Pteridaceae
Pteris

Pteris biaurita L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1076 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mexico to Tropical America. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Central American Pacific Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Chang, C.-S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2021). Checklist of Far East Asian Vascular Flora 1: 1-626. EABCN, Seoul.
  • Chao, Y.S. & al. (2021). Taxonomic and nomenclatural novelties in the Pteris fauriei group (Pteridaceae). Taiwania 66: 307-316.
  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
  • Hsu, T.C., Chen, C.W., Knapp, R. & Hung, H.C. (2019). Ferns and Lycophytes I. The illustrated flora of Taiwan. Tai wan yuan sheng zhi wu quan tu jian 8(1): 1-448. Tai bei shi : Mao tou ying chu ban : Jia ting chuan mei cheng bang fen gong si fa xing.
  • 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.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 1: 1-897. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Velázquez Montes, E. (2018). Flora de Guerrero 82: 1-230. Facultade de Ciencias, UNAM.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • 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
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 7, 1994 Edwards, P.J. [3580] Malaysia K:SPC-66232.000 No
Jan 1, 1992 Quisumbing, E. [s.n.] Philippines K000473590 No
Jan 1, 1991 Matthew, C.G. [35] Malaysia K000444759 No
Jan 1, 1991 Anonymous [s.n.] Indonesia K000445912 No
Jan 1, 1991 Piggott, A.G. [1836] Malaysia K000444758 No
Jan 1, 1991 Suringar, W.F.R., (?) [s.n.] Indonesia K000445920 No
Jan 1, 1991 Winckel, W.F. [1384B] Indonesia K000445916 No
Jan 1, 1991 Merrill, E.D. [182] Philippines K000473482 No
Aug 1, 1983 Piggott, A.G. [1462] Malaysia K000444767 No
Aug 1, 1983 Matthew, C.G. [s.n.] Malaysia K000444768 No
Aug 1, 1983 Robinson, H.C. [6361] Malaysia K000444766 No
Jul 1, 1983 Kloss, C.B. [6644] Malaysia K000444769 No
Nov 1, 1973 Shea, G. [SAN74643] Malaysia K000446789 No
Jan 1, 1958 Pleyte, D.R. [144] Indonesia K000445921 No
Feb 1, 1941 Schiffner, V.F. [P112] Indonesia K000445923 No
Jan 1, 1926 Bünnemeijer, H.A.B. [11407] Indonesia K000446790 No
Feb 1, 1924 Bünnemeijer, H.A.B. [12499] Indonesia K000446793 No
Feb 1, 1924 Bünnemeijer, H.A.B. [10739] Indonesia K000446791 No
Feb 1, 1924 Bünnemeijer, H.A.B. [12499] Indonesia K000446792 No
Anonymous [s.n.] Malaysia K000444757 No
[Poeppig] [s.n.] Peru K000589389 Isotype Yes
Edaño, G.E. [16590] Philippines K000473483 No
Kostermanns, A.J.W.H.; Wirawan [546] Indonesia K000446784 No
Henderson, M.R. [29178] Malaysia K000444756 No
Posthumus, O. [1467] Indonesia K000445922 No
Vanoverbergh, M. [1655a] Philippines K000473484 No
Jaman, R.; Zainudin [88] Malaysia K000444761 No
Hooker, J. [s.n.] Indonesia K000445913 No
Anonymous [15787] Malaysia K000444760 No
Joncheere, G.J.de [1005] Indonesia K000446794 No
Posthumus, O. [1467] Indonesia K000445911 No
Clemens, J.; Clemens, M.S. [27068] Malaysia K000446786 No
Nur, M. [11521] Malaysia K000444752 No
Millett, C. [s.n.] Indonesia K000445918 No
Bidin, A.; Jaman, R. [142] Malaysia K000444763 No
Millett, C. [s.n.] Indonesia K000445917 No
Norris, W. [s.n.] Malaysia K000444753 No
Raciborski, M. [s.n.] Indonesia K000445914 No
Kunstler, H.H. [1338] Malaysia K000444755 No
Holttum, R.E. [25595] Malaysia K000446785 No
Millett, C. [s.n.] Indonesia K000445919 No
Clemens, J.; Clemens, M.S. [27213] Malaysia K000446788 No
Piggott, A.G. [1462] Malaysia K000451645 No
Holttum, R.E. [31310] Malaysia K000444764 No
Joncheere, G.J.de [1041] Indonesia K000446795 No
Kunstler, H.H. [1338] Malaysia K000444754 No
Jaman, R.; Zainudin [88] Malaysia K000444762 No
Clemens, J.; Clemens, M.S. [27068] Malaysia K000446787 No
Raciborski, M. [s.n.] Indonesia K000445915 No
Nur, M. [12049] Malaysia K000444765 No
Matthew, C.G. [s.n.] Malaysia K000444770 No
Jan 1, 1992 Kunstler, H.H. [1405] Malaysia Pteris caudiformis K000451648 No
Jan 1, 1992 Kunstler, H.H. [1405] Malaysia Pteris caudiformis K000451647 No

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

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

  • 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 2026. 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 2026. 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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