Namaquapteris

Taxonavigation

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

Namaquapteris Windham & Pryer, Taxon 74(2): 278 (2025).

Type species: Namaquapteris capensis (Thunb.) Windham & Pryer ≡ Adiantum capensis Thunb.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Nigeria.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Cameroon, Zaïre.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces (Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape), Lesotho, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Northern Provinces (Gauteng, Northern Province).).

Schuettpelz, E., Windham, M.D., Prado, J., Hooper, E.A., Yatskievych, G.A., Huiet, L., Picard, K.T. & Pryer, K.M. 2025. A phylogenetically informed generic reclassification of the hemionitid ferns (Pteridaceae: Cheilanthoideae). Taxon 74(2): 260–291. DOI: 10.1002/tax.13314 Reference page.

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International Plant Names Index. 2025. Namaquapteris. Published online. Accessed: 6 May 2025. Reference page.