Pteris multifida
Toothed Brake
Pteris dentata
Forssk. Species
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- Botanical name
- Pteris dentata
- Also known as
- Toothed Brake
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Pteris
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Toothed Brake
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Pteris dentata but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Pteris arguta
Pteris arguta f. major
Pteris arguta f. minor
Pteris arguta var. flabellata
Pteris cordemoyi
Pteris dentata subsp. flabellata
Pteris dentata var. oligodictya
Pteris elegans
Pteris flabellata
Pteris flabellata var. ascensionis
Pteris flaccida
Pteris oligodictyon
Pteris semiserrata
Pteris serrulata
Pteris straminea
Pteris straminea
Others in Pteris
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