PLANTS Profile for Pteris multifida (spider brake)

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PLANTS Profile

Pteris multifida Poir.
spider brake

Symbol:

PTMU

Group:

Fern

Family:

Pteridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

Synonyms:
Pteris multifida Poir.

PTSE3

Pteris serrulata auct. non L. f.

Distribution:
Pteris multifida Poir.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CA, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, NY, SC, TX, VA)

Related Taxa:
Pteris multifida Poir.

View 18 genera in Pteridaceae, 23 species in Pteris

Classification:
Pteris multifida Poir.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	Pteridaceae – Maidenhair Fern family
Genus	Pteris L. – brake fern
Species	Pteris multifida Poir. – spider brake

Introduced Information:
Pteris multifida Poir.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Pteris multifida Poir.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17704.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 02/06/2009 03:16 AM MST