Pteridaceae E.D.M.Kirchn.
Pteris comans G.Forst. , legitimate, scientific
Forster, J.G.A. (1786), Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus: 79 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Noua Zeelandia."
Endlicher, S.F.L. (1833), Prodromus Florae Norfolkicae: 13 [secondary reference]
Presl, C.B. [K.B.] (1836), Tentamen Pteridographiae: 149 [basionym]
basionym of: Litobrochia comans (G.Forst.) C.Presl legitimate
Hooker, J.D. (1854), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae 2(5): 27 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1866), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(36): 125 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 95 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(75): 78 [secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 733 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 138 [secondary reference]
Hemsley, W.B. (1896), The Flora of Lord Howe Island. Annals of Botany 10(2): 263 [secondary reference]
Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 285 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Litobrochia comans (G.Forst.) C.Presl legitimate
Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 732 [secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 286 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 642 [secondary reference]
Laing, R.M. (1915), A revised list of the Norfolk Island flora, with some notes on the species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 47: 14 [secondary reference]
Domin, K. (January 1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 158-159 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Litobrochia comans (G.Forst.) C.Presl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pteris endlicheriana J.Agardh legitimate taxonomic synonym: Litobrochia endlicheriana (J.Agardh) Hook. legitimate
Laing, R.M. (1916), The Norfolk Island species of Pteris. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 48: 233 [secondary reference]
Oliver, W.R.B. (1917), The vegetation and flora of Lord Howe Island. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 49: 123 [secondary reference]
Turner, J.S., Smithers, C.N. & Hoogland, R.D. (1968), The conservation of Norfolk Island: 31 [secondary reference]
Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 27 [secondary reference]
vernacular name: Hairy Bracken [n/a] vernacular name: Netted Bracken [n/a] vernacular name: Netted Brake [n/a]
Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Pteridaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 30 [secondary reference]
common name: Hairy Bracken [n/a]
Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Ferns and Allied Plants. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 54, Fig. 11e-f [secondary reference]
common name: Netted Brake [n/a]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 586 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Histiopteris incisa (Thunb.) J.Sm. legitimate by Endlicher, S.F.L. (1833), Prodromus Florae Norfolkicae: 13
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 569 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Pteris zahlbruckneriana Endl. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 732
[misapplied]
misapplied to: Pteris zahlbruckneriana Endl. legitimate by Laing, R.M. (1915), A revised list of the Norfolk Island flora, with some notes on the species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 47: 14
[misapplied]
misapplied to: Pteris zahlbruckneriana Endl. legitimate by Laing, R.M. (1916), The Norfolk Island species of Pteris. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 48: 233
[misapplied]
misapplied to: Pteris zahlbruckneriana Endl. legitimate by Turner, J.S., Smithers, C.N. & Hoogland, R.D. (1968), The conservation of Norfolk Island: 31
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 569 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Pteris microptera Mett. ex Kuhn legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 733
[misapplied]
misapplied to: Pteris microptera Mett. ex Kuhn legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(75): 78
[misapplied]
misapplied to: Pteris microptera Mett. ex Kuhn legitimate by Hemsley, W.B. (1896), The Flora of Lord Howe Island. Annals of Botany 10(2): 263
[misapplied]
misapplied to: Pteris microptera Mett. ex Kuhn legitimate by Oliver, W.R.B. (1917), The vegetation and flora of Lord Howe Island. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 49: 123
Kramer, K.U. & McCarthy, P.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Pteridaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 248, Fig. 102, Map 220 [secondary reference]
common name: Netted Brake [n/a]
Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Pteridaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 30 [secondary reference]
common name: Hairy Bracken [n/a]
Tindale, M.D. & Roy, S.K. (23 December 2002), A cytotaxonomic survey of the Pteridophyta of Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 15(6): 850 [secondary reference]
Nicolson, D.H. & Fosberg, F.R. (2003), The Forsters and the botany of the second Cook expedition (1772-1775). Regnum Vegetabile 139: 142 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: ""the Kew specimen from Tanna was annotated by Braggins in 1976 as 'Holotype Pteris comans' with the comment that it is not identical with New Zealand material... To maintain Braggins' unpublished choice Fosberg here designated the Kew specimens from Tanna as lectotype of Pteris comans G. Forst."
Short, P., Dixon, D. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2003), A review of the ferns and fern allies of the Northern Territory. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 19(3): 40, Fig. 12C, D, map [secondary reference]
common name: Netted brake [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Litobrochia comans (G.Forst.) C.Presl legitimate
  • APC Dist.: NT, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]
misapplied to: Pteris zahlbruckneriana Endl. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 732
[misapplied]
misapplied to: Pteris zahlbruckneriana Endl. legitimate by Laing, R.M. (1915), A revised list of the Norfolk Island flora, with some notes on the species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 47: 14
[misapplied]
misapplied to: Pteris zahlbruckneriana Endl. legitimate by Laing, R.M. (1916), The Norfolk Island species of Pteris. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 48: 233
[misapplied]
misapplied to: Pteris zahlbruckneriana Endl. legitimate by Turner, J.S., Smithers, C.N. & Hoogland, R.D. (1968), The conservation of Norfolk Island: 31
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]
misapplied to: Histiopteris incisa (Thunb.) J.Sm. legitimate by Endlicher, S.F.L. (1833), Prodromus Florae Norfolkicae: 13
Field, A.R. (2 January 2020), Classification and typification of Australian lycophytes and ferns based on Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification PPG I. Australian Systematic Botany 33(1): 41 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "annotated ‘New Zealand’, ‘Tanna’ and ‘Tahiti’ [probably from Tanna, Vanuatu], s. dat., s. loc. s.n., Herb. G.Forster 259 (lecto: K n.v.; isolecto: BM 001048441*"
Brown, G.K. & Bostock, P.D. (December 2020), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2019 to 2020. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2020: 9 [unsourced misapplied]
misapplied to: Pteris epaleata D.J.Ohlsen legitimate
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (12 May 2021), Appendix 1: Changes in the Census between the 2020 and 2021 editions: 1A: taxa new to the Tasmanian Census. A Census of the vascular plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 140 [unsourced misapplied]
misapplied to: Pteris epaleata D.J.Ohlsen legitimate
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (12 May 2021), Appendix 1: Changes in the Census between the 2020 and 2021 editions: 1C: taxa now not considered to be part of the Tasmanian flora. A Census of the vascular plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 141 [unsourced misapplied]
misapplied to: Pteris epaleata D.J.Ohlsen legitimate