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Common name

English: Chinese brake, Ladder brake

Mandarin: 蜈蚣凤尾蕨

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Pteridophyta (45)

    Class: Polypodiopsida (36)

      Order: Polypodiales (35)

        Family: Pteridaceae (7)

          Genus: Pteris (1)

            Epithet: vittata L. (1)

Synonym: Pteris costata Bory

vittata => Striped like a ribbon, with longitudinal stripes

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

External links

Check for Pteris vittata at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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