Pteris pallens

Taxonavigation

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

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

Pteris pallens (Sw.) Mett., Fil. Hort. Bot. Lips.: 54 (1856).

Basionym
- Adiantum pallens Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 84 (1801).
  - Typus: La Réunion: Grand Étang, sentier menant du parking vers le point de vue, puis piste aux bords du lac, 21°05′44″S, 55°38′39″E, 557 m, forêt sempervirente de moyenne altitude, fortmente sécondarisée, 30 Mar 2005, T. Janssen & H. Schneider 2677 (neotype, designated by Zhang et al., 2014 P-00590797; isoneotype: BM).

Homotypic
- Cheilanthes pallens (Sw.) Desv., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 306 (1827).
- Ochropteris pallens (Sw.) J.Sm., J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 158 (1841).
- Cryptogramma pallens (Sw.) Prantl, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 3: 414 (1882).
Heterotypic
- Cheilanthes culcita Desv., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 305 (1827).
- Cheilanthes davallioides Bory ex Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 5: 461 (1810).
- Ochropteris angusta Fée, Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 120 (1852).
- Ochropteris peltigera Fée, Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 120 (1852).
  - Pteris peltigera (Fée) Christenh., Phytotaxa 19: 22 (2011).
- Ochropteris bosseri Tardieu, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, sér. 4, 6: 193 (1984).
  - Pteris bosseri (Tardieu) Christenh., Phytotaxa 19: 21 (2011).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Western Indian Ocean Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion, Seychelles. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Mettenius, G.H. 1856. Filices Horti Botanici Lipsiensis. Die Farne des Botanischen Gartens zu Leipzig. 135 pp., XXX Tafeln, Leopold Voss, Leipzig. BHL Reference page.

Zhang, L., Zhou, X.M., Gao, X.F. & Zhang, L.B. 2014. Pteris barklyae (Pteridaceae): A new combination and neotypication of Adiantum pallens for the fern flora of the Indian Ocean Islands. Phytotaxa 174(2): 116–118. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.174.2.7 Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pteris pallens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 2. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Pteris pallens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Mar 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pteris pallens. Published online. Accessed: 2 Mar 2022.
Hassler, M. 2022. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Pteris pallens Accessed: 2 Mar 2022.