Pteridaceae
Pteris

Pteris burtonii Baker

First published in Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 5: 218 (1891)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Tard. in Mém. I.F.A.N. 28: 72, t. 10, Fig. 6, 7 (1953).
  • in Ann. Bot. 5 : 218 (1891)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2005 Fay Louis [4825] Cameroon K000683555 No
Oct 1, 2005 Fay Louis [4825] Cameroon K000338383 No
Oct 1, 2005 Fay Louis [4825] Cameroon K000338382 No
Jan 1, 1996 Cable, S. [536] Cameroon K000011705 No
Aug 6, 1932 Johnston, H.H. [95] Sierra Leone K000435414 Type Yes
La Croix, I.F. [4981] Congo, Republic of the K000501455 No
Kami, E. [4877] Congo, Republic of the K000678513 Yes
La Croix, I.F. [4987] Congo, Republic of the K000501454 No
Burton [s.n.] Ghana K000435413 Type Yes

Sources

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0