(French West Indies)boj_1 - CNCFlora

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