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Slender Bracken
Pteris ensiformis
Pteris ensiformis, the slender brake, silver lace fern, sword brake fern, or slender brake fern, is a plant species in the genus Pteridoideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae. It is found in Asia and the Pacific.
From the article Pteris ensiformis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
How it is grown
Pteris ensiformis is cultivated as an ornamental plant for tropical and subtropical climate gardens, and as a house plant.
Cultivars Pteris ensiformis 'Victoriae', the Victoria fern Pteris ensiformis 'Evergemiensis'
Wikipedia: “Cultivation”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Pteris ensiformis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 167539.