Pteridaceae
Giant brake
Pteris tripartita
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Pteris
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 三叉凤尾蕨, 三腳鳳尾蕨
- English
- Giant brake
Synonyms
- Asplenium lineare (Wall.) C.Presl
- Campteria pseudolonchitis C.Presl
- Litobrochia divaricata Brack.
- Litobrochia intermedia (Blume) J.Sm.
- Litobrochia marginata C.Presl
- Litobrochia microdictyon Fée
- Litobrochia milneana (Hook.) Carruth.
- Litobrochia pseudolonchitis Fée
- Litobrochia tripartita (Sw.) C.Presl
- Pteris attenuata Sw.
- Pteris connexa J.Sm.
- Pteris feliciennae F.Muell.
- Pteris guilleminei Ag.; Guill.
- Pteris intermedia Blume
- Pteris junghuhnii (Reinw.) Baker
- Pteris linearis Wall.
- Pteris longipes Blume
- Pteris marginata Bory
- Pteris microdictyon (Fée) Hook.
- Pteris milneana (Hook.) Baker
- Pteris pedatifida Roxb.
- Pteris revolvens Ac.
- Pteris semiovata Poir.
- Pteris subpedata Wall.
- Pteris tripartita var. feliciennae (F.Muell.) Domin
- Pteris tripartita var. marquesensis E.D.Br.
- Pteris tripartita var. milneana Hook.
- Pteris uniseriata Poir.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos

Photo: Art Whistler, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.