Characteristics
Pteridophytes
Pteris grandifolia L.
LONG BRAKE
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Not Native OBL (NWPL)
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No Plant Photo Available
Classification
POLYPODIALES
Pteris grandifolia L. - LONG BRAKE
Citation
PTERIS GRANDIFOLIA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1073. 1753.
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HAITI: Between Leogane and Petit Goave (lectotype: Plumier, Traité Foug. Amér. t. 105. 1705). Lectotypified by Proctor, in R. A. Howard, Fl. Less. Antill., Pterid. 143. 1977.
Species Distribution Map

Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.

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County
County - Species Present
Source
County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Miami-Dade
US
 
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Heterophlebium grandifolium
Heterophlebium grandifolium (Linnaeus) Fée, Mém. Foug. 5: 140. 1852.
BASIONYM: Pteris grandifolia Linnaeus 1753.
 
Litobrochia grandifolia
Litobrochia grandifolia (Linnaeus) J. Smith, J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 163. 1841.
BASIONYM: Pteris grandifolia Linnaeus 1753.
 
Pteris grandifolia var. campanae
Pteris grandifolia Linnaeus, var. campanae Rosenstock, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 7: 291. 1909.
 
TYPE: PERU: San Martín: Mt. Campana near Tarapoto, s.d., Spruce 4668 (holotype: S; isotype: K).
Pteris grandifolia var. socorrensis
Pteris grandifolia Linnaeus, var. socorrensis (H. Karsten) Hieronymus, Hedwigia 48: 242. 1909.
BASIONYM: Pteris socorrensis H. Karsten 1860.
 
Pteris socorrensis
Pteris socorrensis H. Karsten, Fl. Columb. 1: 118, t. 58. 1860.
 
TYPE: COLOMBIA: El Valle: Near Socorro and Chaparral, s.d., Karsten s.n. (holotype: LE).
Specimens and Distribution

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Counties listed: Alamo Mun., Hillsborough

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1847 - 1985

Accession No.
Country
State
County
Collection Date
Collector & Collection No
Notes
Image
Jamaica
 
 
Jul 1847
s.n.
J. Wolle
Honduras
Cortés Dept.
 
04 May 1985
199
Z. Nolasco
Honduras
Cortés Dept.
 
20 Apr 1985
160
F. Padilla
Dominican Republic
Distrito Nacional
 
23 Apr 1970
2305
D. Burch
USA
Florida
Hillsborough Co.
03 Jul 1974
6809
D. Burch
CULTIVATED.
Guatemala
Izabal Dept.
 
08 Aug 1975
22001
Dunn
Mexico
Veracruz
Alamo Mun.
23 Jun 1980
7372
B. F. Hansen
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