Pteris repens

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

Pteris repens C.Chr., Index Filic.: 606 (1906), nom. nov.

Synonyms

• Replaced synonym
  • Pteris nitida Mett. ex Kuhn, Filic. Afr.: 86 (1868), nom. illeg. non R.Br. 1810.
    • Type: ‘Africa occidentalis. Ad flumen Gaboon’, G. Mann 1047 (Holotype: BM; isotype: K 000435409).
• Homotypic
  • Afropteris repens (C.Chr.) Alston, Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 30: 5 (1956).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Guinea, Nigeria. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Christensen, C.F.A. 1905–1906. Index Filicum sive enumeratio omnium generum specierumque Filicum et Hydropteridum ab anno 1753 ad finem anni 1905 descriptorum adjectis synonymis principalibus, area geographica etc. Hafnia [Copenhagen]. 744 pp. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Alston, A.H.G. 1956. New African Ferns. Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana, ser. 2 30: 5–27. Full issue PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Roux, J.P. 2009. Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands. Strelitzia 23: 1–296. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 978-1-919976-48-8. ARK: /t0ps2bc93 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pteris repens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 4. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Pteris repens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 4 Mar 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pteris repens. Published online. Accessed: 4 Mar 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Pteris repens Accessed: 4 Mar 2022.

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