distribution: Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic)

81 HIS

Synonyms: hidden

= Anemia verticillata (L.) Sw.; Syn. Fil. [Swartz] 158 (1806)

= Osmunda verticillata L.; Sp. Pl. 2: 1065 (1753)

= Pteris hispaniolica Maxon; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 14: 197 (1924)

= Spathepteris verticillata (L.) C.Presl; Suppl. Tent. Pterid. 95 (1845)

species :

Pteris vieillardii Mett.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 15: 66 (1861)

Distribution: New Caledonia

60 NWC

Remarks: comans agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Litobrochia vieillardii Carruth.; Fl. Vit. [Seemann] 349 (1873)

species :

Pteris viridissima Ching; Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 13 (1983)

Distribution: China (Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan)

36 CHI

species :

Pteris vitiensis Baker; J. Bot. 17: 295 (1879)

Distribution: Solomon Isl. (Guadalcanal, Kolombangara, Malaita); Fiji (Viti Levu, Ovalau)

43 SOL 60 FIJ

species :

Pteris vittata L.; Sp. Pl. 2: 1074 (1753) ex Hieron., Hedwigia 64: 290 (1914)

Name: Chinese Ladder Brake (EN); Gebänderter Saumfarn (DE); Helecho de abichuela (ES)

Distribution: Spain; Baleares; France; Monaco; Italy; Sicily; Malta; Greece (rare C- and S-Greece); Crete (rare); Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Azores (Sao Miguel Isl., Terceira, Sao Jorge, Faial); Madeira (Madeira Isl.); Canary Isl. (Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma Isl.); Cape Verde Isl. (Santo Antao Isl., Ilha de Sao Nicolau, Ilha de Sao Tiago, Fogo Isl., Ilha Brava); Ghana; Cameroon; São Tomé; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Sudan; Ethiopia; Djibouti; Somalia; Soqotra; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zanzibar; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (North West, Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Limpopo, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov., N-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Comores (Anjouan, Grande Comore, Mayotte); Mauritius; La Réunion; Armenia; Azerbaijan; East Aegaean Isl. (Ikaria, Samos, Rhodos); Turkey (Anatolia); Cyprus; Syria; Lebanon; Israel; Palestine; Saudi Arabia; Oman; N-Yemen; S-Yemen; China (Anhui, Fujian, SE-Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, SW-Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Tibet; Japan; Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Pakistan; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Jammu & Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam State, Bihar, ?Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.; Nicobar Isl.; Myanmar; Thailand (widespread); Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah); Sulawesi; Palawan; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, Lombok, Timor, Sumba, Sumbawa, Flores, Alor); Moluccas (Seram, Ambon, etc.); Christmas Isl. [Austr.]; New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch. (New Ireland, Admiralty Isl.); Solomon Isl. (Guadalcanal, Kolombangara, Malaita, Rendova); Australia (Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria); New Zealand [I]; New Caledonia; Santa Cruz Isl.; Vanuatu; Tonga (Late Isl., Tongatapu, ´Eua, Vava´u); Fiji (Viti Levu); Banaba [Ocean] Isl.; Palau [I] (Koror [I], Malakal [I], Peleliu [I]); Northern Marianas [I]; Guam [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Yap [I], Pohnpei [I]); Hawaii [I] (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); USA [I] (Alabama [I], California [I], District of Columbia [I], Florida [I], Georgia [I], Louisiana [I], Mississippi [I], South Carolina [I], Texas [I]); Mexico [I] (Nuevo Leon [I], Tamaulipas [I]); El Salvador [I]; Honduras [I]; Panama [I]; Bahamas [I]; Cuba [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I] (St. Croix [I], St. Thomas [I], St. John [I], Tortola [I]); Nevis [I]; St. Kitts [I]; Antigua [I]; Montserrat [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Marie-Galante [I]; Dominica [I]; Martinique [I]; St. Lucia [I]; Grenada [I]; Barbados [I]; Trinidad [I]; Colombia [I]; Venezuela [I]; Surinam [I]; Peru [I]; Brazil [I]; Paraguay [I]; Uruguay [I]; Argentina [I] (Buenos Aires [I], Catamarca [I], Corrientes [I], Entre Rios [I], Misiones [I], Tucuman [I])

12 BAL FRA MCO SPA 13 GRC ITA KRI MLT SIC 20 ALG LBY MOR TUN 21 AZO CNY CVI MDR 22 GHA 23 BUR CMN CON RWA SAO ZAI 24 DJI ETH SOC SOM SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT LES NAM SAF SWZ 29 COM MAU MDG REU 33 ARM AZE 34 CYP EAI ISR LEB PAL SYR TUR 35 OMA SAU YEM 36 CHI TIB 38 JAP NNS TAI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP PAK SRL 41 AND CBD LAO MYA NCB THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI PLW SNG SUL SUM XMS 43 BIS SOL 50 AUS 51 nzl 60 FIJ NWC OCE SCZ TON VAN 62 gum mic mrn plu 63 haw 76 usa 77 usa 78 usa 79 mex 80 els hon pan 81 aba bah bbd cub dom gdl gre mar mts pue stk stl trt vir 82 clm sur ven 83 per 84 bra 85 arg par uru

Remarks: longifolia agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Aspidium humile Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 5(1): 220 (1810)

= Polypodium trapezoides Burm.; Fl. Ind. (N. L. Burman) 233, t. 66, f. 2 (1768) non Sw. 1806

= Pteris acuminatissima Blume; Enum. Pl. Javae 2: 208 (1828)

= Pteris alpinii Desv.; Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 295 (1827)

= Pteris amplectens Wall.; Numer. List. [Wallich] no. 112 (1829), nomen

= Pteris amplexicaulis Roxb.; Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 4: 505 (1844)

= Pteris aspera Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 126 (1852)

= Pteris costata Bory ex Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 5(1): 367 (1810)

= Pteris diversifolia Sw.; Syn. Fil. [Swartz] 96, 288 (1806) (nom. illeg. superfl.)

= Pteris ensifolia Poir.; Encycl. [J. Lamarck et al.] 5: 711 (1804), nom. nov., based on P. lanceolata Desf., non L. (1753)

= Pteris guichenotiana Gaudich.; Voy. Uranie [Freycinet], Bot. 387 (1827)

= Pteris guichenotii Decne.; Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 348 (1834)

= Pteris inaequilateralis Poir.; Encycl. [J. Lamarck et al.] suppl. 4: 601 (1816)

= Pteris indica Poir.; Encycl. [J. Lamarck et al.] 5: 712 (1804)

= Pteris lanceolata Desf.; Fl. Atlant. 2: 401 (1799), nom. illeg.

= Pteris linearis Roxb.; Griffith, Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 4: 505 (1844), non Poir. 1804.

= Pteris longifolia var. brevipinna Domin; Biblioth. Bot. (1915)

= Pteris longifolia var. vittata (L.) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 609 (1906)

= Pteris microdonta Gaudich.; Voy. Uranie [Freycinet], Bot. 387 (1827)

= Pteris obliqua Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 185 (1775)

= Pteris ophioderma Fée; Mém. Foug. 10 (Icon. Esp. Nouv.): 15 (1865)

= Pteris semihirta Link; Fil. Spec. 50 (1841)

= Pteris tenuifolia Brack.; U.S. Expl. Exped., Filic. 16: 112 (1854), nom. illeg.

= Pteris vittata f. cristata Ching; Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 6 (1983)

= Pteris vittata subsp. bengalensis Fraser-Jenk.; New Species Syndr. Indian Pteridol. 231 (1997) (fide Fraser-Jenkins 2008)

= Pteris vulcanica Bertol.; Misc. Bot. 18: 21 (1857)

= Pycnodoria vittata (L.) Small; Ferns Florida 89 (1932)

species :

Pteris warburgii Christ; Warb., Monsunia 1: 70 (1900)

Distribution: Moluccas (Seram); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Solomon Isl. (Bougainville, Guadalcanal, Makira, Malaita, Santa Ysabel)

42 MOL NWG 43 SOL

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris finisterrae Rosenst.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 6: 37 (1908)

species :

Pteris websteri A.R.Sm. & J.Prado; Brittonia 56(1): 87 (-88, fig. 2E-H) (2004)

Distribution: Colombia (Caquetá, Cundinamarca, Nariño, Santander); Ecuador; Bolivia (Cochabamba)

82 CLM 83 BOL ECU

species :

Pteris werneri (Rosenst.) Holttum; Kew Bull. 20: 457, f. 2 (1966)

Distribution: Moluccas (Seram); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Solomon Isl. (Guadalcanal, Santa Ysabel, Kolombangara, Rendova, Makira); Santa Cruz Isl.; Fiji (Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Taveuni)

42 MOL NWG 43 SOL 60 FIJ SCZ

Synonyms: hidden

= Hemipteris werneri Rosenst.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 6: 38 (1908)

= Pteris parhamii Brownlie; Nova Hedwigia Beih. 55 (Pterid. Fl. Fiji): 203 (1977)

species :

Pteris whitfordii Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci. 1, Suppl. IV: 256 (1906)

Distribution: Philippines (Negros)

42 PHI

species :

Pteris woodwardioides Bory ex Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 5(1): 360 (1810)

Distribution: Madagascar; Mauritius; La Réunion

29 MAU MDG REU

Synonyms: hidden

= Litobrochia borbonica Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 136 (1852)

= Litobrochia montbrisonis Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 137 (1852)

= Litobrochia pellucida (Kaulf.) C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 149 (1836)

= Litobrochia woodwardioides (Bory ex Willd.) C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 149 (1836)

= Pteris alata Desv.; Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 297 (1827)

= Pteris borbonica (Fée) Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 2(7/8): 228 (1858)

= Pteris montbrisonis (Fée) Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 2: 228 (1858)

= Pteris pellucida Kaulf.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4(1): 73 (1827), non C. Presl 1825

species :

Pteris wulaiensis C.M.Kuo; Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. n. s. 30(2): 143 (1989), pro hybr.

Distribution: Japan (Kagoshima Isl., Kyushu, Honshu); Taiwan

38 JAP TAI

Remarks: sect. Campteria, fauriei agg. An apomictic diploid intermediate between P. fauriei and P. bella presumed to be of hybrid origin (Knapp 2011)

Conservation Status: CR and very rare in Taiwan (see also P. pseudowulaiensis which is more abundant)

species :

Pteris xiaoyingiae H.He & Li Bing Zhang; Syst. Bot. 35(4): 696 (2010)

Distribution: China (N-Guangxi, S-Guizhou)

36 CHI

species :

Pteris yakuinsularis Sa.Kurata; J. Geobot. 16: 67 (1968)

Distribution: Japan

38 JAP

Conservation Status: IUCN R

species :

Pteris yamatensis (Tagawa) Tagawa; J. Jap. Bot. 30: 280 (1955)

Distribution: Japan (Honshu)

38 JAP

Conservation Status: CR in Japan. IUCN E

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris angustipinna var. yamatensis Tagawa; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 4: 204 (1935)

species :

Pteris zahlbruckneriana Endl.; Prodr. Fl. Norfolk. [Endlicher] 13 (1833)

Distribution: Norfolk Isl.

50 NFK

Remarks: comans agg.

Conservation Status: IUCN R

species :

Pteris zippelii (Miq.) M.Kato & K.U.Kramer; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 41(4-6): 157 (1990)

Distribution: Moluccas (Seram); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)

42 MOL NWG

Synonyms: hidden

= Allosorus zippelii Miq.; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 4: 98 (1869)

= Pellaea zippellii (Miq.) Baker; Syn. Fil. [W. J. Hooker & Baker], ed. 2: 477 (1874)

species :

Pteris ×calcarea Sa.Kurata; J. Geobot. 13: 9 (1964)

Distribution: Japan

38 JAP

Remarks: Pteris deltodon x P. multifida

species :

Pteris ×caridadiae Testo & J.E.Watkins; Brittonia 67(2): 141 (2015)

Distribution: Costa Rica

80 COS

Remarks: Pteris livida x P. podophylla

species :

Pteris ×delchampsii W.H.Wagner & Nauman; Amer. Fern J. 72(4): 97 (1982)

Distribution: USA (S-Florida); Bahamas

78 USA 81 BAH

Remarks: Pteris vittata x P. bahamensis

species :

Pteris ×exspectata Fraser-Jenk.; Indian Fern J. 38(1-2): 21 (2021)

Distribution: China (Guangdong)

36 CHI

species :

Pteris ×namegatae Sa.Kurata; J. Geobot. 17: 60 (1969)

Distribution: Japan; Taiwan

38 JAP TAI

Remarks: Pteris multifida x ryukyuensis

species :

Pteris ×nayariana (Fraser-Jenk., S.C.Verma & Khullar) Fraser-Jenk.; Indian Fern J. 38(1-2): 20 (2021)

Distribution: India (Meghalaya)

40 IND

Remarks: Pteris emodi x P. vittata

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris vittata nothosubsp. nayariana Fraser-Jenk., S.C.Verma & Khullar; Ferns and Fern-allies of Nepal 1: 372 (2015)

species :

Pteris ×otomasui Sa.Kurata; J. Geobot. 17: 60 (1969)

Distribution: Japan

38 JAP

Remarks: Pteris kidoi x multifida

species :

Pteris ×pseudosefuricola Ebihara, Nakato & S.Matsumoto; Bull. Nat. Mus. Nat. Sci., Ser. B, 41(1): 18 (2015)

Distribution: Japan (Honshu)

38 JAP

Remarks: Pteris cretica x multifida

Synonyms: hidden

= Pteris ×sefuricola Sa.Kurata; nom. nud. unpubl.

species :

Pteris ×siamica Wannakr. & Rattamanee; Acta Hort. 1025: 71-74 (2014)

Distribution: Thailand

41 THA

Remarks: Pteris multifida x parkeri

species :

Pteris ×wangii Fraser-Jenk.; Indian Fern J. 38(1-2): 21 (2021)

Distribution: China (Yunnan)

36 CHI

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A complete, synonymic checklist of the Higher Plants of the World

Version 24.11 (November 5th, 2024)

Covering 355,576 accepted species, 8,715 hybrids, 47,863 accepted infraspecific taxa and 1,000,581 synonyms, in total 1,412,785* names

[*about 25,000 dubious, "unplaced" names and about 4,000 invalid names (Art. 24.3) like "typicus" are deliberately omitted]

With complete, detailed distribution data (countries and regions) and literature references

Arranged in linear phylogenetic sequence reflecting true relationships

Fully searchable and continously updated

With 38,209 pictures of 15,787 species

Assembled through 40 years independently from other databases

In cooperation with Catalogue of Life

Covering 355,576 accepted species,
8,715 hybrids, 47,863 accepted infraspecific taxa and 1,000,581 synonyms,
in total 1,412,785* names

[about 25,000 dubious, "unplaced" names and about 4,000 invalid names (Art. 24.3) like "typicus*" are deliberately omitted]