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Pteridium Gleditsch; Scopoli

This genus name was first published in Flora carniolica 169. 1760   Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000031876.

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Synonyms of Pteridium

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Aquilina C.Presl Farnkr. Jetztw. 91. 1864 — wfo-1000071313
Filix-foemina Hill Useful Fam. Herbal, ed. 2 141 (1755) — wfo-1000071329
Cincinalis Gled. Syst. Pl. : 290 (1764) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000008327
Eupteris Newman Phytologist 2: 278 (1845) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000014247
Filix-foemina Hill ex Farw. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 290 (1931) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000014762
Aquilina C.Presl ex Ettingsh. – — wfo-4000043323
Filix Ludw. Inst. Regn. Veg., ed. 2. 142. 1757 [1 Mar 1757] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000043351
Ornithopteris (J.Agardh) J.Sm. Hist. Fil. : 297 (1875) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000043397
Nymphopteris Webb & Berthel. Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries (Phytogr.) 3: 82 (1847) — wfo-4100004500

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Pteridium:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteridium aquilinum subsp. caudatum (L.) R.M.Tryon Rhodora 43 1941 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001368010
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteridium aquilinum var. caudatum (L.) Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1913 , in obs. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001398338
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteridium campestris Schrad. Gött. Gel. Anz. 1824: 871 1824 — wfo-0001040430
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteridium capense var. decompositum (Gaudich.) Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 39(461): 106 1925 — wfo-0001274968
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteridium latiusculum var. verum Wherry Amer. Fern J. 27: 58 (1937) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001376976
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteridium revolutum var. revolutum – – — wfo-0001123667