Pteris vittata

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Species of fern

title: "Pteris vittata" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["pteris", "phytoremediation-plants", "ferns-of-asia", "ferns-of-africa", "plants-described-in-1753", "flora-of-east-tropical-africa", "flora-of-south-tropical-africa", "flora-of-southern-africa", "ferns-of-australia", "flora-of-new-south-wales", "flora-of-queensland", "flora-of-victoria-(state)", "flora-of-western-australia", "flora-of-the-indomalayan-realm", "flora-of-china", "flora-of-japan", "flora-of-the-ryukyu-islands", "flora-of-western-asia", "flora-of-the-arabian-peninsula", "flora-of-tropical-asia", "flora-of-southwestern-europe", "flora-of-southeastern-europe", "botanical-taxa-named-by-carl-linnaeus"] description: "Species of fern" topic_path: "geography/australia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteris_vittata" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Species of fern ::

| image = Pteris vittata.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = | genus = Pteris | species = vittata | authority = L. | synonyms =

  • Pteris costata Bory
  • P. diversifolia Sw.
  • P. ensifolia Poir.
  • P. inaequilateralis Poir.
  • P. longifolia Wall.
  • P. microdonata Gaudin
  • P. vittata fo. cristata Ching in Ching & S.H.Wu
  • Pycnodoria vittata (L.) Small | synonyms_ref =

Pteris vittata, 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, southern Europe, tropical Africa, and Australia. The type specimen was collected in China by Pehr Osbeck.

Habitat and distribution

Pteris vittata is native and widespread in the paleotropics: found from the east, to the south tropical, and southern Africa (in Angola; Kenya; Lesotho; Malawi; Mozambique; Namibia; Tanzania (including the Zanzibar Archipelago); Cape Province, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, and Transvaal in South Africa; Eswatini; Uganda; Zambia; and Zimbabwe); temperate and tropical Asia (in the provinces of Anhui, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Xizang, and Yunnan in China; the prefectures of Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, and the Ryukyu Islands of Japan; and Thailand); and Australia, in the states of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, and Western Australia.

Pteris vittata is often associated with limestone habitats. It may be seen growing on concrete structures and cracks, in buildings in the central business district and suburbs of Sydney. It is an introduced species in California, Texas, and the Southeastern United States.

A remnant population exists in the Italian peninsula, in Sicily, Calabria and Campania.

Uses

Although it grows readily in the wild, Pteris vittata is sometimes cultivated. |Pteris vittata from Antalya city in Turkey 07.jpg|Pteris vittata from Antalya city in Turkey |Pteris vittata from Antalya city in Turkey 05.jpg|Pinnae undersides of P. vittata from Antalya |Pteris vittata from Antalya city in Turkey 06.jpg|Sori of P. vittata from Antalya |Pteris vittata from Antalya city in Turkey 09.jpg|Pinna basal shape (underside) of P. vittata from Antalya |Pteris vittata from Antalya city in Turkey 10.jpg|Pinna basal shape (upperside) of P. vittata from Antalya |Pteris vittata from Antalya city in Turkey 15.jpg|Young P. vittata from Antalya |Pteris vittata from Antalya city in Turkey 01.jpg|Unfurling frond tip of P. vittata from Antalya |Pteris vittata from Antalya city in Turkey 02.jpg|Unfurling fronds of P. vittata from Antalya

Suggested reading

  • Cong Tu and Lena Q. Ma; Effects of Arsenic Concentrations and Forms on Arsenic Uptake by the Hyperaccumulator Ladder Brake, Journal of Environmental Quality Vol. 31 No. 2, p. 641-647 (résumé)

References

References

  1. Lansdown, R.V.. (2013). "''Pteris vittata''".
  2. "Name - ''Pteris vittata'' L.". [[Missouri Botanical Garden]].
  3. "Name - ''Pteris vittata'' L. synonyms". Missouri Botanical Garden.
  4. "''Pteris vittata'', PlantNET - NSW Flora Online, Retrieved June 23, 2011".
  5. Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, {{ISBN. 978-0-7318-1211-0 page 318
  6. "USDA Plants Database".
  7. Giardina G.. (2010). "Piante rare della Sicilia". Università degli Studi di Palermo.
  8. hyperaccumulator]] plant of [[arsenic]] used in [[phytoremediation]].Wilkins, Carolyn, and Salter, Leo. (2003). [http://www.rsc.org/images/scaf0030703_tcm18-9785.pdf Arsenic hyperaccumulation in ferns: A review.] Environmental Chemistry Group Bulletin of the Royal Society of Chemistry. July 2003 edition.
  9. (18 February 2011). "A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns". [[Phytotaxa]].
  10. {{GRIN

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