Pteris comans
A fern in the genus Pteris, a perennial tropical member of the Pteridaceae with a broad distribution across Asia-Tropical, Papuasia, Australasia and various Pacific Islands, native to eastern Australia and New Zealand, thriving in rainforest and moist open forest, described by Forst in 1786, and with publicly available nucleotide and protein sequence data
Common Names
Netted Brake
Summary
Netted brake is a fern native to eastern Australia and New Zealand. It is a perennial fern in the Pteridaceae family first described in 1786, commonly named for its netted appearance and for the epithet meaning "covered with hair." It grows in wet tropical biomes, especially rainforest or moist open forest, with a broad Pacific distribution that includes Norfolk Island, New Zealand’s North Island, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kermadec Islands, Marquesas, New Caledonia, Samoa, Society Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tubuai Islands, Vanuatu, and other associated island groups.
Practical considerations reflect wild habitats: the species occurs in rainforest or moist open forest within wet tropical biomes, indicating a preference for moisture and shade and a wide geographic presence across the Pacific; no explicit cultivation requirements or uses are described in the provided Phase 1 characteristics.
Lifecycle
Perennial
Growth Rate
Not specified
Taxonomy
- Taxonomic Rank
- Species
- Author
- Forst.
Superior Taxa
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Subkingdom
- Pteridobiotina
- Phylum
- Polypodiophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Subclass
- Polypodiidae
- Order
- Polypodiales
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Subfamily
- Pteridoideae
- Genus
- Pteris
Synonyms
Litobrochia comans Litobrochia endlicheriana Litobrochia undulata Pteris deplanchei