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Ver. 19.2
April 17th, 2024

030.0000 Family Pteridaceae E.D.M.Kirchn.; Schul-Bot. 109 (1831)
48 genera, ca. 1350 spp. The family has been split extensively in smaller subgroups, but Smith et al. (2006) and PPG-I argue for keeping them together.
Species listed in database: 1394; hybrids: 62
= Acrostichaceae Mett. ex A.B.Frank; Syn. Pflanzenkd. (Leunis) ed. 2, 3: 1458 (1877), nom. rej.
= Actiniopteridaceae Pic.Serm.; Webbia 17: 5 (1962)
= Adiantaceae Newman; Hist. Brit. Ferns 5 (1840) nom. cons. over Parkeriaceae (1825)
= Anopteraceae Doweld; Tent. Syst. Pl. Vasc. 51 (2001)
= Antrophyaceae (Link) Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16: 11 (1978)
= Ceratopteridaceae Underw.; Our nat. Ferns ed. 6: 65, 78 (1900)
= Cheilanthaceae B.K.Nayar; Taxon 19: 233 (1970)
= Cryptogrammaceae Pic.Serm.; Webbia 17: 299 (1963)
= Hemionitidaceae Pic.Serm.; Webbia 21: 487 (1966)
= Negripteridaceae Pic.Serm.; Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. ser. 2, 53: 160 (1946)
= Parkeriaceae Hook.; Exot. Fl. 2: t. 147 (1825), nom. rej. in favor of Adiantaceae
= Platyzomataceae Nakai; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. (Tokyo) 29: 4 (1950)
= Pteridaceae Reichenb.; Handb. Nat. Pflanzensyst. 138 (1837)
= Sinopteridaceae Koidz.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 3: 50 (1934)
= Taenitidaceae (C.Presl) Pic.Serm.; Webbia 29: 1 (1974)
= Vittariaceae Ching; Sunyatsenia 5: 232 (1940)
030.3006 Genus Actiniopteris Link; Fil. Spec. Cult. 79 (1841)
Distribution: Africa and adjacent islands, 1 sp. east to Afghanistan, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka
Species listed in database: 5
species :
Actiniopteris australis (L.f.) Link; Fil. Spec. 80 (1841)
Distribution: Mauritius; La Réunion
29 MAU REU
Synonyms: hidden
= Acropteris australis (L.f.) Link; Hort. Berol. 2: 66 (1833)
= Acropteris radiata var. australis (L.f.) Hook.; Species filicum 3,10/12: 276 (1860)
= Acrostichum australe L.f.; Suppl. Pl. 444 (1781)
= Actiniopteris dichotoma var. australis (L.f.) Kuhn; Von der Decken´s Reisen in Ost-Afrika in 1851-1861 3,3 Botany: 18 (1879)
= Actiniopteris radiata var. australis (L.f.) Hook.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 10: t. 976 (1854), nom. superfl.
= Asplenium australe (L.f.) Sw.; J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 50 (1801)
= Belvisia australis (L.f.) Mirb.; Hist. Nat. Veg. (Lam. & Mirb.) 3: 473 (1802)
= Blechnum flabellatum C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 103 (1836), nom. nov. for Asplenium australe (L.f.) Sw., non Brack. (1854: 173)
= Pteris australis (L.f.) Thouars; Obs. sur l´Isl. d´Afr. 11, ex Hook. & Grev (1827)
= Pteris dichotoma var. australis (L.f.) Kuhn; Filic. Afr. 18 (1868)
= Pteris dichotoma var. elongata Mett.; Kuhn, Filic. Afr.: 79 (1868), nom. superfl.
species :
Actiniopteris dimorpha Pic.Serm.; Webbia 17: 18 (1962)
subspecies :
subsp. dimorpha
Distribution: Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Comores; Comores (Mayotte); La Réunion
23 BUR CON ZAI 24 ETH SOM SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT SAF SWZ 29 COM MDG REU
subspecies :
subsp. diversiformis Kornas; Bull. Jard. Bot. Belg. 52(3-4): 282 (1982)
Distribution: Zambia
26 ZAM
species :
Actiniopteris pauciloba Pic.Serm.; Webbia 17: 21, f.3 (1962)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe
23 ZAI 25 TAN 26 ANG MLW ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Actiniopteris kornasii Medw.-Kornas; Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 44(1): 72 (1999) (tentative synonym)
= Actiniopteris pauciloba var. stricta Medw.-Kornas; Prace Botaniczne 35: 91 (2000)
species :
Actiniopteris radiata (J.Koenig ex Sw.) Link; Fil. Spec. 80 (1841)
Distribution: SE-Egypt; Cape Verde Isl. (Santo Antao Isl., Ilha de Sao Nicolau, Fogo Isl.); Mali; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Chad; Sudan; Ethiopia; Djibouti; Somalia; Rwanda; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zanzibar; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (N-Cape Prov., North West, Limpopo, Mpulamanga, NE-KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; +Mauritius; ?La Réunion; Iran; Saudi Arabia; Oman; N-Yemen; Pakistan (Pakistani Punjab); ?Nepal; Bhutan; India (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh); Sri Lanka; Myanmar
20 EGY 21 CVI 22 BEN MLI NGA NGR TOG 23 CMN RWA 24 CHA DJI ETH SOM SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 29 MAU MDG 34 IRN 35 OMA SAU YEM 40 BHU IND PAK SRL 41 MYA
Synonyms: hidden
= Acropteris dichotoma (Forssk.) Farw.; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 112: 289 (1931)
= Acropteris radiata (J.Koenig ex Sw.) Link; Hort. Berol. 2: 56 (1833)
= Acrostichum australe Vahl; Symbolae botanicae 1: 84, pl. 25 (1790), non L.f. (1782)
= Acrostichum dichotomum Forssk.; Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 184 (1775) (non L. (1763))
= Acrostichum radiatum (Sw.) Poir.; Lamarck, Encycl. Meth. Bot., Suppl. 1., 1: 128 (1810)
= Actiniopteris australis Ettingsh.; Die Farnkräuter der Jetzwelt: 85, pl. 51, figs 10-13 (1864), non Link (1841)
= Actiniopteris australis var. radiata (J.Koenig ex Sw.) C.Chr.; Dansk Botanisk Arkiv 7: 125 (1932)
= Actiniopteris dichotoma (Forssk.) Kuhn; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 504 (1871)
= Asplenium polydactylon Webb; Hook., Niger Fl. 193 (1849)
= Asplenium radiatum J.Koenig ex Sw.; J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 50 (1801)
= Blechnum radiatum (J.Koenig ex Sw.) C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 103 (1836)
= Pteris dichotoma Kuhn; Fil. africanae 18 (1867), non L. (1753)
= Pteris radiata (J.Koenig ex Sw.) Bojer; Hortus Maurit. 399 (1837)
species :
Actiniopteris semiflabellata Pic.Serm.; Webbia 17: 24, f.4 (1962)
Distribution: SE-Egypt; Mauritania; Nigeria; Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Chad; Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Djibouti; Somalia; Soqotra; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zanzibar; C-Namibia (Naukluft Mts.); Madagascar; Mauritius; La Réunion; Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates; Oman; N-Yemen; S-Yemen; Nepal
20 EGY 22 MTN NGA 23 BUR CMN CON RWA ZAI 24 CHA DJI ERI ETH SOC SOM SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 27 NAM 29 MAU MDG REU 35 OMA SAU UAE YEM 40 NEP
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