Pteris cretica (Cretan brake fern)

Pteris cretica L.

Cretan brake fern

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Pteridophyta	Ferns
Class	Filicopsida	“Leptosporangiate” (has to do with how their spores form) ferns—includes most ferns
Order	Polypodiales	Polypod ferns
Family	Pteridaceae	Ferns that grow on rocks (mostly)
Genus	Pteris	Greek for “a fern”
Species	cretica	Of or from Crete

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Pteris cretica description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.

7/3/2012 · By Jacquelyn Boyt

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