Pteris Living Plant image: RAKOTOVAO 2415 Credit: Charles Rakotovao

Status: this genus has not yet been assessed for species diversity and endemism

- Species in Fl. Madag: not published

- Accepted published species: 29 (13 endemic, 16 indigenous non-endemic)

Species level data entry: not yet complete

Note: Checklist des Ptéridophytes de Madagascar by France Rakotondraibe

Updated on: 26 May. 2008

Lower Taxa:

• Pteris biaurita L.
• Pteris camerooniana Kuhn
• Pteris catoptera Kunze
• Pteris cretica L.
• Pteris dentata Forssk.
• Pteris elongatiloba Bonap.
• Pteris griseoviridis C. Chr.
• Pteris heteroclita Desv.
• Pteris humbertii C. Chr.
• Pteris intricata C. H. Wright
• Pteris lancaefolia J. Agardh
• Pteris lastii C. Chr.
• Pteris laurea Desv.
• Pteris linearis Poir.
• Pteris macrodon Baker
• Pteris madagascarica Agardh
• Pteris mettenii Kuhn
• Pteris perrieriana C. Chr.
• Pteris pseudolonchitis Bory
• Pteris pteridioides (Hook.) Ballard
• Pteris quadriaurita Retz.
• Pteris remotifolia Baker
• Pteris trachyrachis (Bonap.) C. Chr.
• Pteris tripartita Sw.
• Pteris vittata L.
• Pteris woodwardioides Bory