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
= Acrostichaceae Mett. ex A.B.Frank; Syn. Pflanzenkd. (Leunis) ed. 2, 3: 1458 (1877), nom. rej.
= Actiniopteridaceae Pic.Serm.; Webbia 17: 5 (1962)
= Adiantaceae Newman; Hist. Brit. Ferns: 5 (1840) nom. cons. over Parkeriaceae (1825)
= Anopteraceae Doweld; Tent. Syst. Pl. Vasc.: 51 (2001)
= Antrophyaceae (Link) Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16: 11 (1978)
= Ceratopteridaceae Underw.; Our nat. Ferns ed. 6: 65, 78 (1900)
= Cheilanthaceae B.K.Nayar; Taxon 19: 233 (1970)
= Cryptogrammaceae Pic.Serm.; Webbia 17: 299 (1963)
= Hemionitidaceae Pic.Serm.; Webbia 21: 487 (1966)
= Negripteridaceae Pic.Serm.; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., ser. 2, 53: 160 (1946)
= Parkeriaceae Hook.; Exot. Fl. 2: t. 147 (1825), nom. rej. in favor of Adiantaceae
= Platyzomataceae Nakai; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, 29: 4 (1950)
= Pteridaceae Reichenb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 138 (1837)
= Sinopteridaceae Koidz.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 3: 50 (1934)
= Taenitidaceae (C.Presl) Pic.Serm.; Webbia 29: 1 (1974)
= Vittariaceae Ching; Sunyatsenia 5: 232 (1940)
030.3005
Genus
Pteris L.; Sp. Pl. 2: 1073 (1753)
Distribution: Worldwide
Species listed in database: 344; hybrids: 10
= Afropteris Alston; Bol. Soc. Brot., ser. 2, 30: 5 (1956)
= Anopteris Prantl ex Diels; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] I, 4: 288 (1899)
= Campteria C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 146 (1836) (nom. superfl.)
= Copelandiopteris B.C.Stone; Webbia 28: 492 (1973)
= Hemipteris Rosenst.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 6: 38 (1908)
= Heterophlebium Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 139 (1852)
= Heteropteris C.Presl ex Ettingsh.; Farnkr. Jetztw. [Ettingshausen]: 96 (1864)
= Idiopteris T.G.Walker; Kew Bull. 12: 431 (1958)
= Lathyropteris Christ; Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 7: 275 (1907)
= Lemapteris Raf.; J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 89: 262 (1819)
= Litobrochia C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 148 (1836)
= Macropteris Webb & Berthel.; Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries (Phytogr.) 3: 450 (1847)
= Monogonia C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 146 (1836)
= Neurocallis Fée; Mém. Foug. 2 (Hist. Acrostich.): 19, 89 (1845) (Schuettpelz & Pryer 2007)
= Ochropteris J.Sm.; J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 158 (1841) (fide Zhang et al. 2014)
= Parapteris Keyserl.; Polyp. Herb. Bunge 4 (1873)
= Peripteris Raf.; Anal. Nat. Tabl. Univ. 205 (1815), Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 2: 268 (1818)
= Phyllitis Raf.; Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 4: 195 (1819) (non Hill, nec Moench)
= Platyzoma R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 160 (1810)
= Pteridium Raf.; Précis Decouv. Somiol. 26 (1814) (non Gled. ex Scop.)
= Pterilis Raf.; Med. Fl. 2: 254 (1830) (non Raf. (1819))
= Pycnodoria C.Presl; Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 6 [Epim. Bot.]: 100 (1851)
= Schizopteris Hillebr. ex Hook. & Baker; Syn. Fil. [W. J. Hooker & Baker], ed. 2: 475 (1874)
= Schizostege Hillebr.; Fl. Hawaiian Isl. [Hillebrand] 631 (1888)
= Schizostegeopsis Copel.; Fern Fl. Philipp. 1: 147 (1958), nom. inval.
= Spathepteris C.Presl; Suppl. Tent. Pterid. 95 (1845)
= Thelypteris Adans.; Fam. Pl. 2: 20 (1763)
Search for: Pteris tripartita-var.-tripartita
Nothing found!
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)
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)
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)
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]; Burundi; Uganda; Tanzania (E-Usambara Mts.); Angola
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)
36 CHI
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
36 CHI 40 IND NEP 41 MYA
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)
36 TIB 40 BHU IND NEP
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)
36 CHI 38 JAP 40 IND NEP
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.)
36 CHI TIB 40 BHU IND NEP 41 MYA
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)
81 CUB HIS JAM
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
