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Ver. 19.2
March 25th, 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)
030.1002 Genus Ceratopteris Brongn.; Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, sér. 3: 8: 186 (1821)
Distribution: Worldwide tropics
Species listed in database: 8
= Cryptogenis Rich. ex Brongn.; Dict. Class d´Hist. Nat. 8: 350 (1823)
= Ellobocarpus Kaulf.; Enum. Filic. 147 (1824) (nom. superfl.)
= Furcaria Desv.; Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 292 (1827) (nom. superfl.)
= Parkeria Hook.; Exot. Fl. 2: t. 147 (1825)
= Teleozoma R.Br.; Addenda, Bot. Append. Franklin, Narrative Journey Polar Sea, 767 (reprint, 39) (1823) (nom. superfl.)
species :
Ceratopteris chingii Y.H.Yang & Jun H.Yu; Plant Diversity 44: 303-304 (2022)
Distribution: China (Anhui, Hunan)
36 CHI
species :
Ceratopteris chunii Y.H.Yang; Plant Diversity 44: 301-302 (2022)
Distribution: China (Guangdong)
36 CHI
species :
Ceratopteris cornuta (P.Beauv.) Lepr.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. 19: 103, t. 4A (1830)
Distribution: Cape Verde Isl.; Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; Chad; Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Soqotra; Uganda; Kenya; Kenya; Tanzania; Zanzibar; Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia (Caprivi Strip); N-Botswana; Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Comores (Mayotte); Seychelles (Ile aux Cerfs, Mahé); S-Iraq; Saudi Arabia; Oman; Yemen; India (Kerala, Rajasthan); Sri Lanka
21 CVI 22 BEN BKN GHA GNB IVO LBR MLI NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 BUR CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 24 CHA ETH SOC SOM SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SWZ 29 COM MDG SEY 35 OMA SAU YEM 40 IND SRL
Remarks: confirmed as separate from C. thalictroides by Fraser-Jenkins et al. (2017). Distribution data probably incomplete
Synonyms: hidden
= Ceratopteris thalictroides var. cornuta (P.Beauv.) Schelpe; Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium 1: 47 (1969)
= Ellobocarpus cornutus (P.Beauv.) Kaulf.; Enum. Filic. 148 (1824)
= Furcaria cornuta (P.Beauv.) Desv.; Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6, 2: 292 (1827)
= Onychium cornutum (P.Beauv.) Hassk.; Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 10. 115 (1843)
= Pteris cornuta P.Beauv.; Fl. d´Oware 1: 63, t. 37 (2) (1806)
species :
Ceratopteris oblongiloba Masuyama & Watano; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 61(2): 84 (2010)
Distribution: Thailand; Cambodia; Sumatra; Philippines; Java
41 CBD THA 42 JAW PHI SUM
species :
Ceratopteris pteridoides (Hook.) Hieron.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 561 (1905)
Name: Floating antlerfern
Distribution: China; Bhutan; India (Assam State, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, etc.); Bangladesh; Vietnam; USA (Florida, S-Louisiana); Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Nayarit, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic); Trinidad; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Atlántico, Bolívar, Chocó, Córdoba, Santander, Sucre, Vichada); Venezuela (Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Guarico, Monagas, Portuguesa, Trujillo, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, Pando, Santa Cruz); Brazil (Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Pará, Pernambuco, Paraná, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Central); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Corrientes, Formosa, Misiones)
36 CHI 40 BAN BHU IND 41 VIE 78 USA 79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 CUB HIS JAM TRT 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
Remarks: confirmed by Fraser-Jenkins et al. (2017) for Asia
Synonyms: hidden
= Ceratopteris lockhartii (Hook. & Grev.) Kunze; Linnaea 18: 241 (1860)
= Ceratopteris parkeri J.Sm.; J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 70 (1841), nom. superfl.
= Parkeria lockhartii Hook. & Grev.; Icon. Filic. 1: t. 97 (1829)
= Parkeria pteridoides Hook.; Exot. Fl. 2, t. 147 (1825)
species :
Ceratopteris richardii Brongn.; Dict. Class d´Hist. Nat. 3: 351 (1823)
Name: Triangle waterfern
Distribution: USA (Alabama, Louisiana); Guatemala; Honduras; Jamaica; Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic); Puerto Rico; Trinidad; Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana
78 USA 80 GUA HON 81 HIS JAM PUE TRT 82 FRG GUY SUR
Synonyms: hidden
= Ceratopteris deltoidea Benedict; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 472, f. 3 (1909)
species :
Ceratopteris shingii Y.H.Yan & Rui Zhang; Phytotaxa 449(1): 24 (2020)
Distribution: China (Hainan)
36 CHI
species :
Ceratopteris thalictroides (L.) Brongn.; Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, sér. 3, 8: 186 (1821)
subspecies :
subsp. thalictroides
Name: Water Sprite, Oriental water fern
Distribution: Hungary [I]; Romania [I]; Iran; China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); South Korea; Japan; Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Nepal; India (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam State, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.; Nicobar Isl.; Myanmar; Thailand (widespread); Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (widespread); Singapore [I]; Sumatra; Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah); Sulawesi; Palawan; Philippines; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, Sumba, Timor); Bismarck Arch. (Admiralty Isl., New Ireland); Solomon Isl. (Bougainville, Guadalcanal); Australia (N-Western Australia, N-Northern Territory, E-Queensland); Fiji [I]; Hawaii [I] (Kauai [I], Oahu [I]); USA (California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas); Mexico (Chiapas, Veracruz); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic); Puerto Rico; Trinidad; Colombia (Antioquia, Bolívar, Chocó, Meta); Venezuela (Anzoategui, Aragua, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Falcon, Guarico, Miranda, Sucre, Tachira, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Brazil (Alagoas, Amazonas, Amapá, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe)
11 hun 13 rom 34 IRN 36 CHI 38 JAP KOR NNS TAI 40 BAN IND NEP SRL 41 AND CBD LAO MYA NCB THA VIE 42 BOR LSI MLY PHI PLW sng SUL SUM 43 BIS SOL 50 AUS 60 fij 63 haw 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 CUB HIS JAM PUE TRT 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 ECU 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Acrostichum siliquosum L.; Sp. Pl. 2: 1070 (1753)
= Acrostichum thalictroides L.; Sp. Pl. 2: 1070 (1753)
= Belvisia siliquosa (L.) Mirb.; Hist. Nat. Veg. (Lam. & Mirb.) 3: 473 (1802)
= Ceratopteris froesii Brade; Arq. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 18: 31, t. 1 (1965)
= Ceratopteris richardi Brongn.; Dict. Class d´Hist. Nat. 8: 351 (1823)
= Ceratopteris siliquosa (L.) Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci. 56: 107 (1935)
= Ceratopteris succulenta (Roxb.) Fraser-Jenk.; Taxon. Revis. Indian Subcontinental Pteridophytes 415 (2008)
= Cryptogenis ferulacea Rich.; ms.
= Ellobocarpus oleraceus Kaulf.; Enum. Filic. 148 (1824)
= Furcaria thalictroides (L.) Desv.; Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6, 2: 292 (1827)
= Naias obvoluta Blanco; 460 (1845)
= Pteris ferulacea Rich. ex Kaulf.; (1824)
= Pteris siliquosa (L.) P.Beauv.; Beauv., Fl. d´Oware 1: 63 (1804)
= Pteris succulenta Roxb.; Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 4: 508 (1844)
= Pteris thalictroides (L.) Sw.; J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 65 (1801)
= Teleozoma thalictroides (L.) R.Br. ex H.Richards; Frankl., Narr. Journey Polar Sea 767 (1823)
subspecies :
subsp. gaudichaudii (Brongn.) Fraser-Jenk. & Pariyar; Ferns and Fern-allies of Nepal 1: 257 (2015)
Distribution: China (Anhui, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong); Japan; Taiwan; Nepal; ?Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam State, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Manipur, Gujarat, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Jammu & Kashmir); Bangladesh; Myanmar; Vietnam; ?Australia (?Queensland); Guam; Palau (Babeldaob, Koror); Fed. States of Micronesia (Yap, Ulithi, Woleai, Faraulep, Ifalik, Lamotrek)
36 CHI 38 JAP TAI 40 BAN IND NEP 41 MYA VIE 62 GUM MIC PLU
Remarks: temporarily the name succulenta was used for this, but gaudichaudii applies (Fraser-Jenkins et al. 2015). Flora of China uses the name pteridioides, which is an American taxon
Synonyms: hidden
= Ceratopteris gaudichaudii Brongn.; Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1821: 187 (1821)
= Ceratopteris gaudichaudii var. vulgaris Masuyama & Watano; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 61(2): 79 (2010)
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