Pteris pallens
Chinese Brake
Pteris vittata
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- Botanical name
- Pteris vittata
- Also known as
- Chinese Brake, Chinese Ladder Brake, Ladder Brake
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Pteris
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Chinese Brake
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Pteris vittata but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Aspidium humile
Polypodium trapezoides
Pteris acuminatissima
Pteris alpinii
Pteris amplectens
Pteris amplexicaulis
Pteris aspera
Pteris costata
Pteris diversifolia
Pteris ensifolia
Pteris guichenotiana
Pteris guichenotii
Pteris inaequilateralis
Pteris indica
Pteris lanceolata
Pteris linearis
Pteris longifolia var. brevipinna
Pteris longifolia var. vittata
Pteris microdonata
Pteris microdonta
Pteris obliqua
Pteris ophioderma
Pteris semihirta
Pteris tenuifolia
Pteris vittata f. cristata
Pteris vittata subsp. bengalensis
Pteris vulcanica
Pycnodoria vittata
Pycnodoria vittata
Others in Pteris
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