Pteris dentata

Pteris dentata

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

Pteris dentata Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: CXXIV, 186 (1775).

• Typus: Yemen, Menacha, Schweinfurth 1402 ((Neotype, designated by Runemark, Bot. Notiser 115(2): 189 (1962): C; isoneotype: K)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Pteris serrulata Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 187 (1775).
    • Typus: Yemen, Hadie, Forsskål (Lectotype, designated by C.V.Morton, Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 116: 247–248 (1969): BM).
    • Pteris arguta Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 458 (1789), nom. illeg.
  • Lonchitis adscensionis G.Forst., Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. 9: 72 (1789).
    • Typus: "Habitat in insula Adscensionis." [21–31 May 1775], J.R. Forster & J.G.A. Forster (B-W 20018-01 0, LE 00008595).
    • Pteris adscensionis (G.Forst.) Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 67 (1801) (accepted by WorldPlants; Critically Endangered).
    • Asplenium adscensionis (G.Forst.) Bernh., Asplenium: 18, f. 8 (1802).
    • Pteris flabellata var. ascensionis (G.Forst.) Hook., Sp. Fil. 2: 185 (1858).
  • Pteris flabellata Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 172 (1800).
    • Type: South Africa, Cape Province, between Taffelberg & Leuwekopp, Thunberg s.n. (Lectotype, designated by Runemark, Bot. Notiser 115(2): 191 (1962))
    • Pteris arguta var. flabellata (Thunb.) Mett. in F.A.M.Kuhn, Filic. Afr.: 76 (1868).
    • Pteris dentata subsp. flabellata (Thunb.) Runemark, Bot. Notis. 115: 190 (1962).
  • Pteris elegans Jacq., Fragm. Bot.: 74, t. 116 (1809).
  • Pteris semiserrata Roxb. in A. Beatson, Tracts St. Helena: 319 (1816).
  • Pteris flaccida Fée, Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 126 (1852).
  • Pteris arguta f. major Mett. ex Kuhn, Filic. Afr.: 76 (1868).
  • Pteris arguta f. minor Mett. ex Kuhn, Filic. Afr.: 77 (1868).
  • Pteris oligodyctyon Baker, J. Bot. 18: 328 (1880).
    • Pteris dentata var. oligodictya (Baker) Tardieu, Fl. Madag. Comores, 5e Fam.: 92, fig. 14, t. 7, 8 (1958).
  • Pteris straminea Cordem., Bull. Soc. Sci. Île Réunion 1890–1891: 160 (1890), nom. illeg.
    • Pteris cordemoyi C.Chr., Index Filic.: 595 (1906), nom. nov.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces. Regional: Middle Atlantic Ocean Ascension, St.Helena. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion, Rodrigues. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia East Aegean Islands, Iran, Lebanon-Syria. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia, Yemen. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Forsskål, P. (†). 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica. Sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Aegyptum inferiorem et Arabiam felicem detexit, illustravit Petrus Forskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Ex officina Mölleri, Hauniae [Copenhagen]. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.41 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Runemark, H. 1962. A revision of Pteris dentata and related species. Botaniska Notiser 115(2): 177–195. Full issue PDF Reference page. 
• Verdcourt, B. 2002. Pteridaceae. In Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.), Flora of Tropical East Africa. 29 pp. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, United Kingdom. ISBN 90-5809-407-3 JSTOR Global Plants Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pteris dentata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 13. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2021. Pteris dentata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Oct 2021.
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pteris dentata. Published online. Accessed: 13 Oct 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Pteris dentata Accessed: 13 Oct 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Pteris dentata – World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World . In: Roskov Y., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J. & Penev L. (eds.) 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Oct 13.