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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.

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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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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 acinaciformis Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mex. 262. 1896 wfo-0000162867
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris actinophylla Kunze ex Baker () wfo-0000150749
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris adaucta Rosenst. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 468 (1913) wfo-0000150752
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris adiantoides Bory ex Willd. Sp. Pl. ed. 4, 5: 391 (1810) — wfo-1000072042
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris adiantoides Burm.f. Fl. Ind. (N. L. Burman) 1768 [1 Mar-6 Apr 1768] ; Prodr. Fl. Cap.: 28. 1768 (nomen) wfo-0001107966
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris alata C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1: 56. 1825 wfo-0001229235
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris alcicornu Kunze () wfo-0000150756
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris alcyonis Lind.; Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866. 20 (1866) wfo-0000150759
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris alexandrae ht.May; Gard. Chr. III(31): 279. 1902 wfo-0000150760
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris ambigua Desv. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(3): 297 (1827) wfo-0001224912
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris angustisora J.Rémy Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 3, 6: 345 (1846) wfo-0000150769
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. pubescens Kunze Linnaea 13: 142 (1839) wfo-0001113837
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris arguta Aiton Hortus Kewensis 3 1789 wfo-0000162887
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris asperiuscula Willd.; Pr. Tent. Pterid. 145. 1836 (nomen) (1836) wfo-0000150775
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris aspidioides Sodiro Anales Univ. Centr. Ecuador 22, n.° 160: 91 (1908) wfo-0001123173
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 australis (Sw.) Hook. & Grev. Icones Filicum 1 1827 wfo-0000150786
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris backeri ht.Bat Backer Gard. Chron. III. 35. 317. 1904 (1904) wfo-0000150787
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris barteri Baker Syn. Fil. : 168 (1867) wfo-0000150792
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris bausei H.J.Veitch Cat. Pl. : 12 (1886) wfo-0000150794
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris binoti ht.Hill.; Gard. Mag. 376. 1904 wfo-0000150797
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris biternata Sodiro Anales Univ. Centr. Ecuador 22, n.° 160: 94 (1908) wfo-0001123174
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris boultoni ht.Boult.; Gard. Chr. III(19): 652. 1896 wfo-0000150803
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris brazzaiana ht.Lambeau Rev. Hort. Belge 298, f.66. 1903 wfo-0000150805
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris bulbifera Jenman Bull. Bot. Dept., Jamaica n.° 40: 11; n.° 42: 6 (1893) wfo-0000150813
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris cervantesii Loud.; Kze. Linnaea 23: 287. 1850 (1850) wfo-0000150825
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris childsii ht.Childs; Gard. Chr. III(20): 470. 1896 wfo-0000150827
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris ciliata C.Presl Tent. Pterid. 145. 1836 (nomen) (1836) wfo-0000150831
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris conformis R.C.Moran – — wfo-0001119880
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris costaricensis Rosenst. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 22: 7 (1925) wfo-0001121606
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris cristata Hort; Gard. Chr. III(12): 249. 1892 wfo-0000150841
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris croesoides Fée 1865 wfo-0001236233
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris cuspidata Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap. 171. 1800 (1800) wfo-0000150846
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris daguanense Ching ex L.L.Xiang – — wfo-0001255605
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris dalhousieae Hk.; C.Chr. Ind. 596. wfo-0000150848
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris degoesi hort.; La Tribune Hort. 1910: 9. ; & 1911: 35 c. fig. wfo-0000150860
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris desmedtii Anon. Tribune Hort. 499, 502 c. fig. (1911) wfo-0000150854
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris desmedtii hort. Tribune Hort. 499, 502 c. fig. (1911) wfo-0001328333
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris diaphana Tausch Flora 22(2): 479 (1839) wfo-0000150867
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 difformis Poir. Encycl. 5: 713 (1804) wfo-0000150871
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris dimidiata Roxb. ex Griffith Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 4: 507. 1844 wfo-0000150876
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris diplazioides Moritz Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 12: 855, nomen (1854) wfo-0000150877
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris echinulata Kze.; Mett. Fil. Lechl. 1: 12 (1856) wfo-0000150889
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris edulis Link Fil. Spec. 55. 1841 (1841) wfo-0000150891
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris elongata C.Presl Tent. Pterid. 145. 1836 (nomen) (1836) wfo-0000150896
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris elongatiloba var. remotivenia Bonap. Notes Pteridol. 5: 70 1917 — wfo-0001107830
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris enderi Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866. 21, 76 (1866) wfo-0000150899
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris enderi Regel; Salom. Nomencl. Gefässkrypt. : 336 (1883) wfo-0000150898
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 esmeraldensis Sodiro Anales Univ. Centr. Ecuador 22, n.° 160: 92 (1908) wfo-0001123175
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris falcata var. falcata – – wfo-0001386379
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris falcata var. rotundifolia F.M.Bailey A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora 1883 wfo-0001400750
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris farinosa Sw. – — wfo-0001247639
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris fauriei var. fauriei – – — wfo-0001123786
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris furcaus Baker J. Bot. 26: 324 (1888) wfo-0000150915
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris gauthieri hort.; Gartenflora 1912 wfo-0000150919
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris glaucovirens Linden Cat. Pl. Exot. (Linden) 1858 ; & J. Sm. Ferns br. and for. 190. 1866 wfo-0001236446
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris goudoti Kunze ex Kuhn – — wfo-0001111542
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris grevilleana var. grevilleana – – wfo-0001123772
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris guichenotiana Gaud. 1827 wfo-0000162869
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris hastata Sw. J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 69 (1801) — wfo-1000072078
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris hastata var. minor Bolle Bonplandia (Hannover) 3,10: 122 (1855), nom. nud. — wfo-1200104452
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris hillii ht.Hill; Gard. Mag. 164. 1904 wfo-0000150941
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris hispaniola Maxon – — wfo-0001236460
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris hondurensis Jenman Bull. Misc. Inform. Roy Bot. Gard. Trinidad n.° 23, App.: 128 (1900) wfo-0001265440
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris hunanensis C.M.Zhang Keys Vasc. Pl. Wuling Mount. 562 (1995) (1995) wfo-0001269454
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris hymenophylla Sodiro Anales Univ. Centr. Ecuador 8: 70 (1893) wfo-0001123177
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris intermedia (C.Presl) Kaulf. Ettingsh., Farnkr. 101, t. 66, f. 6 (1865) — wfo-1000072081
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris internata T.Moore () wfo-0000150954
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris intromissa Christ Philipp. J. Sci., C 2: 173 (1907) wfo-0001123526
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris itatiajensis Szyszył. Itin. Princ. S. Coburgi 2: 119 (1888) wfo-0000150956
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris khasyana Hieron. – — wfo-0001255214
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris krugii Kuhn () wfo-0000150971
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris lactua Poir. – — wfo-0001236461
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris ligulata Gaud. – wfo-0000162873
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris linearis var. fauriri (Hieron.) C.Chr. & Tardieu Fl. Indo-Chine 7(2): 159 1939 — wfo-0001226115
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris litobrochioides Klotzsch Linnaea 20. 341. 1847. HB. 157 (1847) wfo-0001221535
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris lobata Goldm. Nova Acta 19(Suppl. I): 457. 1843 wfo-0000150982
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris longifolia f. ophioderma Suess. () wfo-0001323727
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris luxuriosa Kunze Linnaea 23. 289, 321. 1850 (1850) wfo-0000150991
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris macrocarpa Ettingsh. Farnkr. Jetztw. : 100 (1865) wfo-0000150997
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris maissonieri ht.Sander & Gard.Chr. III. 33: 266. 1903 wfo-0000150999
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris matsudai Masam. Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan 25(136–139): 12–13 1935 — wfo-0001126939
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris mauritiana P.Willemet Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 18: 61 (1796) wfo-0000151003
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris metallica ht.May; Gard.Chr. III. 34: 64. 1903 wfo-0000151008
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris microdonta Gaud. 1827 wfo-0000162870
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris microphylla Cav. (Sw. Syn. 324. 1806 wfo-0001042330
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris misera Lodd. Cat. (1849) wfo-0000151017
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris muricata var. rosenstock Rosenst. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 53 (1912) wfo-0001375073
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris nadeaudii Drake Fl. Polynésie Franç. 287. 1893 (1893) wfo-0000151029
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris nobilis hort Veitch Regel, Ind. sem. ht. Petr. 77. 1866 wfo-0000151037
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 novae-zelandiae Field Trans. New Zealand Inst. 38. 497 (1906) wfo-0000151038
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris orbicularis Houtt. Nat. Hist. 2(14): 108 1783 — wfo-0001221339
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Pteris organensis (Fée) J.Prado & R.Y.Hirai Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 59(3): 265 (2024) wfo-1000076277