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Overview
Distribution
Localities documented in Tropicos sources
United States (North America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Small, J. K. 1938. Ferns of the Southeastern States. 517 pp.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1353
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Madagascar (Africa & Madagascar)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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SPECIMEN BASED RECORD. Published protolog data.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/9990002
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Candolle, R. E. A. d. 1901. Plantae Madagascarienses ab Alberto Mocquerysio lectae. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 1(6): 549–587.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1950
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Tardieu-Blot, M. L. 1958. Pteridacees. Fl. Madagasc. 5(4): 65–112.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/583
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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SPECIMEN BASED RECORD. Published protolog data.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/9990002
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Argentina (South America)
Brazil (South America)
Bhutan (Asia)
Cambodia (Asia)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
El Salvador (Mesoamerica)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
India (Asia)
Japan (Asia)
Kriti (Europe)
Laos (Asia)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Nicaragua (Mesoamerica)
Nepal (Asia)
Panama (Mesoamerica)
Peru (South America)
Philippines (Asia)
Sri Lanka (Asia)
United States (North America)
Vietnam (Asia)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
China (Asia)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Pfeiffer-Berendsohn, B. 1989. Pteridophyta in: Listado Basico de la Flora Salvadorensis. Cuscatlania 1: 1–28.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/11333
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Mickel, J. T. & A. R. Smith. 2004. The Pteridophytes of Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 88: 1–1054.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1025841
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Mickel, J. T. & J. M. Beitel. 1988. Pteridophyte Flora of Oaxaca, Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 46: 1–568.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/9402
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Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. N. S. Stapf. 2004. Cat. Pl. Vasc. Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1031911
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Breedlove, D. E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Floríst. México 4: i–v, 1–246.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/513
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Flora of China Editorial Committee. 1988-2013. Fl. China Unpaginated. Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/42480
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Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & S. Knapp. (eds.) 1995. Psilotaceae a Salviniaceae. Fl. Mesoamer. 1: i–xxi, 1–470.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/47044
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García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. Meave del Castillo. 2011. Divers. Florist. Oaxaca 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100009052
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National Distribution
United States
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
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Global Range: Indigenous to Hawaii, but first described from Crete (Valier 1995).
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Physical Description
Morphology
Description
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Diagnostic Description
Ecology
Habitat
Comments: Terrestrial, in dry or wet forests up to 915m (Valier 1995).
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Pteris cretica
No available public DNA sequences.
Download FASTA File
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Pteris cretica
Public Records: 3
Specimens with Barcodes: 13
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Conservation Status
National NatureServe Conservation Status
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable
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Wikipedia
Pteris cretica
Pteris cretica (Cretan brake) is a species of evergreen fern in the family Pteridaceae, native to Europe, Asia and Africa. Growing to 75 cm (30 in) tall by 60 cm (24 in) broad, it has arching pinnate fronds each bearing up to five pinnae.[1][2]
The species [3] and the variety P. cretica var. albolineata[4] have both gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. With a minimum temperature of 2 °C (36 °F), both require protection from frost, though the species is hardier and can be grown outdoors during the summer months.[1]
References
- ^ a b RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. pp. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
- ^ http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder/plant-details/kc/b616/pteris-cretica.aspx
- ^ http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=1566
- ^ http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=3476
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Notes
Comments
Young leaves of young plants of Pteris multifida may key to P . cretica because only the terminal pinnae may be decurrent on the rachis as in P . cretica . Juveniles of P . multifida can be separated by proximal pinnae with long-attenuate apices and thinner-textured leaves than P . cretica . Juveniles of P . cretica have proximal pinnae with acute to blunt or nearly rounded apices and thicker-textured leaves.
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