Pteris ensiformis, also known as the slender brake, silver lace fern, sword brake fern, or slender brake fern, is a plant species found in Asia and the Pacific. It is a common ingredient in traditional herbal drinks in Taiwan and contains various phenolic compounds. This plant is also resistant to arsenic-induced oxidative stress and contains benzoyl-beta-D-glucoside and pterosin sesquiterpenes. Pteris ensiformis is often cultivated as an ornamental plant in tropical and subtropical gardens and as a house plant. There are also two cultivars of this fern, Pteris ensiformis 'Victoriae' and Pteris ensiformis 'Evergemiensis'.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Pteris attenuata	Blume	Enum. Pl. Javae 2: 210 (1828)
Pteris heterodactyla	Reinw.; J.Sm.	J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 405 (1841)
Pteris multidentata	Wall.	Numer. List : n.° 2681 (1831)
Pteris crenata	Sw.	J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 65 (1801)
Pteris stricta	Poir.	Encycl. 5: 713 (1804)
Phorolobus chinensis	Desv.	Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(3): 291 (1827)
Pteris serrulata var. obtusata	Christ	Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 4(7): 612 1904
Pteris prionitis	Fée	Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic. : 126 (1852)
Pteris ensiformis var. furcans	Ching	Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 6 (1983)
Pteris ensiformis var. rheophila	M.Kato, Darnaedi & K.Iwats.	J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 15(1): 94 (1991) (1991)

Common names Top

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	slender brake
Spanish	pteris merrillii
Spanish	pteris crenata
Spanish	pteris stricta
Spanish	phorolobus chinensis
Spanish	pteris serrulata var. obtusata
Arabic	ديشار سيفي الشكل
French	pteris a feuilles fines
French	ptéris à feuilles fines
Japanese	ホコシダ
Chinese	井边茜
Chinese	凤冠草
Chinese	剑叶凤尾蕨
Chinese	箭葉鳳尾蕨

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

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Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

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Name	Authority	First published in
Pteris ensiformis var. merrillii	(C.Chr. ex Ching) S.H.Wu	Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 3(1): 39 (1990), as 'merrilli (1990)

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Forms (abbr. f.) Top

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Germination/Propagation Top

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct

- Introduced

- Native

Asia-temperate click to expand
- China
  - China South-central
  - China Southeast
  - Hainan
- Eastern Asia
  - Japan
  - Nansei-shoto
  - Taiwan

Asia-tropical click to expand
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam
  - Bangladesh
  - East Himalaya
  - Nepal
  - Sri Lanka
- Indo-China
  - Andaman Islands
  - Cambodia
  - Laos
  - Myanmar
  - Nicobar Nicobar
  - Thailand
  - Vietnam
- Malesia
  - Borneo
  - Lesser Sunda Islands
  - Malaya
  - Maluku
  - Philippines
  - Sulawesi
- Papuasia
  - Bismarck Archipelago
  - New Guinea
  - Solomon Islands

Australasia click to expand
- Australia
  - Queensland

Pacific click to expand
- Northwestern Pacific
  - Caroline Islands
  - Marianas
- Southwestern Pacific
  - Fiji
  - New Caledonia
  - Samoa
  - Tonga
  - Vanuatu
  - Wallis-Futuna Islands

Southern America click to expand
- Caribbean
  - Cuba
  - Jamaica
  - Puerto Rico
- Central America
  - Honduras

Links to other databases Top

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0001109288
USDA Plants	PTEN
Tropicos	26602461
INPN	446393
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17212520-1
The Plant List	tro-26602461
Open Tree Of Life	159315
NCBI Taxonomy	265700
Nature Serve	2.148318
IPNI	17212520-1
iNaturalist	167539
GBIF	3914366
Freebase	/m/0gxzb0q
EPPO	PTJEN
EOL	597368
USDA GRIN	30281
Wikipedia	Pteris_ensiformis

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Morphological and Phylogenetic Analyses Reveal Three New Species of Didymella (Didymellaceae, Pleosporales) from Jiangxi, China

Luo X, Hu Y, Xia J, Zhang K, Ma L, Xu Z, Ma J

J Fungi (Basel)

18-Jan-2024

PMCID:	PMC10821193
doi:	10.3390/jof10010075
PMID:	38248984

Negative Impacts of Arsenic on Plants and Mitigation Strategies

Sinha D, Datta S, Mishra R, Agarwal P, Kumari T, Adeyemi SB, Kumar Maurya A, Ganguly S, Atique U, Seal S, Kumari Gupta L, Chowdhury S, Chen JT

Plants (Basel)

28-Apr-2023

PMCID:	PMC10181087
doi:	10.3390/plants12091815
PMID:	37176873

A Comprehensive Review on Pharmacological Activities of Pachypodol: A Bioactive Compound of an Aromatic Medicinal Plant Pogostemon Cablin Benth

Fatima S, Farzeen I, Ashraf A, Aslam B, Ijaz MU, Hayat S, Sarfraz MH, Zafar S, Zafar N, Unuofin JO, Lebelo SL, Muzammil S

Molecules

14-Apr-2023

PMCID:	PMC10141922
doi:	10.3390/molecules28083469
PMID:	37110702

Taxonomic Advances from Fungal Flora Associated with Ferns and Fern-like Hosts in Northern Thailand

Seifollahi E, de Farias AR, Jayawardena RS, Hyde KD

Plants (Basel)

03-Feb-2023

PMCID:	PMC9922025
doi:	10.3390/plants12030683
PMID:	36771768

Design, Synthesis, and Bioactivity of Chalcone Derivatives Containing Indanone

Sun N, Gong C, Zhou Y, Zhang Y, Zhang N, Xing L, Xue W

ACS Omega

04-Jan-2023

PMCID:	PMC9850732
doi:	10.1021/acsomega.2c07071
PMID:	36687075

Efficient purification of flavonoids from bamboo shoot residues of Phyllostachys edulis by macroporous resin and their hypoglycemic activity

Wang Y, Zhang Y, Cheng J, Zhao J, Shi R, He L, Li Q, Chen Y

Food Chem X

12-Nov-2022

PMCID:	PMC9743288
doi:	10.1016/j.fochx.2022.100505
PMID:	36519103

Arsenic perception and signaling: The yet unexplored world

Navarro C, Navarro MA, Leyva A

Front Plant Sci

02-Sep-2022

PMCID:	PMC9479143
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2022.993484
PMID:	36119603

Purification and Identification of Flavonoid Molecules from Rosa setate x Rosa rugosa Waste Extracts and Evaluation of Antioxidant, Antiproliferative and Antimicrobial Activities

Wu M, Xu J, Zhang H, Xia W, Li W, Zhang W

Molecules

08-Jul-2022

PMCID:	PMC9323010
doi:	10.3390/molecules27144379
PMID:	35889252

Enhancing Phytate Availability in Soils and Phytate-P Acquisition by Plants: A Review

Liu X, Han R, Cao Y, Turner BL, Ma LQ

Environ Sci Technol

08-Jun-2022

PMCID:	PMC9261192
doi:	10.1021/acs.est.2c00099
PMID:	35675210

Natural Enantiomers: Occurrence, Biogenesis and Biological Properties

Yu JH, Yu ZP, Capon RJ, Zhang H

Molecules

14-Feb-2022

PMCID:	PMC8880303
doi:	10.3390/molecules27041279
PMID:	35209066

Reactive Oxygen Species, Antioxidant Responses and Implications from a Microbial Modulation Perspective

Zandi P, Schnug E

Biology (Basel)

18-Jan-2022

PMCID:	PMC8869449
doi:	10.3390/biology11020155
PMID:	35205022

How fern and fern allies respond to heterogeneous habitat — a case in Yuanjiang dry-hot valley

Yang FC, Sarathchandra C, Liu JX, Huang HP, Gou JY, Li Y, Mao XY, Wen HT, Zhao J, Yang MF, Homya S, Prueksakorn K

Commun Integr Biol

13-Dec-2021

PMCID:	PMC8677019
doi:	10.1080/19420889.2021.2007591
PMID:	34925688

Water and soil contaminated by arsenic: the use of microorganisms and plants in bioremediation

Bertin PN, Crognale S, Plewniak F, Battaglia-Brunet F, Rossetti S, Mench M

Environ Sci Pollut Res Int

02-Dec-2021

PMCID:	PMC8783877
doi:	10.1007/s11356-021-17817-4
PMID:	34859349

DNA barcoding ferns in an unexplored tropical montane cloud forest area of southeast Oaxaca, Mexico

Trujillo-Argueta S, del Castillo RF, Tejero-Diez D, Matias-Cervantes CA, Velasco-Murguía A

Sci Rep

24-Nov-2021

PMCID:	PMC8613246
doi:	10.1038/s41598-021-02237-8
PMID:	34819549

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

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Benzoic acids and derivatives / Benzoic acids
Benzoic Acid	243	Click to see C1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=O)O	122.12	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245482/
> Benzenoids / Indanes / Indanones
(R)-Pterosin B	5320780	Click to see CC1CC2=C(C1=O)C(=C(C(=C2)C)CCO)C	218.29	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245482/
Pterosin B	115049	Click to see CC1CC2=C(C1=O)C(=C(C(=C2)C)CCO)C	218.29	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245482/
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Cycloartanols and derivatives
9,19-Cyclolanost-25-en-3-ol, 24-methyl-, (3beta,24S)-	550205	Click to see CC(CCC(C)C(=C)C)C1CCC2(C1(CCC34C2CCC5C3(C4)CCC(C5(C)C)O)C)C	440.70	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245482/
Cyclolaudenol	101729	Click to see CC(CCC(C)C(=C)C)C1CCC2(C1(CCC34C2CCC5C3(C4)CCC(C5(C)C)O)C)C	440.70	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245482/
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Steroidal glycosides / Steroidal saponins / Cucurbitacin glycosides
(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[2-[(2S,5R)-5-[(1S,3R,6S,8S,9S,11R,12S,14S,15R,16R)-6-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3-[(2S,3R,4R)-3,4-dihydroxy-4-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-9,14-dihydroxy-7,7,12,16-tetramethyl-15-pentacyclo[9.7.0.01,3.03,8.012,16]octadecanyl]-5-methyloxolan-2-yl]propan-2-yloxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol	162849626	Click to see CC1(C(CCC23C1C(CC4C2(C3)CCC5(C4(CC(C5C6(CCC(O6)C(C)(C)OC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)O)O)O)C)O)C)C)O)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)CO)O)O)OC9C(C(CO9)(CO)O)O)C	947.10	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245482/
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
17-(5-ethyl-6-methylheptan-2-yl)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol	86821	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C	414.70	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245482/
Beta-Sitosterol	222284	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C	414.70	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245482/
beta-Sitosterol 3-O-beta-D-galactopyranoside	296119	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)O)C)C)C(C)C	576.80	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245482/
Sitogluside	5742590	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)O)C)C)C(C)C	576.80	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245482/
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Alcohols and polyols / Cyclitols and derivatives / Quinic acids and derivatives
1,3,4-Trihydroxy-5-[3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyloxy]cyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid	53420248	Click to see C1C(C(C(CC1(C(=O)O)O)OC(=O)C=CC2=CC=C(C=C2)O)O)O	338.31	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245482/
3-p-Coumaroylquinic acid	9945785	Click to see C1C(C(C(CC1(C(=O)O)O)OC(=O)C=CC2=CC=C(C=C2)O)O)O	338.31	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245482/
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / O-glycosyl compounds
[4,5-Dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-(3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl] benzoate	163072506	Click to see C1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2C(C(C(OC2OC(=O)C3=CC=CC=C3)CO)O)O)O)O)O	416.40	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245482/
[6-[2-Benzoyloxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxyoxan-3-yl] benzoate	162997601	Click to see C1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2C(C(C(OC2OC(=O)C3=CC=CC=C3)CO)O)O)O)O)OC(=O)C4=CC=CC=C4	520.50	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245482/
6-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-(hydroxymethyl)-2,5,7-trimethyl-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-3H-inden-1-one	162882988	Click to see CC1=CC2=C(C(=C1CCO)C)C(=O)C(C2OC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)O)(C)CO	426.50	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245482/
Bz(-4)Xyl(b1-2)Glc(b)-O-Bz	162997602	Click to see C1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2C(C(C(OC2OC(=O)C3=CC=CC=C3)CO)O)O)O)O)OC(=O)C4=CC=CC=C4	520.50	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245482/
Pterosin L 3-glucoside	102412700	Click to see CC1=CC2=C(C(=C1CCO)C)C(=O)C(C2OC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)O)(C)CO	426.50	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245482/
Xyl(b1-2)Glc(b)-O-Bz	163072507	Click to see C1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2C(C(C(OC2OC(=O)C3=CC=CC=C3)CO)O)O)O)O)O	416.40	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245482/
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Monosaccharides / Hexoses
Benzoyl-beta-D-glucoside	12314096	Click to see C1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=O)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O	284.26	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245482/
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Dihydrofurans / Furanones / Butenolides
2(5H)-Furanone, 5-(2-hydroxyethylidene)-	5367659	Click to see C1=CC(=O)OC1=CCO	126.11	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245482/
5-(2-Hydroxyethylidene)furan-2-one	557507	Click to see C1=CC(=O)OC1=CCO	126.11	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245482/
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Cinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids
4-Hydroxycinnamic acid	322	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C=CC(=O)O)O	164.16	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245482/
p-Coumaric acid	637542	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C=CC(=O)O)O	164.16	unknown	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245482/

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Pteris ensiformis

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Description Top

Synonyms Top

Common names Top

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

Subvarieties (abbr. subvar.) Top

Forms (abbr. f.) Top

Germination/Propagation Top

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

Links to other databases Top

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

Scientific Literature Top

Phytochemical Profile Top

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