(French West Indies)boj_1 - CNCFlora
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244 M. J. M. CHRISTENHUSZ<br />
Habitat: various cultivars of this species are offered in<br />
supermarkets on Guadeloupe and may naturalize<br />
after establishing themselves in gardens.]<br />
123. Pteris grandifolia L., Sp. Pl. 1073. 1753. Lectotype:<br />
(designated by Tryon, 1964b): ‘Habitat in<br />
Dominicae, Martinicae uliginosis’, Anon. (LINN<br />
1246.1!).<br />
Habitat: rare fern of moist thickets, along watercourses<br />
and in ravines at lower to mid elevations,<br />
often on limestone.<br />
Locality: GRAND TERRE: northern part of Grands-<br />
Fonds, in abandoned chalk mines near David-<br />
Chazeau (Vivant, 1989b).<br />
[Pteris multifida Poir. in Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 714.<br />
1804. Type: cultivated at Muséum d’Histoire<br />
Naturelle, Paris, Anon. (holotype P-Lam.).<br />
Habitat: cultivated fern, originally from East Asia,<br />
locally naturalized on masonry, pavement and in<br />
gardens.<br />
Locality: along a trail near the police station in Sainte<br />
Claude (Vivant, 1989a).]<br />
124. Pteris pungens Willd., Sp. Pl. 5: 387. 1810. Lectotype<br />
(designated by Proctor, 1977): Léogane,<br />
Haiti, Plumier, Traité Foug. Amér. tab. 14. 1705.<br />
Pteris biaurita L. var. pungens (Willd.) Christ, Bot.<br />
Jahrb. Syst. 24: 99. 1897.<br />
Pteris quadriaurita Retz. var. pungens (Willd.)<br />
Bommer & Christ, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 35:<br />
190. 1896.<br />
Habitat: local, usually terrestrial near streams in<br />
forest.<br />
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: Cascade Vauchelet,<br />
Christenhusz 4093 (TUR).<br />
125. Pteris quadriaurita Retz., Observ. Bot. 6: 38.<br />
1791. Type: Sri Lanka (Ceylon), König s.n. (holotype<br />
LD).<br />
Habitat: rare fern of ravines in mesophile forests.<br />
Localities: BASSE TERRE: Monts Caraïbes (Vivant,<br />
1987b).<br />
[Pteris tripartita Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 67.<br />
1801. Lectotype (designated here): Indonesia, Java,<br />
Thunberg s.n. (UPS-Thunb. 24968; duplicate UPS-<br />
Thunb. 24969).<br />
Habitat: cultivated fern originally from the Old World<br />
tropics. It was planted in a garden in Sainte Claude,<br />
where it did not persist (Vivant, 1989b, 1996). The<br />
species is commonly naturalized on Saint Lucia (M. J.<br />
M. Christenhusz, pers. observ.).]<br />
[Pteris vittata L., Sp. Pl. 1074. 1753. Lectotype (designated<br />
by Tryon, 1964b): China, Osbeck s.n. (LINN<br />
1246.3!).<br />
Habitat: common fern on masonry and limestone<br />
cliffs, especially in open chalk mines; originally from<br />
the Old World tropics, but commonly naturalized in<br />
the New World.<br />
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: Chalk mines<br />
at Trois-Rivières and Vieux Fort (Vivant, 1987b).<br />
GRAND TERRE: Dunoyer, Christenhusz 4195 (P,<br />
TUR); Pointe-à-Pitre City centre (M. J. M. Christenhusz,<br />
pers. observ.), Raffinerie Darbousier (Vivant,<br />
1987b); Cocoyer (M. J. M. Christenhusz, pers.<br />
observ.); Domaine de Valombreuse (M. J. M. Christenhusz,<br />
pers. observ.). LES SAINTES: Terre de Haut<br />
(Vivant, 1989b). MARIE GALANTE (Proctor, 1977).]<br />
126. Vittaria costata Kunze, Linnaea 9: 77. 1834.<br />
Type: Peru, Tocache, Huallaga, Poeppig s.n. (W!).<br />
Pteris angustifolia Sw., Prodr. 129. 1788. Type:<br />
Jamaica, Swartz s.n. (holotype S!).<br />
Vittaria angustifolia (Sw.) Baker, Fl. Bras. (Martius)<br />
1(2): 544. 1870.<br />
Ananthacorus angustifolius (Sw.) Underw. & Maxon,<br />
Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 10: 487. 1908.<br />
Habitat: epiphyte on trunks of forest trees, rarely<br />
lithophytic.<br />
Localities: Gorges de la Lézarde (Vernou) on cultivated<br />
mango trees (Vivant, 1988).<br />
127. Vittaria graminifolia Kaulf., Enum. Filic: 192.<br />
1824. Type: Brazil Otto s.n. (isotype E!, LE?). The<br />
holotype in LZ is no longer extant. Tryon (1964a)<br />
selected a neotype: Sellow s.n. (B), but original<br />
material exists superseding this neotypification.<br />
Vittaria filifolia Fée, Mém. Foug. 3: 20, t. 3, fig. 6.<br />
1852. Lectotype (designated by Tryon, 1964a):<br />
Guadeloupe, l’Herminier s.n., ex herb. Cosson (P).<br />
Habitat: delicate epiphyte, common on tree trunks in<br />
forest.<br />
Material examined: BASSE TERRE: Sofaïa, Christenhusz<br />
3975 (TUR); Bras David (M. J. M. Christenhusz,<br />
pers. observ.); Saut d’Eau du Matouba (M. J. M.<br />
© 2009 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2009, 161, 213–277