Pteris cretica subsp. laeta (Ettingsh.) Fraser-Jenk., Notul. Syst. (Paris) 6(3): 137 1937. (syn: Pteris cretica var. cartilagidens H. Christ; Pteris cretica var. laeta (Wall. ex Ettingsh.) C. Chr. & Tard.; Pteris cretica var. latifolia J. Agardh; Pteris cretica var. rosthornii Diels; Pteris laeta Wall.; Pteris laeta var. latifolia Agardh; Pteris mysorensis Fée; Pteris plumbea Wu Wong & Pong; Pteris prainii Ghosh);
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E. Turkey to Tropical & Subtropical Asia: Afghanistan, Assam, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Iran, Japan, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO;
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China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), SE-Tibet, Japan, Taiwan, Azerbaijan (Talysh), Pakistan, Bhutan, Cambodia, India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam State, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal), Jammu & Kashmir, S-India, Sri Lanka, Laos, Nepal, Vietnam, Myanmar [Burma], Philippines, Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda Isl. (Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Timor), E-Turkey (Anatolia), W-Iran, E-Afghanistan as per Catalogue of Life;
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SK 2875 03 March 2021- Fern: 2 images.
Habitat : Wild
Could be Pteris cretica!
We need pictures of a complete fertile and sterile fronds. At times it becomes difficult to identify from field photographs.
Looks matching !
They are Pteris but I do not know the species
Fern expert from Nepal identified as Pteris cretica subsp. laeta (Ettingsh.) Fraser-Jenk. !
SK 2874 03 March 2021- Fern: 3 very high resolution images.
Habitat : Wild
Do you have a single frond picture of this one? Are the fronds dimorphic.
Sorry …, these are the only images!
This surely is a Pteris
Pl. check with images at Pteris cretica L.
Pteris looks good but there are so many sp. for proper ID !
Pteris cretica subsp. laeta ??
Confirmed as Pteris cretica L. !
Revalidated as Pteris cretica subsp. laeta !
By whom?
Co-author of ‘Ferns and Fern-allies of Nepal’ VolI,II,III Dr. Kandel
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SK 3932 04 March 2024 – Fern: 5 very high res. images.
Sir it seems a species of Pteris
Pteris spp.
I guess so but could not confirm !
This has been ID as Pteris cretica subsp. laeta (Ettingsh.) Fraser-Jenk. by Mr. Dhan Raj Kandel, expert from Nepal !
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References:
POWO Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 Tropicos IPNI GBIF (High resolution specimens) Flora of China Flora of peninsular India
