Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Alternative combination: Dryopteris idahoensis
Synonym: Pteris calabazensis Dorf 1930 [objective synonym]
Belongs to Pteris according to R.W. Brown 1940
See also Axelrod 1939 and Knowlton 1919
Sister taxa: 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 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
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Cache Peak (P-3643) (Miocene to Miocene of California)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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