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Accession Data:

Pteris cretica L.

  • Common Name: Cretan Brake, Table Fern
  • Family: Pteridaceae Ching

  • Country of Origin: Europe, Asia, and Africa
  • Habitat:

  • USDA Zone: 9-12

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200500014
  • Source: volunteer in Hoya 200300268 -ex Livshutz
  • Accession Date: 03-07-2005
  • Bench: 3106 - FERN:Misc Ferns
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 07-23-2017

Classification:

  • Division: Ferns
  • Class: Polypodiopsida
  • SubClass: Polypodiidae
  • Order: Polypodiales
  • SubOrder: Pteridinae
  • Family: Pteridaceae
  • SubFamily: Pteridoideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Ferns & Fern Allies
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Switzerland / Corse / France / Sardegna / Spain / Greece / Italy / Sicilia / Algeria / Burundi / Congo / Rwanda / Socotra / Kenya / Tanzania / Uganda / Angola / Malawi / Zambia / Zimbabwe / Cape Provinces / Lesotho / KwaZulu-Natal / Free State / Swaziland / Northern Provinces / Ascension / St.Helena / Madagascar / Reunion / North Caucasus / Transcaucasus / Yemen / China South-Central / China North-Central / China Southeast / Tibet / Japan / Korea / Taiwan / Bangladesh / East Himalaya / India / Nepal / Pakistan / Sri Lanka / Cambodia / Laos / Myanmar / Thailand / Vietnam / Malaya / Philippines / Mexico Central / Mexico Northeast / Mexico Gulf / Mexico Northwest / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / Costa Rica / El Salvador / Guatemala / Honduras / Nicaragua / Panama / Cuba / Jamaica / Peru / Argentina Northeast / Argentina Northwest / Argentina South

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, January 19, 2017.
  2. Pteris cretica at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Thursday, January 19, 2017.

data regenerated on Sun, 23 Jul 2017 13:14:18 -0400

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W/C = Wild Collected
- indicates flowering in past 10 days
- images available for this accession
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