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Taxon: Genus Pteris L. (1753) (plant)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C. Linnaeus, 1753
Original name:  Linnaeus, C. 1753b. Sp. Pl. 2: 1073.
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Types

Type of: Pteridoideae (Subfamily) Link (1841)

Variants

Not validly published name: Pteris (Genus) nom. inval.

Homonyms

Junior homonym: Pteris (Genus) Gleditsch ex Scopoli (1760), nom. illeg. Ref: E.R. Farr & G. Zijlstra (eds.), 1996-present: 1 Aug 2001.

Synonyms

Junior synonym: Thelypteris (Genus) Adans. (1763), nom. rej. Ref: E.R. Farr & G. Zijlstra (eds.), 1996-present: 9 Feb 1996.
Including: Afropteris (Genus) Alston (1956) Ref: A.R. Smith et al., 2006: 714.
Including: Anopteris (Genus) Prantl ex Diels, in Engl. & Prantl (1899) Ref: A.R. Smith et al., 2006: 714.
Including: Nevrocallis (Genus) Fée (1845) Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2017: 768.
Including: Ochropteris (Genus) J.Sm. (1841) Ref: PPG I, 2016: 578.
Including: Platyzoma (Genus) R.Br. (1810) Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2017: 730.
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