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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

  • 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 04-23-2018

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 / Krym / 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 Mon, 23 Apr 2018 08:24:49 -0400

Images:

Pteris cretica

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 10 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= voucher(s) on file at CONN for this accession
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