Heteropteris Presl & von Ettingshausen 1865 non Fée 1869 non (sic) Kunth 1822 non Dieis 1899
Idiopteris Walker 1957
Lathyropteris Christ 1907
Lemapteris Rafinesque 1819
Litobrochia Presl 1836; Neurocallis Fée 1845
Ochropteris Smith 1841
Peripteris Rafinesque 1815
Phyllitis Rafinesque 1819 non Hill 1756 non Moench 1794
Platyzoma Brown 1810
Pteridium Rafinesque 1814 non Gleditsch ex Scopoli 1760
Pterilis Rafinesque 1830 non (sic) Rafinesque 1819
Pteripteris Rafinesque 1819
Pycnodoria Presl 1849-51
Schizopteris Hillebrand 1874 non Brongniart 1828
Schizostege Presl 1849-51 ex Hillebrand 1888
Schizostegopsis Copeland 1958
Spathepteris Presl 1846
Thelypteris Adanson 1763 non Schmid. 1763
Pteris (brake) is a genus of about 300 species of ferns in the subfamily Pteridoideae of the family Pteridaceae.[1][2] They are native to tropical and subtropical regions, southward to New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa, north to Japan and North America. 78 species (35 endemic) are found in China.[3] Some species of Pteris have considerable economic and ecological value, such as Pteris multifida, Pteris ensiformis, Pteris vittata can be used for ornamental purposes; as a hyperaccumulator, Pteris multifida and Pteris vittata can be used to control soil pollution.[4]
Many of them have linear frond segments, and some have sub-palmate division. Like other members of the Pteridaceae, the frond margin is reflexed over the marginal sori. The outermost layer is the single layered epidermis without stomata. The cortex is differentiated into outer and inner cortical region. The vascular cylinder is an amphiphloic siphonostele.
The term "brake", used for members of this genus, is a Middle English word for "fern" from southern England. Its derivation is unclear, and is generally thought to be related to "bracken", whereby the latter word has been assumed to be a plural, as with "children", and the former word a back-formation. However it may have a separate derivation.[5]
The Latin genus name Pteris refers to the Greek name for fern (also meaning feathery).[6]
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^"Pteris Linnaeus Sp". Flora of China.
^"世界鳳尾蕨屬系統發育關系獲重建" (in Chinese). Science and Technology Daily.
^J. Simpson; E. Weiner, eds. (1989). "brake". Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-861186-2.
^D. Gledhill
The Names of Plants, p. 319, at Google Books
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