Pteris biaurita L., Sp. Pl.: 1076 (1753) (syn: Campteria biaurita (L.) Hook. ; Litobrochia biaurita (L.) J.Sm. ; Pteris quadriaurita var. biaurita (L.) J.Bommer & Christ );
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S. Mexico to Tropical America, São Tomé, Comoros, Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Pacific: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Central American Pacific Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Jawa, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Samoa, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Windward Is. as per POWO;
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Pteridaceae week 7/10/21: (Mixed thread): 2 high res. images
attaching images of Pteris from Nashik please help me to identity the species
This one is P. biaurita. But for subspecies one has to see close up the veins below the interpinnular sinus.
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References:
POWO Catalogue of Life GBIF (High resolution specimens) Flora of China FOC illustration India Flora Online India Biodiversity Portal Wikipedia