Pteris Linnaeus 1753 (fern)

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Polypodiidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200

Parent taxon: Pteridoideae according to PPG. I 2016

See also Chandler 1963, Chauhan 1991, Gardner and Ettingshausen 1879, Huang et al. 2023, Kershaw et al. 2007, Knowlton 1919 and Liu et al. 1996

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Pteris affinis Pteris bournensis Pteris dakotensis Pteris elegans Pteris eocenica Pteris erosa Pteris glossopteroides Pteris hookeri Pteris idahoensis Pteris inquirenda Pteris linearis Pteris mertensioides Pteris pseudopinnaeformis Pteris russellii Pteris sitkensis Pteris stenophylla

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Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (11 collections), the Bahamas (1), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), India (10), Japan (1), Panama (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Bolivia (1)

• Pliocene of Panama (4), Portugal (3)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Bolivia (1)

• Miocene of China (1), Costa Rica (1), Panama (8), Switzerland (1), United States (2: California, Montana)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (2)

• Oligocene of Argentina (2), Puerto Rico (4), United States (2: Oregon)

• Eocene of Cuba (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: Alaska, Texas, Wyoming)

• Jurassic of Romania (1)

Total: 63 collections including 65 occurrences

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