Pteris otaria

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales 

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

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

Name

Pteris otaria Bedd., Ferns S. India: 13, pl. XLI (1863).

  • Typus: Slopes below Puntaloor Wynad (Malabar), Beddome

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Pteris quadriaurita f. ludens Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 386 (1864).
      • Syntypes: Ceylon, Central Province, Thwaites 13512, 3060, (1133)
      • Pteris quadriaurita var. ludens (Thwaites) Bedd., Handb. Ferns Brit. India: 111 (1883).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asia-Tropical
    • Regional: Indian Subcontinent
      • India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Beddome, R.H. 1863. The ferns of southern India. Being descriptions and plates of the ferns of the Madras presidency. 88 pp., 7 pp index, 270 pl., Gantz Brothers, Madras. BHL Reference page. 
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