Pteridaceae
Haplopteris

Haplopteris ensiformis (Sw.) E.H.Crane

First published in Syst. Bot. 22: 514 (1997 publ. 1998)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to E. Zimbabwe and Pacific. It is an epiphyte or lithophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, Easter Is., Hainan, India, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Vietnam, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Chang, C.-S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2021). Checklist of Far East Asian Vascular Flora 1: 1-626. EABCN, Seoul.
  • Chen, C.-W. & al. (2022). An annotated checklist of lycophytes and ferns of the Solomon islands. The Fern Gazette 21: 292-419.
  • Ebihara, A. (2016). The standard of ferns and lycophytes in Japan. Nihonsan shida shokubutsu hyojun zukan 1: 1-475. Gakken Plus, Tokyo.
  • Hsu, T.C., Chen, C.W., Knapp, R. & Hung, H.C. (2019). Ferns and Lycophytes I. The illustrated flora of Taiwan. Tai wan yuan sheng zhi wu quan tu jian 8(1): 1-448. Tai bei shi : Mao tou ying chu ban : Jia ting chuan mei cheng bang fen gong si fa xing.
  • Paris, B.S., Kiew, R., Chung, R.C.K. & Cheah, Y.H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Peninsular Malaysia. Series I: Ferns and Lycophytes, Volume 3. Malayan Forest Records 48: 1-307.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ebihara, A. (2016). The standard of ferns and lycophytes in Japan. Nihonsan shida shokubutsu hyojun zukan 1: 1-475. Gakken Plus, Tokyo.
  • Hsu, T.C., Chen, C.W., Knapp, R. & Hung, H.C. (2019). Ferns and Lycophytes I. The illustrated flora of Taiwan. Tai wan yuan sheng zhi wu quan tu jian 8(1): 1-448. Tai bei shi : Mao tou ying chu ban : Jia ting chuan mei cheng bang fen gong si fa xing.
  • Paris, B.S., Kiew, R., Chung, R.C.K. & Cheah, Y.H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Peninsular Malaysia. Series I: Ferns and Lycophytes, Volume 3. Malayan Forest Records 48: 1-307.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2023 Poilane, E. [4634] Vietnam K001890315 Yes
Jan 1, 2023 Gwynne Vaughan, D. [517] Thailand K001890311 Yes
Jan 1, 2023 Chantaranothai, P.; Middleton, D.; Parnell, J. ; Simpson, D. ; Simpson, R. [1412] Thailand K000399935 Yes
Jan 1, 2018 Molesworth Allen, B. [2754] Malaysia K000637896 No
Jan 1, 2018 Lörzing, J.A. [12367] Indonesia K000637984 No
Jan 1, 2018 Nur, Md. [11732] Malaysia K000637956 No
Jan 1, 2018 Lobb, T. [35] Singapore K000637960 No
Jan 1, 2018 Molesworth Allen, B. [2787] Malaysia K001890295 Yes
Jan 1, 2018 Molesworth Allen, B. [2787] Malaysia K001890296 Yes
Jan 1, 2018 Yapp, R.H. [44] Malaysia K001890304 Yes
Jan 1, 2018 Yapp, R.H. [185] Malaysia K001890305 Yes
Jan 1, 2018 Bidin, D. ; Jaman, R. ; Hamid [PL 172] Malaysia K001890297 Yes
Jan 1, 2018 Venning, F.E.W. [MA 55] Malaysia K001890298 Yes
Jan 1, 2018 Samat, A. ; Abdullah, B. [222] Malaysia K001890299 Yes
Jan 1, 2018 Samat, A. ; Abdullah, B. [222] Malaysia K001890300 Yes
Jan 1, 2018 Ridley, H.N. [15831] Malaysia K000637890 No
Jan 1, 2018 Allen, F.G.H. [2759] Malaysia K000637891 No
Jan 1, 2018 Edwards, P.J. [3640] Malaysia K000665169 No
Jan 1, 2018 Mactier, W.F. [s.n.] Malaysia K000637889 No
Jan 1, 2018 Yapp, R.H. [s.n.] Malaysia K000637892 No
Jan 1, 2018 Ridley, H.N. [15702] Malaysia K000637888 No
Jan 1, 2018 Parris, B.S.; Edwards, P.J. [10558] Malaysia K000637959 No
Jan 1, 2018 Wallich [s.n.] Singapore K000637879 No
Jan 1, 2018 Wallich [s.n.] Singapore K000939517 No
Jan 1, 2018 Matthew, C.G. [s.n.] Malaysia K000637894 No
Jan 1, 2018 Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Malaysia K000637957 No
Jan 1, 2018 Parris, B.S.; Edwards, P.J. [10370] Malaysia K000637898 No
Jan 1, 2018 Anonymous [s.n.] Malaysia K000637965 No
Jan 1, 2018 Jaman, R.; Zainudin [PL106] Malaysia K000637895 No
Jan 1, 2018 Hose, E.S.; Hose, G. [5035] Malaysia K000637955 No
Jan 1, 2018 Thomson, G. [s.n.] Singapore K000637961 No
Jan 1, 2018 Ernst, A. [1022] Malaysia K000637962 No
Jan 1, 2018 Merrill, E.D. [3132] Philippines K000699844 No
Jan 1, 2018 Piggott, A.G. [1426] Malaysia K000637963 No
Jan 1, 2018 Parris, B.S.; Edwards, P.J. [10446] Malaysia K000637897 No
Jan 1, 2018 Edwards, P.J. [1990A] Malaysia K000475040 No
Jan 1, 2018 Whitmore, T.C. [331] Malaysia K000637958 No
Oct 28, 2016 Streimann, H. [NGF45200] Papua New Guinea K000689618 No
Oct 28, 2016 Eames, A.J. [191] Samoa K000706543 No
Oct 28, 2016 Bulmer, C. [309] Hawaii K000706560 No
Oct 28, 2016 Croft, J.R. [LAE65157] Papua New Guinea K000689621 No
Oct 28, 2016 Sledge, W.A. [1492] Samoa K000706544 No
Oct 28, 2016 Parris, B.S.; Croxall, J.P. [4804] Papua New Guinea K000689606 No
Oct 28, 2016 Carr, C.E. [12930] Papua New Guinea K000689607 No
Apr 11, 2016 Schlechter, R. [14866] New Caledonia K000706591 No
Apr 11, 2016 Olsen, S. [475] K000699894 No
Apr 11, 2016 Braithwaite, A.F. [4380] Solomon Islands K000705996 No
Matthew, C.G. [s.n.] Malaysia K000637838 No
Leong-Skornickova, J.; Nguyen, Q.B.; Sida, O. [OS 6576] Vietnam Haplopteris hainanensis K001892580 Yes
Jul 23, 1986 Merrill, E.D. [2664] Philippines Vittaria incurvata K000699861 No
Jul 23, 1986 Williams, R.S. [2467] Philippines Vittaria incurvata K000699862 No
Florence, J. [3591] Vittaria incurvata K000705995 No
Florence, J. [4245] Vittaria incurvata K000705994 No
Cuming, H. [62] Philippines Vittaria incurvata K000699863 No
Jan 1, 1993 Awmack, C.S. [145] Indonesia Vittaria ensiformis K000699491 No
Jan 1, 1991 Poulsen, A.D. [84] Vittaria ensiformis K000699501 No
Nov 5, 1990 Peter, A. [3762b] Tanzania Vittaria ensiformis K000705551 No
Nov 1, 1989 Greenway, P.J. [997] Tanzania Vittaria ensiformis K000705554 No
Jan 1, 1987 Parris, B.S. [11074] Indonesia Vittaria ensiformis K000699512 No
Jan 1, 1986 Edwards, P.J. [2116] Malaysia Vittaria ensiformis K000699509 No
Jan 1, 1985 Parris, B.S. [10684] Malaysia Vittaria ensiformis K000699503 No
Jan 1, 1984 Parris, B.S. [6981] Malaysia Vittaria ensiformis K000699495 No
Aug 1, 1983 Henderson, M.R. [20447] Indonesia Vittaria ensiformis K000699441 No
May 26, 1982 Kodoh, T; Lassan, P. [SAN87534] Malaysia Vittaria ensiformis K000699505 No
Mar 23, 1982 Rau, K.; Johns, R. [325] Papua New Guinea Vittaria ensiformis K000689589 No
Jan 1, 1979 Chai, P. [S38562] Malaysia Vittaria ensiformis K000699499 No
Feb 1, 1977 Sands, M.J.; Pattison, G.A.; Wood, J.J.; Croft, J. [2319] Papua New Guinea Vittaria ensiformis K000689590 No
Jan 1, 1965 Køie, M. [1810] Papua New Guinea Vittaria ensiformis K000689591 No
Jan 1, 1960 Ernst, A. [s.n.] Indonesia Vittaria ensiformis K000699487 No
Jan 1, 1960 Ernst, A. [s.n.] Indonesia Vittaria ensiformis K000699486 No
Jan 1, 1960 Jacobs, M. [5613] Vittaria ensiformis K000699502 No
Feb 17, 1958 Meijer, W. [745] Indonesia Vittaria ensiformis K000699492 No
Faden, R.B. [70/279] Tanzania Vittaria ensiformis K000705553 No
Parris, B.S. [6986] Malaysia Vittaria ensiformis K000699498 No
Clemens, J.; Clemens, M.S. [27443] Malaysia Vittaria ensiformis K000699510 No
Parris, B.S.; Croxall, J.P. [10022] Papua New Guinea Vittaria ensiformis K000689597 No
Parris, B.S.; Croxall, J.P. [4799] Papua New Guinea Vittaria ensiformis K000689587 No
Parris, B.S.; Croxall, J.P. [7859] Papua New Guinea Vittaria ensiformis K000689585 No
Griff [Griffiths, W.?] [s.n.] Fiji Vittaria ensiformis K000705986 No
Parris, B.S.; Croxall, J.P. [8271] Papua New Guinea Vittaria ensiformis K000689602 No
Parris, B.S. [5706] Philippines Vittaria ensiformis K000699839 No
Parris, B.S.; Croxall, J.P. [7649] Indonesia Vittaria ensiformis K000699485 No
Brass, L.J. [26083] Papua New Guinea Vittaria ensiformis K000689594 No
Cuming, H. [143] Philippines Vittaria ensiformis K000699837 No
Iwatsuki, K.,, Kato, M., Murata, G.; Mogea, Y.P. [B381] Indonesia Vittaria ensiformis K000699489 No
Iwatsuki, k.; Murata, G.; Gutierrez, H.G. [1238] Philippines Vittaria ensiformis K000699842 No
Brass, L.J. [12830] Indonesia Vittaria ensiformis K000689580 No
Parris, B.S.; Croxall, J.P. [4799] Papua New Guinea Vittaria ensiformis K000689588 No
Royen, P., van; Sleumer, H. [7050] Indonesia Vittaria ensiformis K000689572 No
Clemens, J.; Clemens, M.S. [28185] Malaysia Vittaria ensiformis K000699508 No
Schäfer, P.A. [5631] Vittaria ensiformis K000705989 No
Smith, A.C. [5737] Fiji Vittaria ensiformis K000705984 No
Schäfer, P.A. [5255] Vittaria ensiformis K000705987 No
Schäfer, P.A. [5215] Vittaria ensiformis K000705988 No
Nakaike, T. [498] Papua New Guinea Vittaria ensiformis K000689595 No
Schäfer, P.A. [5447] Vittaria ensiformis K000705990 No
Purseglove, J.W.; Shah, M. [4685A] Malaysia Vittaria ensiformis K000699500 No
Parris, B.S.; Croxall, J.P. [7730] Papua New Guinea Vittaria ensiformis K000689586 No
Stevens, P.F.; Lelean, Y. [LAE58786] Papua New Guinea Vittaria ensiformis K000689579 No
Brass, L.J. [32043] Papua New Guinea Vittaria ensiformis K000689576 No
Parris, B.S. [5650] Philippines Vittaria ensiformis K000699838 No
Schäfer, P.A. [5655] Vittaria ensiformis K000705991 No
Parris, B.S. [9571] Papua New Guinea Vittaria ensiformis K000689600 No
Eyma, P.J. [4662] Indonesia Vittaria ensiformis K000689574 No
Glynne, M.D. [225] Tanzania Vittaria ensiformis K000705556 No
Awmack, C.S. [365] Indonesia Vittaria ensiformis K000699493 No
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A. [1589] Tanzania Vittaria ensiformis K000705555 No
Royen, P., van; Sleumer, H. [8236] Indonesia Vittaria ensiformis K000689573 No
Parris, B.S.; Croxall, J.P. [7919] Papua New Guinea Vittaria ensiformis K000689584 No
Bory [s.n.] Reunion Vittaria ensiformis K000435579 Type Yes
Parris, B.S.; Croxall, J.P. [4803] Papua New Guinea Vittaria ensiformis K000689583 No
Mendoza, D.R. [17222] Philippines Vittaria ensiformis K000699843 No
Ratcliffe, J.B. [164] Indonesia Vittaria ensiformis K000689581 No
Stevens, P.F.; Lelean, Y. [LAE58557] Papua New Guinea Vittaria ensiformis K000689578 No
Nakaike, T. [520] Papua New Guinea Vittaria ensiformis K000689596 No
Awmack, C.S. [101] Indonesia Vittaria ensiformis K000398654 No
Kairo, A. [NGF45397] Papua New Guinea Vittaria ensiformis K000689575 No
Parris, B.S.; Croxall, J.P. [9308] Papua New Guinea Vittaria ensiformis K000689601 No
Parris, B.S. [6515] Malaysia Vittaria ensiformis K000699497 No
Parris, B.S. [11409] Malaysia Vittaria ensiformis K000699504 No
Reunion Vittaria ensiformis K000435578 Unknown Type Material Yes
Croft, J.R. [LAE65703] Papua New Guinea Vittaria ensiformis K000689603 No
Awmack, C.S. [279] Indonesia Vittaria ensiformis K000699494 No
Piggott, A.G. [2262] Philippines Vittaria ensiformis K000699841 No
Cruttwell, N.E.G. [337] Papua New Guinea Vittaria ensiformis K000689593 No
Parris, B.S.; Croxall, J.P. [7732] Papua New Guinea Vittaria ensiformis K000689582 No
Royen, P., van; Sleumer, H. [6070] Indonesia Vittaria ensiformis K000689577 No
Awmack, C.S. [272] Indonesia Vittaria ensiformis K000699488 No
Shim, P.S. [SAN132535] Malaysia Vittaria ensiformis K000699506 No
Thulin, M.; Mhoro, B. [2960] Tanzania Vittaria ensiformis K000705552 No
Awmack, C.S. [66] Indonesia Vittaria ensiformis K000375407 No
Brass, L.J. [25596] Papua New Guinea Vittaria ensiformis K000689592 No
Hennipman, E. [5324] Indonesia Vittaria ensiformis K000699511 No
Awmack, C.S. [70] Indonesia Vittaria ensiformis K000375406 No
Schäfer, P.A. [5656] Vittaria ensiformis K000705992 No
Parris, B.S. [6521] Malaysia Vittaria ensiformis K000699496 No
Clemens, J.; Clemens, M.S. [28185] Malaysia Vittaria ensiformis K000699507 No
Johns, R.J. [10072] Papua New Guinea Vittaria ensiformis K000689598 No
Mendoza, D.R. [42312] Philippines Vittaria ensiformis K000699840 No
Parris, B.S.; Croxall, J.P. [7729] Papua New Guinea Vittaria ensiformis K000689599 No
Iwatsuki, K.,, Kato, M., Murata, G. [B383] Indonesia Vittaria ensiformis K000699490 No
Smith, A.C. [6284] Fiji Vittaria ensiformis K000705985 No

Sources

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