Pteris burtonii

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Pteris burtonii Baker, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 5: 218 (1891), "Burtoni".

Heterotypic
- Pteris johnstonii Baker, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 5: 218 (1891), "Johnstoni".
  - Typus: Sierra Leone, H. Johnston (Holotype: K).
- Pteris aethiopica Christ, J. Bot. (Morot), sér. 2, 2: 21 (1909).
  - Pteris burtonii var. aethiopica (Christ) Tardieu, Mem. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 28: 72, fig. 8 (1953).
- Pteris atrovirens var. cervonii Bonap., Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 19: 388 (1913), nom. nud.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaire.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Tanzania, Uganda.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Angola.

Baker, J.G. 1891. A Summary of the new Ferns which have been discovered or described since 1874. Annals of Botany (Oxford) 5(2): 181–222, Pl. XIV. BHL Reference page.

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