Taxon: Pteris vittata L.

Common names:

• Chinese brake   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• Chinese ladder brake   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• ladder brake   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental; pollution control   (fide Eur Gard F; J Environ Qual 31:1671-1675. 2002, for arsenic accumulation)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania [incl. Pemba, Zanzibar]; Uganda
  South Tropical Africa: Angola; Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe
  Southern Africa: Lesotho; Namibia; South Africa - Cape Province, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal; Swaziland
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Anhui, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Honshu, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku; Taiwan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indo-China: Thailand
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
• widespread in paleotropics

References:

• Carrisso, L. W. et al., eds. 1937–. Conspectus florae angolensis. (F Angol)
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
• Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca. (F Zamb)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer) 2:133.
• Gibbs Russell, G. E. et al. 1985. List of species of Southern African plants, ed. 2. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa v. 51.; v. 56. 1987 (L SAfr)
• Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. (L Aust)
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan. (F Japan)
• Mickel, J. T. & A. R. Smith. 2004. The pteridophytes of Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 88:1-1054. (Ferns Mexico)
• Mickel, J. T. 1994. Ferns for American gardens. (Ferns Amer Gard)
• Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970–. Flora of Thailand. (F Thailand)
• Tryon, R. M. & R. G. Stolze. 1989. Pteridophyta of Peru. Parts I-. Fieldiana, Botany new ser. (Ferns Peru) 22:81.
• Tu, C. et al. 2002. Arsenic accumulation in the hyperaccumulator Chinese brake and its utilization potential for phytoremediation. J. Environm. Qual. 31:1671–1675.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F)

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Check other databases for Pteris vittata L.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium Map Display Interface
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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