Chinese Brake vs Toothed Brake

Pteris vittata compared with Pteris dentata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Brake	Toothed Brake
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Tracheophyta	Tracheophyta
Class same	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order same	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family same	Pteridaceae	Pteridaceae
Genus same	Pteris	Pteris
Species	Pteris vittata	Pteris dentata

Evolutionary Relationship

Chinese Brake and Toothed Brake share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Pteris.

Conservation Status

Chinese Brake

LC — Least Concern

Toothed Brake

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Brake	Toothed Brake
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Brake

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (Georgia, Singapore, Taiwan), Europe (7 countries), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia, Palau, Tonga), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Suriname).

Toothed Brake

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Chinese Brake

The Chinese Brake (Pteris vittata) is a species in the genus Pteris. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.