Chinese Brake vs Vielspaltiger Saumfarn

Pteris vittata compared with Pteris multifida

Key Differences

  • Chinese Brake is Least Concern while Vielspaltiger Saumfarn is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Chinese Brake Vielspaltiger Saumfarn
Kingdom same Plantae (Pflanzen) Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum same Tracheophyta Tracheophyta
Class same Polypodiopsida (Echte Farne) Polypodiopsida (Echte Farne)
Order same Polypodiales (Tüpfelfarnartige) Polypodiales (Tüpfelfarnartige)
Family same Pteridaceae Pteridaceae
Genus same Pteris Pteris
Species Pteris vittata Pteris multifida

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Chinese Brake

LC — Least Concern

Vielspaltiger Saumfarn

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Chinese Brake Vielspaltiger Saumfarn
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).

Vielspaltiger Saumfarn

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (10 countries), North America (Cuba, United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.

Vielspaltiger Saumfarn

No description available.

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