Pteris repens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales 

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

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

Name

Pteris repens C.Chr., Index Filic.: 606 (1906), nom. nov.

Synonyms

  • Replaced synonym
    • Pteris nitida Mett. ex Kuhn, Filic. Afr.: 86 (1868), nom. illeg. non R.Br. 1810.
      • Type: ‘Africa occidentalis. Ad flumen Gaboon’, G. Mann 1047 (Holotype: BM; isotype: K 000435409).
  • Homotypic
    • Afropteris repens (C.Chr.) Alston, Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 30: 5 (1956).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: West Tropical Africa
      • Guinea, Nigeria.
    • Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon.

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

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Roux, J.P. 2009. Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands. Strelitzia 23: 1–296. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 978-1-919976-48-8. ARK: /t0ps2bc93 PDF Reference page. 
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