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Pteris vittata (Chinese brake; ladder brake)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Pteris vittata, commonly known variously as the Chinese brake, Chinese ladder brake, or simply ladder brake, is a fern species in the Pteridoideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae. It is indigenous to Asia, tropical Africa and Australia. The type specimen was collected in China by Pehr Osbeck.
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Infraspecies

Pteris vittata nothonayariana
Pteris vittata vermii
Pteris vittata vittata (Chinese brake)

Attributes

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

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External References

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♦ 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
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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