Monographs Details:
Authority:

Maguire, Bassett. 1972. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part IX. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 23: 1-832.
Family:

Pteridaceae
Description:

Distribution and Ecology - General distribution. British Guiana and Brazil to Paraguay. Ilha Trinidade. Guayana Highland distribution. BRITISH GUIANA: NW portion of Kanuku Mountains, Mt. Iramaikpang, alt 975 m, A. C. Smith 3655 (F, NY, US). BRAZIL. Terr. Rio Branco: Serra Tepequem, alt 1000-1200 m, Maguire & Maguire 40028 (F, NY, VEN, US), 40079 (F, NY, VEN, US).

Discussion:

Pteris collina Raddi, Opusc. Sci. Bologna 3: 292. 1819.

Doryopteris euchlora Kunze ex Klotzsch, Linnaea 20: 342. 1847. Type. British Guiana, Schomburgk 798 (BM ? not seen).

Pteris pedata var ß collina (Raddi) Baker in Mart. FI. Bras. 1(2): 407. 1870.

Pellaea collina (Raddi) Prantl, Bot. Jahrb. 3: 419. 1882.

Doryopteris collina f. pygmaea Brade, Boi. Mus. Nac. Rio Janeiro 5: 95. 1929. Type. Herb. Mus. Nac. Rio Janeiro 18643 (RB).

Type. Near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Raddi (PI? not seen).

Distribution:

Guyana South America| Brazil South America| Paraguay South America|