Pteris ensiformis Burm. f., Fl. Indica 230 230 1768. (Syn: Acrostichum trifoliatum Houtt. (ambiguous synonym); Phorolobus chinensis Desv.; Pteris attenuata Bl. (ambiguous synonym); Pteris caudata Lour. (ambiguous synonym); Pteris crenata Sw. (ambiguous synonym); Pteris ensiformis var. furcans Ching; Pteris ensiformis var. rheophila M. Kato, Darnaedi & K. Iwats.; Pteris gracilis Roxb. (ambiguous synonym); Pteris heterodactyla Reinw.; Pteris multidentata Wall.; Pteris prionitis Fée; Pteris serrulata var. obtusata H. Christ; Pteris stricta Poir.);
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Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Pacific: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Fiji, Hainan, Japan, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is. as per POWO;
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China (Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, SW-Guizhou, Hainan, S-Jiangxi, Sichuan, S-Yunnan, S-Zhejiang), Ryukyu Isl., Taiwan, Fiji (Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Beqa, Kadavu, Koro, Ovalau, Taveuni), Rotuma Isl., Micronesia (Yap, Kosrae), Palau Isl. (Babeldaob), Southern Marianas (Guam), New Caledonia, American Samoa (Tutuila, Ofu, Olosega, Ta’u), ?Wallis & Futuna, Tonga (‘Eua), Vanuatu, Western Samoa (Savaii, Upolu), Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Vietnam, Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, etc.), India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam State, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal), Nepal, Nicobar Isl., Bangladesh, peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, Lombok, Wetar, Sumbawa, Flores, Alor, Timor), Thailand (widespread), Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar [Burma], Sulawesi, Moluccas (Seram, etc.), New Guinea, Solomon Isl. (Guadalcanal, Malaita), Bismarck Arch. (New Britain), Jamaica (I), Puerto Rico (I), Cuba (I), Honduras (I), Australia (I) (NE-Queensland (I)) as per Catalogue of life;
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amit ornamental uid 1 2752011:
Sending photo of an ornamental plant in Pantnagar, Uttarakhand.
Details as seen in the photos.

This appears to be a species of Pteris. There are several in cultivation.

Pteris ensiformis
I was wondering which family it belongs to ?
On searching I found it to be a fern. Called as Slender brake.
Family: Pteridaceae. (Maidenhair fern family.)



SK 2316 14 December 2019 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)- 7 mb.

Location: Jawalakhel Flower Show, Lalitpur
Date: 20 October 2019
Elevation: 1300 m.
Habitat: Cultivated
Pteris ensiformis Burm. f. ??

yes and thanks



Pteris ensiformis Burm. f. : 4 posts by 1 author. 4 images- 6 to 7 mb each.
Location: Jawalakhel Flower Show, Lalitpur
Date: 20 October 2019
Elevation: 1300 m.
Habitat: Cultivated

 


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