Pteris otaria

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Polypodiales

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Pteridoideae
Genus: Pteris
Species: Pteris otaria

Name

Pteris otaria Bedd., Ferns S. India: 13, 73 (1863), pro hybr.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Pteris quadriaurita f. ludens Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 386 (1864).
    • Pteris quadriaurita var. ludens (Thwaites) Bedd., Handb. Ferns Br. India 111 (1883).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pteris otaria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 2. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Pteris otaria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Mar 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pteris otaria. Published online. Accessed: 2 Mar 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Pteris otaria Accessed: 2 Mar 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. Pteris otaria – World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World . In: Roskov Y., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J. & Penev L. (eds.) 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2022 Mar 2.