Dennstaedtiaceae
Pteridium

Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn

First published in C.C.von der Decken, Reisen Ost Afr. 3(3): 11 (1879)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Macaronesia, N. & NE. Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Europe to Siberia and Iran. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is used as animal food, a poison and a medicine, has social uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Antipodean Is., Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Canary Is., Central European Russia, Chatham Is., Chita, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kermadec Is., Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Magadan, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Selvagens, Sicilia, Socotra, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Tuva, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yemen, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Egypt, South Australia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Abdulina, S.A. (1999). Spisok Sosudistykn Rastenii Kazakhstana: 1-187. Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
  • Allan, H.A. (1961). Flora of New Zealand 1: 1-1085. Botany division, D.S.I.R., Christchurch.
  • Barkalov, V.Y. (ed.) (1991). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 5: 1-388. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & Parris, B.S. (2020). Pteridophytes of Turkey - A revised check-list and their relationship to Europe and the West Himalaya. Indian Journal of Forestry 43: 263-284.
  • Gonggrijp, S. & al. (2021). Nova Flora Neerlandica, Lycopodiopsida & Polypodiopsida: 1-275. KNVV uitgeverij.
  • Gorchakovskii, P.L. & al. (1994). Opredelitel' sosudistykkhrastenii srednego Urala: 1-524. Nauka, Moscow.
  • Güner, A., Kandemir, A., Menemen, Y., Yıldırım, H., Aslan, S., Ekşi, G., Güner, I. & Çimen, A.Ö. (eds.) (2018). Resimli Türkiye Florası (Illustrated Flora of Turkey) 2: 1-1054. ANG Vakfı Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi Yayınları. İstanbul.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Krasnoborov, I.M. (ed.) (2000). Flora of Siberia 1: 1-189. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Litvinskaya, S.A. & Murtazaliev, R.A. (2013). Flora of the Northern Caucasus: An Atlas and Identification Book: 1-688. Fiton XXI.
  • Malyschev, L.I., Peshkova, G.A. & Baikov, K.S. (eds.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 14: 1-210. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Merryweather, J. (2020). Britain's Ferns. A field guide to the clubmosses, quillworts, horsetails and ferns of Great Britain and Ireland: 1-280. Princeton University Press.
  • Mickel, J. T. & Smith., A. R. (2004). The Pteridophytes of Mexico. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 88: 1-1054.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Prelli, R. & Boudrie, M. (2021). Les Fougères et plantes alliées d'Europe: 1-528. BIOTOPE.
  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Flora of the Cayman Islands

  • Kuhn in v.d. Decken, Reisen in Ost-Afrika 33: 11 (1879) var. caudatum (L.)
  • Sadebeck in Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. 14, Beiheft 3: 5 (1897).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Abdulina, S.A. (1999). Spisok Sosudistykn Rastenii Kazakhstana: 1-187. Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
  • Allan, H.A. (1961). Flora of New Zealand 1: 1-1085. Botany division, D.S.I.R., Christchurch.
  • Barkalov, V.Y. (ed.) (1991). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 5: 1-388. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Krasnoborov, I.M. (ed.) (2000). Flora of Siberia 1: 1-189. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Litvinskaya, S.A. & Murtazaliev, R.A. (2013). Flora of the Northern Caucasus: An Atlas and Identification Book: 1-688. Fiton XXI.
  • Merryweather, J. (2020). Britain's Ferns. A field guide to the clubmosses, quillworts, horsetails and ferns of Great Britain and Ireland: 1-280. Princeton University Press.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • von Raab-Straube, E. (ed.) (2005-2022). The Euro+Med PlantBase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/query.asp.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Burkill HM. (1995). The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols. 1-3. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols 1-3.
  • Cámara-Leret, R., & Dennehy, Z. (2019). Information gaps in indigenous and local knowledge for science-policy assessments. Nature Sustainability 2:736-741.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 26, 2021 Wu, Z; Wheeler, J; Burns, E; Mestre, E [ZW2] United Kingdom K001291846 Yes
Jun 26, 2021 Wu, Z; Wheeler, J; Burns, E; Mestre, E [ZW2] United Kingdom K001291847 Yes
Jun 26, 2021 Wu, Z; Wheeler, J; Burns, E; Mestre, E [ZW2] United Kingdom K001291746 Yes
Jul 1, 2005 Fay Louis [4826] Cameroon K000338379 No
Jul 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [9207] Cameroon K000109171 No
Sep 1, 1998 Etuge, M. [2338] Cameroon K000746769 No
Jan 1, 1994 DuPuy D.J.; Andriantiana, J. [2375] Madagascar K000215027 No
Jan 1, 1981 Croat, Thomas, B. [28487] Madagascar K000215025 No
Jan 1, 1981 Croat, Thomas, B. Madagascar K000215026 No
Jan 1, 1965 Olsen, S. [900] Philippines K000516169 No
Jul 8, 1959 Quisumbing, E. [M68] Philippines K000516154 No
Jul 8, 1959 Quisumbing, E. [M68] Philippines K000516159 No
Jul 8, 1959 Quisumbing, E. [M68] Philippines K000516155 No
Jul 8, 1959 Quisumbing, E. [M68] Philippines K000516156 No
Jul 8, 1959 Quisumbing, E. [M68] Philippines K000516157 No
Jul 8, 1959 Quisumbing, E. [M68] Philippines K000516158 No
Jul 6, 1959 Quisumbing, E. [M525] Philippines K000516153 No
Jul 6, 1959 Quisumbing, E. [M525] Philippines K000516152 No
Mamba, A.; Banze, A.; Datizua, C.; Osborne, J.; Mucaleque, P.; Rachide, T.; Ndala, B. (guide) [AM34] Mozambique K001346830 No
Conklin, H.C.; Buwaya [78615] Philippines K000516167 No
McGillivray [s.n.] K000519197 No
Croft, J.R. [1931] K000519193 No
Brass, L.J. [30771] K000519196 No
Cheek, M.; Ndive; Sama; Enow; Nicholas; Manga [14144] Cameroon K001562858 Yes
Damanu, E. [14] Fiji K001892106 Yes
Merrett, L.; Ginwalla, R. [2710] Zambia K001622983 Yes
Todd, H. [56] Cameroon K001480233 Yes
Parris, B.S. [5662] Philippines K000516162 No
Cope, T.A [RBG 182] United Kingdom K000914002 Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [8259] Philippines K000516165 No
Cuming, H. [353] Philippines K000516171 No
Mendoza, D.R. [40924] Philippines K000516163 No
Cuming, H. [353] Philippines K000516170 No
Croft, J.R. [1931] K000519192 No
Hidayat, A. [AH 3599] Indonesia K001560145 Yes
Descoings, B. [9742] Congo, Republic of the K001553580 Yes
Parris, B.S. [5662] Philippines K000516160 No
Elmer, A.D.E. [10349] Philippines K000516172 No
Parris, B.S. [5662] Philippines K000516161 No
Edaño, G.E. [21242] Philippines K000516173 No
Leaño, I. [35558] Philippines K000516168 No
Croft, J.R. [1931] K000519194 No
Melville, R. United Kingdom K:SPC-24342.000 No
Mendoza, D.R. [17220] Philippines K000516166 No
Cuming, H. [100] Philippines K000516164 No
Carr, C.E. [13228] K000519195 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 100] Burma Pteris firma K001109251 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 113] Nepal Pteris recurvata K001109305 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 113] Nepal Pteris recurvata K001109306 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0