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Pteris L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 1073 (1753)  

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-4000031909.

Literature

Synonyms of Pteris

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Afropteris Alston Bol. Soc. Brot. , sér. 2, 30: 5 (1956) wfo-4000000860
Anopteris (Prantl) Diels Nat. Pflanzenfam. 1 [4]. 288 (1899) wfo-4000002332
Campteria C.Presl Tent. Pterid. 146. 1836 (1836) wfo-4000006421
Copelandiopteris B.C.Stone Webbia 28: 492. 1973. (1973) wfo-4000009221
Hemipteris Rosenst. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 5: 38 (1908) wfo-4000017417
Heterophlebium Fée Mem. Foug., Gen. Filic. 139. 1852. wfo-4000017747
Idiopteris T.G.Walker Kew Bull. 12(3): 431, t. 1 (1958) wfo-4000018971
Lathyropteris Christ Bull. Herb. Boissier II. 7. 275. 1907. (1907) wfo-4000020723
Litobrochia C.Presl Tent. Pterid. 148. 1836 (1836) wfo-4000021995
Monogonia C.Presl Tent. Pterid. 146. 1836 (1836) wfo-4000024707
Neurocallis Fée Mém. Foug., 2. Hist. Acrostich. : 89 (1845) wfo-4000026021
Ochropteris J.Sm. J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 158 (1841) wfo-4000026496
Platyzoma R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 160. 1810 (1810) wfo-4000030180
Pycnodoria C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. , ser. 5, 6: 100 (1851) wfo-4000032225
Schizostege Hillebr. Fl. Hawaiian Isl. : 631 (1888) wfo-4000034457
Aropteris Alston Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel], ed. 2 43. 1959 wfo-4000043325
Lemapteris Raf. J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 89: 262 (1819) wfo-4000043374
Peripteris Raf. J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 89: 262. 1819 wfo-4000043404
Phyllitis Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 4: 195 (1819) wfo-4000043407
Pteridium Raf. Princ. Fond. Somiol. 26. 1814 [Sep-Dec 1814] wfo-4000043416
Schizopteris Hillebr. ex Hook. & Grev. Syn. Fil. (Hooker & Baker), ed. 2. 475. (1874) — wfo-4000043427
Thelipteris Adans. – — wfo-4000043438
Schizostegeopsis Copel. Fern Flora of the Philippines - Edwin Bingham Copeland, 1958 1: 147 (1958) wfo-4000045210

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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 Pteris:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris amazonica Christ Hedwigia 44: 364 (1905) wfo-0001112620
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris andreana Sodiro Anales Univ. Centr. Ecuador 8: 71 (1893) wfo-0001112642
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris aquilina f. caudata (L.) Christ Monsunia 1 1900 wfo-0001327428
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris aquilina f. lanuginosa (Bory ex Willd.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 820. 1891 wfo-0001325834
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris aquilina subvar. latiuscula (Desv.) Farw. Amer. Fern J. 33: 9 (1943) wfo-0001369527
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris aquilina var. caudata (L.) Hook. – wfo-0001391222
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris aquilina var. glabra Hook. Sp. Fil. 2: 196, tab. 141A (1858) wfo-0001376980
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris atropurpurea var. punctata Schkuhr – wfo-0001396324
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris atropurpurea var. venosa Schkuhr – wfo-0001396325
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris dichotomus L. Sp. Pl. : 1076 (1753) wfo-0001124244
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris esculenta f. australiensis Gand. Bulletin de la Soci?t? Botanique de France 47 1901 wfo-0001327432
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris esculenta f. coriacea Gand. Bulletin de la Soci?t? Botanique de France 47 1901 wfo-0001327433
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris esculenta f. elongella Gand. Bulletin de la Soci?t? Botanique de France 47 1901 wfo-0001327434
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris fallax M.Martens & Galeotti Mém. Foug. Mexique 53 (1842) wfo-0001124763
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris goeldii Christ Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79(1): 37 (1908) wfo-0001236447
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris hirsuta var. ghiesbreghtii Christ Bull. Herb. Boissier , ser. 2, 5: 731 (1905) wfo-0001376994
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris kunzeana var. polita J.Bommer Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 35, pt. 1: 192 (1896) wfo-0001123178
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris laciniata var. setosa Davenp. ex Conz. Fl. Taxon. Mex. 1, pt. 2: 54 (1939) wfo-0001376996
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris latiuscula var. lanuginosa (Bong.) Small Ferns Vicin. New York 37, 241. 1935 wfo-0001376997
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris latiuscula var. pseudocaudata E.P.St.John & R.P.St.John – wfo-0001370707
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris nodulosa f. obtusilobata (Clute) Fernald – wfo-0001323532
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris palmata var. angustiloba Hook. Gard. Ferns sub. t.22. 1862 wfo-0001377001
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris pectiniformis Godet; Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 87. 1868 wfo-0001107963
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris pedata subvar. elegans (Vell.) Baker Fl. Bras. 1(2): 408 (1870) wfo-0001369526
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris pedata var. huberi Christ Bull. Herb. Boissier 6: 993 (1898) wfo-0001377005
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris sinuata Thunb. Fl. Jap. (Thunberg) 332. 1784 [Aug 1784] wfo-0001128842
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris sulphurea var. alba Mett. ex Kuhn Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 11: 32 (1870) wfo-0001377019
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris sulphurea var. flava Mett. ex Kuhn Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 11: 32 (1870) wfo-0001377020
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris tokioi var. yakusimensis (Tagawa) Sa.Kurata Hokuriku J. Bot. 6: 10 1957 — wfo-0001116615
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris trialata Sodiro Anales Univ. Centr. Ecuador 8: 76 (1893) wfo-0001112640