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Pteris
Pteris (brake) is a genus of about 300 species of ferns in the Pteridoideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae. They are native to tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Ladder brake
speciesPteris vittata
Slender Bracken
speciesPteris ensiformis
Pteris fauriei
complexPteris fauriei
Semi-pinnated Brake
speciesPteris semipinnata
spider brake
speciesPteris multifida
Shaking Brake
speciesPteris tremula
Cretan brake
speciesPteris cretica
Wallich's Brake
speciesPteris wallichiana
Pteris dispar
speciesPteris dispar
Sweet Fern
speciesPteris macilenta
Pteris longipinna
speciesPteris longipinna
Giant Brake
speciesPteris tripartita
Pteris grevilleana
speciesPteris grevilleana
jungle brake
speciesPteris umbrosa
Bahama Brake
speciesPteris bahamensis
Pteris incompleta
speciesPteris incompleta
silver ribbon fern
speciesPteris parkeri
Toothed Brake
speciesPteris dentata
Iwa
speciesPteris terminalis
longleaf brake
speciesPteris longifolia
Pteris tokioi
speciesPteris tokioi
Pteris formosana
speciesPteris formosana
Pteris ryukyuensis
speciesPteris ryukyuensis
Coastal Brake
speciesPteris carsei
Pteris scabristipes
speciesPteris scabristipes
Pteris longipes
speciesPteris longipes
Pteris cadieri
speciesPteris cadieri
Pteris saxatilis
speciesPteris saxatilis
Pteris altissima
speciesPteris altissima
Pteris platyzomopsis
speciesPteris platyzomopsis
Pteris dactylina
speciesPteris dactylina
Pteris bella
speciesPteris bella
Pteris dimorpha
speciesPteris dimorpha
Pteris deltodon
speciesPteris deltodon
Pteris kidoi
speciesPteris kidoi
Pteris platysora
speciesPteris platysora
Long-Tipped Brake
speciesPteris catoptera
Pteris venusta
speciesPteris venusta
Pteris linearis
speciesPteris linearis
Pteris rugosifolia
speciesPteris rugosifolia
Pteris quadriaurita
speciesPteris quadriaurita
Pteris podophylla
speciesPteris podophylla
Netted Brake
speciesPteris epaleata
Pteris deflexa
speciesPteris deflexa
Pteris argyraea
speciesPteris argyraea
Pteris plumula
speciesPteris plumula
Pteris chilensis
speciesPteris chilensis
Pteris semiadnata
speciesPteris semiadnata
Pteris blumeana
speciesPteris blumeana
Pteris grandifolia
speciesPteris grandifolia
Pteris × namegatae
hybridPteris × namegatae
Buchanan's Brake
speciesPteris buchananii
Pteris heteromorpha
speciesPteris heteromorpha
Pteris microptera
speciesPteris microptera
Pteris aspericaulis
speciesPteris aspericaulis
Pteris scabra
speciesPteris scabra
Pteris esquirolii
speciesPteris esquirolii
Pteris pungens
speciesPteris pungens
Pteris denticulata
speciesPteris denticulata
Pteris decrescens
speciesPteris decrescens
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.729
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.814
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1466
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.480
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.484
Selected Illustrations of Plants Collected in Japan
Engelbert Kaempfer · 1712 · p.85
In the stacks
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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 51827.