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Pteris
Taxonomy
Pteris was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Pteris longifolia.
It was assigned to Pterideae by Gardner and Ettingshausen (1879); to Polypodiaceae by Knowlton (1919), Chandler (1963); to Pteridoideae by I (2016); and to Pteridaceae by Kirchner (1831), Chauhan (1991), Liu et al. (1996), Huang et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Pterideae by Gardner and Ettingshausen (1879); to Polypodiaceae by Knowlton (1919), Chandler (1963); to Pteridoideae by I (2016); and to Pteridaceae by Kirchner (1831), Chauhan (1991), Liu et al. (1996), Huang et al. (2023).
Species
P. affinis, P. aquilina, P. arborea, P. atropurpurea, P. biaurita, P. bournensis, P. caudata, P. dakotensis, P. dichotoma, P. elegans, P. eocenica, P. erosa, P. furcata, P. glossopteroides, P. grandifolia, P. hookeri, P. idahoensis (syn. P. calabazensis), P. inquirenda, P. lanceolata, P. linearis, P. lineata, P. longifolia (type species), P. mertensioides, P. mutilata, P. pedata, P. pseudopinnaeformis, P. ruffa, P. russellii, P. semipinnata, P. sitkensis, P. stenophylla, P. stipularis, P. trichomanoides, P. tricuspidata, P. vittata
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1753 | Pteris Linnaeus |
| 1831 | Pteris Kirchner |
| 1879 | Pteris Gardner and Ettingshausen p. 32 |
| 1919 | Pteris Knowlton |
| 1963 | Pteris Chandler p. 30 |
| 1991 | Pteris Chauhan |
| 1996 | Pteris Liu et al. |
| 2016 | Pteris I |
| 2023 | Pteris Huang et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Pteris Linnaeus 1753
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†Pteris affinis Lesquereux 1873
Pteris aquilina Linnaeus 1753
Pteris arborea Linnaeus 1753
Pteris atropurpurea Linnaeus 1753
Pteris biaurita Linnaeus 1753
†Pteris bournensis Gardner and Ettingshausen 1879
Pteris caudata Linnaeus 1753
†Pteris dakotensis Lesquereux 1891
Pteris dichotoma Linnaeus 1753
†Pteris elegans Newberry 1882
†Pteris eocenica Gardner and Ettingshausen 1879
†Pteris erosa Lesquereux 1872
Pteris furcata Linnaeus 1753
†Pteris glossopteroides Dawson 1882
Pteris grandifolia Linnaeus 1753
†Pteris hookeri Heer 1863
†Pteris inquirenda Berry 1918
Pteris lanceolata Linnaeus 1753
†Pteris linearis Knowlton 1918
Pteris lineata Linnaeus 1753
Pteris longifolia Linnaeus 1753
Pteris mertensioides Willdenow 1810
Pteris mutilata Linnaeus 1753
Pteris pedata Linnaeus 1753
†Pteris pseudopinnaeformis Lesquereux 1878
Pteris ruffa Linnaeus 1753
†Pteris russellii Newberry 1882
Pteris semipinnata Linnaeus 1753
†Pteris sitkensis Heer 1869
Pteris stenophylla Wallich 1829
Pteris stipularis Linnaeus 1753
Pteris trichomanoides Linnaeus 1753
Pteris tricuspidata Linnaeus 1753
Pteris vittata Linnaeus 1753
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Holocene or 201.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 192.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 192.9 Ma
Collections (63 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hettangian - Sinemurian | Romania | P. sp. (31097) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Wyoming) | P. silvicola (28741) | |
| Eocene | USA (Alaska) | P. sitkensis (112312) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | P. eocenica (24106) | |
| Middle Eocene | Cuba (Camaguey) | P. dentata (34365) | |
| Late/Upper Uintan | USA (Texas) | P. dentata (16542) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | USA (Oregon) | P. silvicola (35221 35237) | |
| Oligocene | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | P. sp. (141997) | |
| Oligocene | Argentina (Santa cruz) | P. nirihuaoensis (141995) | |
| Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene | Puerto Rico | P. sp. (32288 32289 32292 32295) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Argentina (Rio Negro) | P. nirihuaoensis (31540 31543) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Panama | P. sp. (32333 32334 32336 32337 32338 32394 32397) | |
| Miocene | Costa Rica | P. spp. (31168) | |
| Miocene | USA (Montana) | P. sp. (23973) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | Bolivia | P. sp. (34363) | |
| Burdigalian | China (Shandong) | P. sp. (223803) | |
| Hemingfordian | Panama | P. sp. (32451) | |
| Hemingfordian - Barstovian | USA (California) | P. calabazensis (19206) | |
| MN 5 | Switzerland (Zürich) | P. pennaeformis (46225) | |
| Pliocene | Panama | P. sp. (32308 32310 32311 32312) | |
| Pliocene | Portugal | P. sp. (232112 232122 232144) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Bolivia (Pacajes) | P. pacajensis (32002) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Pteris indet. (172870 172874 172883) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Japan (Tokyo) | P. cretica (224546) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | P. sp. (168819 168822 168888 168889 168893 168918 168924) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | P. sp. (22115) | |
| Quaternary | India (Assam) | P. sp. (228816) P. stenophylla (228813 228815 228822) | |
| Quaternary | India (Tamil Nadu) | P. sp. (228848 228849) | |
| Quaternary | India (Sikkim) | P. sp. (228779) | |
| Quaternary | Panama | P. sp. (32309) | |
| Quaternary | India (West Bengal) | P. sp. (228810) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | P. sp. (168896) | |
| Holocene | India (Uttarakhand) | P. sp. (228773) | |
| Holocene | Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) | P. sp. (144662) | |
| Holocene | India (Sikkim) | P. wallichiana, P. sp., P. mertensioides (228818) |