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June 2025

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genus

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.

Statistics

Synonyms of Pteris

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Heteropteris C.Presl ex Ettingsh. Farnkr. Jetztw. [Ettingshausen]: 96 (1864) wfo-1000071337
Thelypteris Adans. Fam. Pl. 2: 20 (1763) wfo-1000071376
Afropteris Alston Bol. Soc. Brot. sér. 2, 30: 5 (1956) wfo-4000000860
Anopteris (Prantl) Diels Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] 1(4): 288 (1899) wfo-4000002332
Campteria C.Presl Tent. Pterid. 146 (1836) wfo-4000006421
Copelandiopteris B.C.Stone Webbia 28: 492 (1973) wfo-4000009221
Hemipteris Rosenst. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 5: 38 (1908) wfo-4000017417
Heterophlebium Fée Mém. Foug., 5. 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) wfo-4000020723
Litobrochia C.Presl Tent. Pterid. 148 (1836) wfo-4000021995
Monogonia C.Presl Tent. Pterid. 146 (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) wfo-4000030180
Pycnodoria C.Presl Epimel. Bot. 100 (1851) wfo-4000032225
Schizostege Hillebr. Fl. Hawaiian Isl. [Hillebrand] 631 (1888) wfo-4000034457
Spathepteris C.Presl Suppl. Tent. Pterid. 95 (1845) wfo-4000035882
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. Anal. Nat. 205 (1815) 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 Fl. Philipp. 1: 147 (1958) wfo-4000045210
Macropteris Webb & Berthel. Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries (Phytogr.) 3: 450 (1847) wfo-4100004472
Parapteris Keyserl. Polyp. Herb. Bunge 4 (1873) wfo-4100004515

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

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