Pteris altissima

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

Pteris altissima Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 722 (1804).

• Typus: Puerto Rico, 1797, Ledru s.n. (Holotype: P-Lam.).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Litobrochia altissima (Poir.) Fée, Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 135 (1852).
• Heterotypic
  • Pteris sterilis C.Presl, Delic. Prag. 1: 184 (1822).
    • Typus: Brazil, Anon. (isotype: BR)
  • Pteris palustris Gaudich., Voy. Uranie: 391 (1829).
  • Pteris lata Kaulf. in Link, Hort. Berol. 2: 28 (1833).
    • Pteris deflexa var. lata (Kaulf.) Luetzelb., Estud. Bot. Nordéste 3: 249 (1923).
  • Pteris macroptera Link, Hort. Berol. 2: 32 (1833).
    • Typus: Cultivated at Berlin from material collected in Brazil, Anon. (Holotype: B)
    • Litobrochia macroptera (Link) J.Sm., J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 163 (1841).
  • Pteris podophylla Kunze, Linnaea 9: 75 (1834).
  • Litobrochia intermedia C.Presl, Tent. Pterid.: 149 (1836).
    • Pteris intermedia Kaulf. in C.von Ettingshausen, Farnkr. Jetztw.: 101 (1865 publ. 1864).
  • Litobrochia schiedeana C.Presl, Tent. Pterid.: 148 (1836).
    • Pteris schiedeana C.Presl Ettingsh., Farnkr. Jetztw.: 99 (1865 publ. 1864).
  • Pteris elata J.Agardh, Recens. Spec. Pter.: 63 (1839).
    • Typus: Panama, Cuming 1267 (Holotype: K); isotypes: BM, GH)
    • Litobrochia elata (J.Agardh) Fée, Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 135 (1852).
  • Pteris kunzeana J.Agardh, Recens. Spec. Pter.: 62 (1839).
    • Syntypes: French Guiana. Leprieur s.n. (G-Delessert); “ad Cayennam,” Richard s.n. (P); Peru, Matthews s.n. (K, frag. NY, Poeppig [225] (K; isosyntype B, frag. NY).
    • Litobrochia kunzeana (J.Agardh) Fée, Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 135 (1852).
  • Pteris protea Liebm., Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afh., ser. 5, 1: 228 (1849).
    • Syntypes: Mexico. Veracruz: Colipa, Liebmann s.n. [Pl. Mex. 2728, Fl. Mex. 758, 759], Pital to Río Nautla, [Pl. Mex. 2729, Fl. Mex. 760], between Colipa and Misantla [Pl. Mex. 2730, Fl. Mex. 557] (all C; isosyntypes BM, K).
  • Pteris elata var. karsteniana Kunze, Linnaea 23: 287 (1850).
    • Litobrochia karsteniana (Kunze) Fée, Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 135 (1852).
    • Pteris altissima var. karsteniana (Kunze) Hieron., Hedwigia 48: 245 (1909).
  • Litobrochia grandis Fée, Mém. Foug. 8: 75 (1857).
    • Syntypes. Mexico. [Veracruz:] Barranca de San Francisco, (Mirador), Schaffner 144 [1854] (P); Cuba. Morelet s.n. (P); Saint Dominique [Dominican Republic]. de Tussac s.n. (P).
    • Pteris grandis (Fée) Hook., Sp. Fil. 2: 229 (1858).
  • Pteris kunzeana var. polita J.Bommer, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 35: 192 (1896).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Windward Islands. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South. Regional: Southern South America Paraguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lamarck, J.-B. & Poiret, J.L.M. 1804. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Botanique. Tome 5. 748 pp. H. Agasse, Paris. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Mickel, J.T. & Smith, A.R. 2004. The Pteridophytes of Mexico. Part I (Descriptions and Maps). Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 88: i–xi, 1–1054. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Pteris altissima in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Aug 31. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Pteris altissima. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Aug 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Pteris altissima. Published online. Accessed: 31 Aug 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Pteris altissima Accessed: 31 Aug 2023.