Pteris pungens

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

Pteris pungens Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 5: 387 (1810).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Pteris quadriaurita var. pungens (Willd.) J.Bommer & Christ, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 35: 189 (1896).
  • Pteris biaurita var. pungens (Willd.) Christ, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24(1): 99 (1897).
• Heterotypic
  • Pteris acuminata Desv., Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. 5: 324 (1811).
  • Pteris macroura Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 5: 380 (1810).
  • Pteris longicauda Christ, Primit. Fl. Costaric. 3: 21 (1901).
  • Pteris pungens var. shimekii Rosenst., Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Neuchâtel 5(2): 51 (1914).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Caribbean 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 West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil North. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Willdenow, C.L. 1810. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta. Tomus 5, pars 1. pp. [i]–l, 1–542. Berolini: G.C. Nauk. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pteris pungens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 1. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Pteris pungens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 Mar 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pteris pungens. Published online. Accessed: 1 Mar 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Pteris pungens Accessed: 1 Mar 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. Pteris pungens – 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.) 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2022 Mar 1.