Pteris togoensis

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

Pteris togoensis Hieron., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 402 (1915).

• Typus: Togo: In einer Bergschlucht des Ruë-Gebirges in 500 m. ü. M., August 1908, O. Kersting 653 (Lectotype, designated by Tardieu-Blot 1964, Fl. Cameroun 3: 162): B 20 0093025; isolectotypes: B 20 0093026!, BM, P 00483481).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Pteris quadriaurita subsp. togoensis (Hieron.) Schelpe, Contrib. Bolus Herb. 1: 66 (1969).
• Heterotypic
  • Pteris paucipinnata Alston in Exell, Bull. Inst. Franc. Afr. Noire, A, 21: 443 (1959).
    • Type: Sao Tomé, above Monte Café, 1 010 m, T. Monod 11690 (Holotype: BM).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Tanzania, Uganda Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Brause, G.G.W. & Hieronymus, G. 1915. Pteridophyta africana nova vel non satis cognita. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 53(3–5): 376–433. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pteris togoensis 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 togoensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 Mar 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pteris togoensis. Published online. Accessed: 1 Mar 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Pteris togoensis Accessed: 1 Mar 2022.

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