Pteris vittata
Collection data
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Pteridaceae
- Genus: Pteris L.
- Species: Pteris vittata L.
Collection Data
- Collection Date: 13-XI-2011
- Primary collector: N. P. Smith
- Collected by: M. A. Neves
- Habitat: Masonry
- Habit: Lithophyte
- Specimen location: FLOR
Collection Location
- Country: Brazil
- State or Province: Santa Catarina
- City: Florianópolis
- Coordinates: ,
About the Author
Nathan Smith
I am an amateur botanist working on the fern and lycophyte florulas of Santa Catarina Island and the Furnas River Reserve, in southern Brazil.
This is a speices of Pteris. There are a couple that commonly occur on rock wall, e.g. P. longifolia and P. vittata.
Great. Thanks. P. vittata is native here.
Where are you from Nathan Smith?
Your plant is Pteris vittata L.
what are difference of pteris vittata and pteris longifolia
Both species are similar in having 1-pinnate-imparipinnate laminae, entire and linear pinnae, and free venation with simple or furcate veins. In Pteris longifolia, however, the pinnae are articulated to the rachis, whereas in P. vittata they are not (i.e., each pinna has a short petiolule that is continuous to the rachis). The pinnae base shape can be helpful too: cordate in P. longifolia vs. truncate in P. vittata.