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Pteris cretica (Cretan brake)

Synonyms: Pteris cretica var. cretica; Pteris laeta var. latifolia; Pteris trifolia

Wikipedia Abstract

Pteris cretica, the Cretan brake, ribbon fern, or Cretan brake fern, is a species of evergreen fern in the family Pteridaceae, native to Europe, Asia and Africa.
View Wikipedia Record: Pteris cretica

Infraspecies

Pteris cretica cretica
Pteris cretica laeta

Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Pteris cretica

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [3]  Fern

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Alto Garda Bresciano 53192 Italy  
El Rey National Park II 110298 Salta, Argentina
Lago di Mergozzo e Mont'Orfano 1196 Italy  
Mburucuyá National Park II   Corrientes, Argentina  
Start Point to Plymouth Sound & Eddystone 84204 England, United Kingdom  

Predators

Pinnaspis aspidistrae[4]
Saissetia coffeae (brown scale)[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 5Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0