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Internal ID UUID6440774098f9e398872797
Scientific name Pteris altissima
Authority Poir.
First published in Encycl. 5: 722 (1804)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Litobrochia intermedia C.Presl Tent. Pterid. 149. 1836 (1836)
Litobrochia karsteniana Fée Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic. : 135 (1852)
Litobrochia macroptera J.Sm. J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 163 (1841)
Litobrochia schiedeana C.Presl Tent. Pterid. 148. 1836 (nomen) (1836)
Pteris grandis Hook. Sp. Fil. 2. 229. 1858 (1858)
Pteris intermedia Klf.; Ettingsh. Farnkr. Jetztw. : 101 (1865)
Pteris elata J.Agardh Recens. Spec. Pter. 63 (-64) (1839)
Pteris kunzeana J.Agardh Recens. Spec. Pter. 62 (-63) (1839)
Litobrochia altissima Fée Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic. : 135 (1852)
Litobrochia kunzeana Fée Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic. : 135 (1852)
Pteris protea Liebm. Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afh. V. 1. 228 (seors. 76). 1849 (1849)
Litobrochia grandis Fée Mém. Foug. 8: 75 1857
Pteris macroptera Link Hort. Berol. 2: 32, HB. 169. NPfl. 294 (1833)
Pteris schiedeana Ettingsh. Farnkr. Jetztw. : 99 (1865)
Litobrochia elata Fée Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic. : 135 (1852)
Pteris sterilis C.Presl Delic. Prag. 1: 184 (1822)
Litobrochia arborescens Fée Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic. : 135 (1852)
Pteris altissima var. karsteniana Hieron. Hedwigia 48: 245 (1909)
Pteris deflexa var. lata Luetzelb. Estud. Bot. Nordéste 3: 249 (1923)

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English tall brake

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Paraguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001109284
USDA Plants PTAL
Tropicos 26602454
INPN 716171
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17210470-1
The Plant List tro-26602454
Open Tree Of Life 3866572
Observations.org 504341
NCBI Taxonomy 1481357
IPNI 17210470-1
iNaturalist 282475
GBIF 5275403
EOL 597256
Elurikkus 497987
CMAUP NPO16201

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Edaphic heterogeneity and the evolutionary trajectory of Amazonian plant communities Lehtonen S, Muscarella R, Moulatlet G, Balslev H, Tuomisto H Ecol Evol 20-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8717337
doi:10.1002/ece3.8477
PMID:35003631
When it only takes one to tango: assessing the impact of apomixis in the fern genus Pteris Picard KT, Ranft H, Grusz AL, Windham MD, Schuettpelz E Am J Bot 03-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC9298017
doi:10.1002/ajb2.1761
PMID:34618360
A Phytosociological Study on Andean Rainforests of Peru, and a Comparison with the Surrounding Countries Galán-de-Mera A, Campos-de-la-Cruz J, Linares-Perea E, Montoya-Quino J, Torres-Marquina I, Vicente-Orellana JA Plants (Basel) 26-Nov-2020
PMCID:PMC7761437
doi:10.3390/plants9121654
PMID:33256180
Pollen Resources Used by Two Species of Stingless Bees (Meliponini) in a Tropical Dry Forest of Southern Ecuador Gaona FP, Guerrero A, Gusmán E, Espinosa CI J Insect Sci 18-Dec-2019
PMCID:PMC6920062
doi:10.1093/jisesa/iez125
PMID:31853551
A review of the use of pteridophytes for treating human ailments Baskaran XR, Geo Vigila AV, Zhang SZ, Feng SX, Liao WB J Zhejiang Univ Sci B 01-Feb-2018
PMCID:PMC5833325
doi:10.1631/jzus.B1600344
PMID:29405039
Leaf Maximum Photosynthetic Rate and Venation Are Linked by Hydraulics Brodribb TJ, Feild TS, Jordan GJ Plant Physiol 01-Aug-2007
PMCID:PMC1949879
doi:10.1104/pp.107.101352
PMID:17556506

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Benzenoids / Phenols / 1-hydroxy-2-unsubstituted benzenoids
(2R,3R,4E)-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)methylidene]-5-oxooxolane-3-carboxylic acid 11381796 Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C=C2C(C(OC2=O)C3=CC=C(C=C3)O)C(=O)O)O 326.30 unknown via CMAUP database
> Benzenoids / Phenols / Methoxyphenols
Vanillin 1183 Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C=O)O 152.15 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lignans, neolignans and related compounds
(2R,3E)-2-(4-hydroxybenzoyl)-3-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)methylidene]butanedioic acid 11336803 Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C=C(C(C(=O)C2=CC=C(C=C2)O)C(=O)O)C(=O)O)O 342.30 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty alcohols / Long-chain fatty alcohols
(3S,8R,Z)-Heptadeca-1,9-dien-4,6-diyne-3,8-diol 92043364 Click to see CCCCCCCC=CC(C#CC#CC(C=C)O)O 260.40 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Alcohols and polyols / Cyclitols and derivatives / Quinic acids and derivatives
(1S,3R,4R,5R)-3-[3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyloxy]-1,4,5-trihydroxy-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid 9476 Click to see C1C(C(C(CC1(C(=O)O)O)OC(=O)C=CC2=CC(=C(C=C2)O)O)O)O 354.31 unknown via CMAUP database
Chlorogensaure 12310830 Click to see C1C(C(C(CC1(C(=O)O)O)OC(=O)C=CC2=CC(=C(C=C2)O)O)O)O 354.31 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / O-glycosyl compounds
Dianthoside 5316639 Click to see CC1=C(C(=O)C=CO1)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O 288.25 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Cinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids and derivatives / Coumaric acids and derivatives
6-O-(3-Methoxy-4-hydroxy-trans-cinnamoyl)-beta-D-glucopyranose 101345697 Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C=CC(=O)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)O)O)O)O)O 356.32 unknown via CMAUP database
Caffeic acid methyl ester 689075 Click to see COC(=O)C=CC1=CC(=C(C=C1)O)O 194.18 unknown via CMAUP database
p-Hydroxyphenethyl trans-ferulate 637308 Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C=CC(=O)OCCC2=CC=C(C=C2)O)O 314.30 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Cinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids
Ferulic acid 445858 Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C=CC(=O)O)O 194.18 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives / Hydroxycoumarins / 7-hydroxycoumarins
Scopoletin 5280460 Click to see COC1=C(C=C2C(=C1)C=CC(=O)O2)O 192.17 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavones
6-Methylluteolin 15293760 Click to see CC1=C(C2=C(C=C1O)OC(=CC2=O)C3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)O)O 300.26 unknown via CMAUP database

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