Pteris biaurita

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Pteridoideae
Genus: Pteris
Species: Pteris biaurita
Subspecies: P. b. subsp. biaurita – P. b. subsp. fornicata – P. b. subsp. walkeriana

Name

Pteris biaurita L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1076 (1753).

• Lectotype (designated by Proctor 1977: 145). Plumier, Descr. Pl. Amér., pl. 14, 1693 (Traité Foug. Amér., pl. 15. 1705), illustrating a plant from Martinique or Hispaniola. LINN 1246.19 was added after 1755, according to Jackson (1912).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Pteris biauriculata L., Fl. Jamaic.: 23 (1759), orth. var.
  • Campteria biaurita (L.) Hook., Gen. Fil.: ad t. 65A (1841).
  • Litobrochia biaurita (L.) J.Sm., Cat. Cult. Ferns: 37 (1857).
  • Pteris quadriaurita var. biaurita (L.) J.Bommer & Christ, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 35: 190 (1896).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Gulf of Guinea Islands. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Comoros. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast, Tibet. Regional: Eastern Asia Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera. Regional: Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Queensland. Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Wallis-Futuna Islands. Regional: Northwestern Pacific Caroline Islands, Marianas. Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, Central American Pacific Islands, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua. Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1076. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Tryon, R.M. 1964. The ferns of Peru. Polypodiaceae (Dennstaedtieae to Oleandreae). Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 194: 1–253. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 
• 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 biaurita in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Oct 3. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Pteris biaurita. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 Oct 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Pteris biaurita. Published online. Accessed: 3 Oct 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Pteris biaurita Accessed: 3 Oct 2023.