Pteris dentata Forssk.

First published in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: CXXIV, 186 (1775)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Aegean Islands to Iran and Arabian Peninsula, Africa. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Adiantaceae, A. H. G. Alston. Flora of West Tropical Africa. Ferns and Fern-Allies Supplement. 1959

Ecology
In open woods, at about 4, 000 ft. alt.
[FWTA]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/78680592/120223162

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Pteridaceae, Bernard Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2002

Vegetative Multiplication Rhizomes
Rhizome erect or creeping with blackish chestnut shining linear-lanceolate scales 5 mm long.
Habitat
Grassland, upland bamboo forest, montane rain forest, often by stream sides, also old rubber plantations, bare slopes of landslips and on trunks of oil palms; 1000–2700(–2950) m
Distribution
K1 K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 T1 T2 T3 T4 T6 T7 T8 U2
[FTEA]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/43924/2990518

Conservation
CR - critically endangered
[IUCN]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/43918/2989782

Conservation
VU - vulnerable
[IUCN]

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • 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/
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  • Kew Science Photographs

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