Clarification of the typification of Pteris argyraea (Pteridaceae)

PIU DAS; PRASAD MADHUKAR PADHYE; SUDHA GUPTA

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.269.1.8

Issue: Vol. 269 No. 1: 29 July 2016

Type: Correspondence

Published: 2016-07-29

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.269.1.8

Page range: 59–60

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**Clarification of the typification of Pteris argyraea (Pteridaceae)**

PIU DAS⁺⁻
PRASAD MADHUKAR PADHYE⁺⁻
SUDHA GUPTA⁺⁻

Botanical Survey of India, Central National Herbarium, Howrah 711103, West Bengal, India. Department of Botany, University of Kalyani, Kalyani–741235, West Bengal, India.

Botanical Survey of India, Central National Herbarium, Howrah 711103, West Bengal, India.

Department of Botany, University of Kalyani, Kalyani–741235, West Bengal, India.

Holotype Lectotype India Pteridophytes

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Abstract

Pteris argyraea Moore (1859: 671), commonly known as silver brake fern, is originally a south-east Asian species, but now cultivated as an ornamental plant throughout the tropical regions of the world.