EPPO Global Database

Pteris vittata(PTJVI)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: PTJVI
  • Preferred name: Pteris vittata
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Mediterranean, Western Asia, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, China, Japan, tropical Africa except west, Australia (except Northern, South, Tasmania). Introduced in southern USA, Mexico, Guyanas to Peru, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay. Cultivated as an ornamental. P. vittata accumulates arsenic and has been used in phytoremediation schemes


Common names
Name
Language
wú gōng cǎo Chinese
蜈蚣草 Chinese
Chinese bracken English
Chinese brake fern English
ladder bracken English
Mediterranean fern English
fougère chinoise French
ptéris rubané French
bandförmiger Saumfarn German
evrah arukkat-'alim Hebrew
אֶבְרָה אֲרֻכַּת-עָלִים Hebrew
paku uban bukit Indonesian
pteride a foglie lunghe Italian
moejima-shida Japanese
モエジマシダ Japanese
птерис ленточный Russian
helecho de habichuela Spanish
polipodio cordobés Spanish
uzuneğrelti Turkish