Pteris Linnaeus 1753 (fern)

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Polypodiidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 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 aquilina Pteris arborea Pteris atropurpurea Pteris biaurita Pteris bournensis Pteris caudata Pteris dakotensis Pteris dichotoma Pteris elegans Pteris eocenica Pteris erosa Pteris furcata Pteris glossopteroides Pteris grandifolia Pteris hookeri Pteris idahoensis Pteris inquirenda Pteris lanceolata Pteris linearis Pteris lineata Pteris longifolia Pteris mertensioides Pteris mutilata Pteris pedata Pteris pseudopinnaeformis Pteris ruffa Pteris russellii Pteris semipinnata Pteris sitkensis Pteris stenophylla Pteris stipularis Pteris trichomanoides Pteris tricuspidata Pteris vittata

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Type: Pteris longifolia

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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