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Pneumatopteris
Pneumatopteris is a genus of about 80 species of terrestrial ferns in the family Thelypteridaceae. The range of the genus extends from tropical Africa, through Asia, Malesia and Australia to the Pacific islands, including Hawaii and New Zealand. It was first described by Japanese botanist Takenoshin Nakai in 1933. The name comes from the Greek pneuma (air, wind or breath), and pteris (a fern), with reference to the aerophores in some species.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Pneumatopteris callosa
speciesPneumatopteris callosa
Pneumatopteris brooksii
speciesPneumatopteris brooksii
Pneumatopteris auctipinna
speciesPneumatopteris auctipinna
Pneumatopteris parksii
speciesPneumatopteris parksii
Pneumatopteris magnifica
speciesPneumatopteris magnifica
Pneumatopteris glandulifera
speciesPneumatopteris glandulifera
Pneumatopteris dilatata
speciesPneumatopteris dilatata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 137238.