Characterization of rbcS Genes in the Fern Pteris vittata and their Photoregulation
- Abstract of paper published in Planta 206:204-214 (1998).The full text of the article is available to subscribers.
- http://www.springerlink.com/(zwbkfvu41b2org55ftugna55)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,5,21;journal,92,116;linkingpublicationresults,1:100484,1

A fern that hyperaccumulates arsenic
- Article in Nature February 2001.
- http://lqma.ifas.ufl.edu/PUBLICATION/MA-01A.PDF

Arsenic accumulation in the hyperaccumulator chinese brake and its utilization potential for phytoremediation
- Abstract of article in the Journal of Environmental Quality 31(5) September 2002.
- http://jeq.scijournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/31/5/1671

Mechanisms of arsenic hyperaccumulation in Pteris vittata.
- Uptake kinetics, interactions with phosphate, and arsenic speciation. Abstract of article in Plant Physiology 130(3) November 2002.
- http://www.plantphysiol.org/cgi/content/abstract/130/3/1552

Effects of arsenic concentrations and forms on arsenic uptake by the hyperaccumulator ladder brake
- Abstract of article in the Journal of Environmental Quality 31(2) March 2002.
- http://jeq.scijournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/31/2/641

Pteris vittata
- Images and description.
- http://www.comfsm.fm/~dleeling/svp/pteris_vittata.html

Ladder brake: Pteris vittata
- Entry in invasive and exotic species of North America, a joint project of The Bugwood Network, USDA Forest Service and USDA APHIS PPQ.
- http://www.invasive.org/browse/subject.cfm?sub=6280

Arsenic solutions
- Article on aspects of Pteris vittata as a hyperaccumulater of arsenic, treated wood and Florida.
- http://www.horticulturist.com/mastermag4/best4.htm

Pteris vittata L.
- Includes taxonomic information, mapped distribution in Florida, and photographic image.
- http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/main.asp?plantID=1365

Arsenic accumulater
- January 2001 press release/report on University of Florida research demonstrating that Pteris vittata is the first plant ever found to "hyperaccumulate" arsenic and its potential in soil remediation.
- http://www.napa.ufl.edu/2001news/fern.htm