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Pteris

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Pteridaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Pteris Linnaeus
1831Pteris Kirchner
1879Pteris Gardner and Ettingshausen p. 32
1919Pteris Knowlton
1963Pteris Chandler p. 30
1991Pteris Chauhan
1996Pteris Liu et al.
2016Pteris I
2023Pteris Huang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
orderPolypodiales
RankNameAuthor
suborderPteridineaePrado and Schuettp 2016
familyPteridaceaeReichenbach
subfamilyPteridoideaeLink 1841
genusPteris

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 bournensis Gardner and Ettingshausen 1879
Pteris dakotensis Lesquereux 1891
Pteris elegans Newberry 1882
Pteris eocenica Gardner and Ettingshausen 1879
Pteris erosa Lesquereux 1878
Pteris glossopteroides Dawson 1882
Pteris hookeri Heer 1863
Pteris idahoensis Knowlton 1898
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Invalid names: Pteris calabazensis Dorf 1930 [objective synonym]
Pteris inquirenda Berry 1918
Pteris linearis Knowlton 1918
Pteris mertensioides Willdenow 1810
Pteris pseudopinnaeformis Lesquereux 1878
Pteris russellii Newberry 1882
Pteris sitkensis Heer 1869
Pteris stenophylla Wallich 1829
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 201.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 190.8 Ma

Collections (63 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8Romania P. sp. (31097)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Alaska) P. sitkensis (112312)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) P. silvicola (28741)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Cuba (Camaguey) P. dentata (34365)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) P. eocenica (24106)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Texas) P. dentata (16542)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Oregon) P. silvicola (35221 35237)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Argentina (Santa cruz) P. nirihuaoensis (141995)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. sp. (141997)
Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Puerto Rico P. sp. (32288 32289 32292 32295)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Miocene33.9 - 5.333Argentina (Rio Negro) P. nirihuaoensis (31543)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Miocene33.9 - 5.333Argentina (Rio Negro Territory) P. nirihuaoensis (31540)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Panama P. sp. (32333 32334 32336 32337 32338 32394 32397)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) P. sp. (23973)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Costa Rica P. spp. (31168)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Bolivia P. sp. (34363)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) P. sp. (223803)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97Panama P. sp. (32451)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian20.43 - 13.6USA (California) P. calabazensis (19206)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Switzerland (Zürich) P. pennaeformis (46225)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Portugal P. sp. (232112 232122 232144)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Panama P. sp. (32308 32310 32311 32312)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Bolivia (Pacajes) P. pacajensis (32002)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Tokyo) P. cretica (224546)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (Victoria) Pteris indet. (172870 172874 172883)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) P. sp. (168819 168822 168888 168889 168893 168918 168924)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa P. sp. (22115)
Quaternary2.588 - 0.0India (Sikkim) P. sp. (228779)
Quaternary2.588 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) P. sp. (228848 228849)
Quaternary2.588 - 0.0India (West Bengal) P. sp. (228810)
Quaternary2.588 - 0.0Panama P. sp. (32309)
Quaternary2.588 - 0.0India (Assam) P. sp. (228816) P. stenophylla (228813 228815 228822)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.781 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) P. sp. (168896)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) P. sp. (144662)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Sikkim) P. wallichiana, P. sp., P. mertensioides (228818)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) P. sp. (228773)