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The genus Pteris is in the family Pteridaceae in the major group Pteridophytes (Ferns and fern allies).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Pteris

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Pteris acanthoneura Alston	Accepted		TRO
Pteris actiniopteroides H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Pteris altissima Poir.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris amoena Blume	Accepted		TRO
Pteris angustata (Fée) C.V. Morton	Accepted		TRO
Pteris angustipinna Tagawa	Accepted		TRO
Pteris angustipinnula Ching & S.H. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Pteris arisanesis Tagawa	Accepted		TRO
Pteris aspericaulis Wall. ex J. Agardh	Accepted		TRO
Pteris austrosinica (Ching) Ching	Accepted		TRO
Pteris bahamensis (J. Agardh) Fée	Accepted		TRO
Pteris bakeri C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris baksaensis Ching	Accepted		TRO
Pteris bella Tagawa	Accepted		TRO
Pteris berteroana AGARDH	Accepted		TRO
Pteris biaurita L.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris blumeana C. Agardh	Accepted		TRO
Pteris bomiensis Ching & S.K. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Pteris brasiliensis Raddi	Accepted		TRO
Pteris brausei (Rosenst.) Rosenst.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris brevisora Baker	Accepted		TRO
Pteris burtonii Baker	Accepted		TRO
Pteris cadieri H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Pteris caiyangheensis L.L. Deng	Accepted		TRO
Pteris camerooniana Kuhn	Accepted		TRO
Pteris catoptera Kunze	Accepted		TRO
Pteris chiapensis A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris chilensis Desv.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris confertinervia Ching in Ching & S. H. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Pteris consanguinea Mett. ex Kuhn	Accepted		TRO
Pteris coriacea Desv.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris crassiuscula Ching & Chu H. Wang	Accepted		TRO
Pteris cretica L.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris cryptogrammoides Ching in Ching & S. H. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Pteris dactylina Hook.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris daguensis (Hieron.) Lellinger	Accepted		TRO
Pteris decrescens H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Pteris decurrens C. Presl	Accepted		TRO
Pteris deflexa Link	Accepted		TRO
Pteris deltodon Baker	Accepted		TRO
Pteris dentata Forssk.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris denticulata Sw.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris dispar Kunze	Accepted		TRO
Pteris dissitifolia Baker	Accepted		TRO
Pteris ensiformis Burm. f.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris esquirolii H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Pteris excelsa Gaudich.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris fauriei Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris finotii H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Pteris formosana Baker	Accepted		TRO
Pteris fraseri Mett. ex Kuhn	Accepted		TRO
Pteris gallinopes Ching in Ching & S. H. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Pteris geminata Wall.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris gigantea Willd.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris gracillima Ching & S.K. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Pteris grandifolia L.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris guangdongensis Ching in Ching & S. H. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Pteris guizhouensis Ching in Ching & S. H. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Pteris haenkeana C. Presl	Accepted		TRO
Pteris hamulosa (H. Christ) H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Pteris hekouensis Ching ex Ching & S.H. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Pteris henryi H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Pteris heteroclita Desv.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris heteromorpha Fée	Accepted		TRO
Pteris hexagona (L.) Proctor	Accepted		TRO
Pteris hirsutissima Ching in Ching & S. H. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Pteris hui Ching	Accepted		TRO
Pteris hunanensis C.M. Zhang	Accepted		TRO
Pteris inermis (Rosenst.) de la Sota	Accepted		TRO
Pteris insignis Mett. ex Kuhn	Accepted		TRO
Pteris kidoi Sa. Kurata	Accepted		TRO
Pteris kiuschiuensis Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris lancaefolia J. Agardh	Accepted		TRO
Pteris lastii C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris laurea Desv.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris lechleri Mett.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris leptophylla Sw.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris liboensis P.S. Wang	Accepted		TRO
Pteris linearis Poir.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris livida Mett.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris longifolia L.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris longipes D. Don	Accepted		TRO
Pteris longipinna Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Pteris longipinnula Wall. ex J. Agardh	Accepted		TRO
Pteris maclurioides Ching in Ching & S. H. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Pteris majestica Ching in Ching & S. H. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Pteris malipoensis Ching in Ching & S. H. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Pteris mcclurei Ching	Accepted		TRO
Pteris medogensis Ching & S.K. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Pteris menglaensis Ching in Ching & S. H. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Pteris mildbraedii Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris monghaiensis Ching ex Ching & S.H. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Pteris morii Masam.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris multifida Poir.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris muricatopedata Arbeláez	Accepted		TRO
Pteris muricella Fée	Accepted		TRO
Pteris nanlingensis R.H. Miao	Accepted		TRO
Pteris navarrensis H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Pteris nipponica W.C. Shieh	Accepted		TRO
Pteris obtusiloba Ching & S.H. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Pteris occidentali-sinica Ching in Ching & S. H. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Pteris olivacea Ching in Ching & S. H. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Pteris orizabae M. Martens & Galeotti	Accepted		TRO
Pteris oshimensis Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris paradoxa (R. Br.) Desv.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris paucinervata Fée	Accepted		TRO
Pteris pearcei Baker	Accepted		TRO
Pteris pedata (L.) Kuhn	Accepted		TRO
Pteris podophylla Sw.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris propinqua J. Agardh	Accepted		TRO
Pteris pseudodactylina Ching & S.K. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Pteris pseudolonchitis Bory	Accepted		TRO
Pteris pteridioides (Hook.) Ballard	Accepted		TRO
Pteris puberula Ching	Accepted		TRO
Pteris pulchra Schltdl. & Cham.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris pungens Willd.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris quadriaurita Retz.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris quinquefoliata (Copel.) Ching	Accepted		TRO
Pteris remotifolia Baker	Accepted		TRO
Pteris rufopilosa Ching & Y.X. Ling	Accepted		TRO
Pteris scabristipes Tagawa	Accepted		TRO
Pteris semiadnata Phil.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris semipinnata L.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris setulosocostulata Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Pteris shimianensis (Ching in Ching & S. H. Wu) H.S. Kung	Accepted		TRO
Pteris sichuanensis H.S. Kung	Accepted		TRO
Pteris similis Kuhn	Accepted		TRO
Pteris speciosa Mett. ex Kuhn	Accepted		TRO
Pteris spinosa (L.) Desv.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris splendens Kaulf.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris splendida Ching in Ching & S. H. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Pteris stenophylla Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris subsimplex Ching ex Ching & S.H. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Pteris taiwanensis Ching in Ching & S. H. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Pteris tibetica Ching	Accepted		TRO
Pteris trachyrachis (Bonap.) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris transparens Mett.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris tremula R. Br.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris tripartita Sw.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris undulatipinna Ching in Ching & S. H. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Pteris venusta Kunze	Accepted		TRO
Pteris viridissima Ching in Ching & S. H. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Pteris viscosa (J. St.-Hil.) T. Moore	Accepted		TRO
Pteris vittata L.	Accepted		TRO
Pteris wallichiana J. Agardh	Accepted		TRO
Pteris wangiana Ching	Accepted		TRO
Pteris woodwardioides Bory	Accepted		TRO
Pteris wulaiensis C.M. Kuo	Accepted		TRO
Pteris xichouensis W.M. Chu & Z.R. He	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 836 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Pteris. Of these 149 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 82 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Pteris. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 836 species names for the genus Pteris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	149	17.8%
◕	Synonym	140	16.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	547	65.4%

All names

The status of the 918 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Pteris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	172	18.7%
◕	Synonym	192	20.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	554	60.3%

The confidence with which the status of the 836 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Pteris, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	149	139	0	0	288	34.4%
	Low confidence	0	1	0	547	548	65.6%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Pteris, are as follows: