Pteris linearisPoir.

WFO wfo-0001107410 Accepted WFO 2026-06 7 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–g · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Pteris linearis, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. a Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / 2021-12-22 / obs. 173291941
Pteris linearis, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. b Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 172379258
Pteris linearis, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. c Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 172379296
Pteris linearis, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. d Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 172379277
Pteris linearis, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. e Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 172379286
Pteris linearis, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. f Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 172379320
Pteris linearis, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. g Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 172379318

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Pteris linearis is native: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritius, Nigeria, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, St.Helena, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda BurundiCameroonCentral African RepublicDR CongoEquatorial GuineaEthiopiaGabonGhanaGuineaGulf of Guinea Is.Ivory CoastMaliNigeriaSenegalSierra LeoneSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUganda ComorosMauritiusRéunionSt.Helena
Native distribution of Pteris linearis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Burundi BUR AFRICA
Cameroon CMN
Central African Republic CAF
Comoros COM
DR Congo ZAI
Equatorial Guinea EQG
Ethiopia ETH
Gabon GAB
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Gulf of Guinea Is. GGI
Ivory Coast IVO
Mali MLI
Mauritius MAU
Nigeria NGA
Réunion REU
Senegal SEN
Sierra Leone SIE
St.Helena STH
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 9 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Campteria nemoralis (Willd.) J.Sm.
  • Litobrochia nemoralis J.Sm.
  • Pteris biaurita f. nemoralis (Willd.) Duss
  • Pteris biaurita var. nemoralis A.Chev.
  • Pteris biaurita var. nemoralis (Bory ex Willd.) A.Chev.
  • Pteris hildebrandtii Hieron.
  • Pteris nemoralis Willd.
  • Pteris nemoralis unranked variegata Withington ex J.Dix
  • Pteris rottleriana Link

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.