Pteridaceae
Ceratopteris

Ceratopteris thalictroides (L.) Brongn.

First published in Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1821: 186 (1821)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropics & Subtropics. It is a perennial or helophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, California, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Hainan, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Malaya, Marianas, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Panamá, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Solomon Is., Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Austria, Fiji, Hawaii, Romania

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Chen, C.-W. & al. (2022). An annotated checklist of lycophytes and ferns of the Solomon islands. The Fern Gazette 21: 292-419.
  • Dey, M. & al. (2023). Additions to the Pteridophyte flora from Jalpaiguri district of Eastern Himalayan foot hills region, West Bengal. Indian Fern Journal 40(2): 39-61.
  • Ebihara, A. (2016). The standard of ferns and lycophytes in Japan. Nihonsan shida shokubutsu hyojun zukan 1: 1-475. Gakken Plus, Tokyo.
  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
  • 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.
  • Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • 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.
  • Singh, S.K. & al. (2023). Pteridophytes of Meghalaya. A pictorial guide: 1-246. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh.
  • Urziceanu, M. & al. (2020). Updated list of non-native ornamental plants in Romania. Contributii Botanice Universitatea "Babes-Bolyai" din Cluj-Napoca 55: 59-82.
  • Velázquez Montes, E. (2018). Flora de Guerrero 82: 1-230. Facultade de Ciencias, UNAM.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

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.
  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
  • Singh, S.K. & al. (2023). Pteridophytes of Meghalaya. A pictorial guide: 1-246. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh.
  • Velázquez Montes, E. (2018). Flora de Guerrero 82: 1-230. Facultade de Ciencias, UNAM.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Cámara-Leret, R., & Dennehy, Z. (2019). Information gaps in indigenous and local knowledge for science-policy assessments. Nature Sustainability 2:736-741.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 2006 Johns, R.J. [10761] Indonesia K000444867 No
Aug 1, 2006 Johns, R.J. [10761] Indonesia K000444866 No
Aug 1, 2006 Johns, R.J. [10761] Indonesia K000444865 No
Jul 1, 2005 Fay Louis [4809] Cameroon K000338300 No
Apr 14, 1997 Sands, M., J. S. [6211] Indonesia K000506231 No
Jan 1, 1995 Christensen, H.; Apu, F., L. [740] Malaysia K000506042 No
Jan 1, 1994 Christensen, H. [1530] Malaysia K000506057 No
Jan 1, 1994 Christensen, H. [1530] Malaysia K000506059 No
Jan 1, 1994 Christensen, H. [1530] Malaysia K000506058 No
Mar 1, 1971 Edaño, G.E.:, Gutierrez, H. [38563] Philippines K000506220 No
Mar 1, 1971 Buwalda, P. [5855] Indonesia K000506048 No
Mar 1, 1971 Zollinger, H. [356] K000506043 No
Mar 1, 1971 Cumming, H. [344] Philippines K000506219 No
Mar 1, 1971 Darbyshire, P.J. [818] K000506484 No
Mar 1, 1971 Koorders, S.H. [22100ß] Indonesia K000506047 No
Mar 1, 1971 Nedi [394] Indonesia K000506046 No
Mar 1, 1971 Wenzel, C.A. [3154] Philippines K000506217 No
Mar 1, 1971 Elmer, A.D.E. [14320] Philippines K000506218 No
Mar 1, 1971 Hose, B.F. [s.n.] Malaysia K000506045 No
Mar 1, 1971 Elmer, A.D.E. [14320] Philippines K000506227 No
Mar 1, 1971 Lancaster, Ch.R. [2] Malaysia K000506037 No
Oct 1, 1968 Hoogland, R.D.; Craven, L.A. [10515] K000506474 No
Jul 25, 1958 Shah, Mohd. [255] Malaysia K000506036 No
Nov 1, 1953 Borssum, J., W. van [1526] Indonesia K000506044 No
Jan 1, 1936 Lütjeharms, W.J. [3826] Indonesia K000506056 No
Ramos, M. [27645] Philippines K000506223 No
Streimann, H. [NGF28762] K000506487 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 83] K001109217 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jaman, R.; Zamudin [PL114] Malaysia K000506031 No
[290] Philippines K000506225 No
Wiakabu, J. [LAE70372] K000506477 No
Winkler, Hubert [3372] Indonesia K000506053 No
Merrill, E.D. [4012] Philippines K000506222 No
Croft, J.R. [65] K000506481 No
Anonymous [s.n.] Singapore K000506038 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 83] K001109214 Unknown Type Material Yes
Native Collector [68] Malaysia K000506051 No
Henderson, M.R. [20293] Indonesia K000506052 No
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2917] Botswana K001519293 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2917] Botswana K001519292 Yes
Jaeger, P. [2025] Sierra Leone K001401042 Yes
Jaeger, P. [2025] Sierra Leone K001422081 Yes
Turner, H. [70] Indonesia K000506230 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 83] India K001109218 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 83] K001109211 Unknown Type Material Yes
Croft, J.R.; Gideon, O.G.; Katik, P.; Obedi, S. [2094] K000506489 No
Buwalda, P. [5855] Indonesia K000506050 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 83] India K001109212 Unknown Type Material Yes
Norris, W., Sir [s.n.] Malaysia K000506039 No
Piggott, A.G. [3173] Malaysia K000506035 No
Wong, K.M. [1921] Brunei K000506041 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 83] K001109215 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 83] India K001109213 Unknown Type Material Yes
Galore, M. [NGF41163] K000506486 No
Croft, J.R.; Gideon, O.G.; Katik, P.; Obedi, S. [2094] K000506490 No
Matthew, C.G. [s.n.] Philippines K000506221 No
Piggott, A.G. [3173] Malaysia K000506033 No
Piggott, A.G. [3173] Malaysia K000506034 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 83] K001109216 Unknown Type Material Yes
Murata, G.; Kato, M.; Mogea, Y.P. [B261] Indonesia K000506055 No
Frodin, D.G.; Naoni, E.K. [7007] K000506478 No
Said, I.M; Janol; Clayton [BRUN15878] Brunei K000506060 No
Croft, J.R. [1598] K000506480 No
Moseley, H.N. [s.n.] Philippines K000506226 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 83] Nepal K001109209 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blume, C.L. [s.n.] Indonesia K000506049 No
Croft, J.R. [1598] K000506479 No
Copeland, E.B. [425] Philippines K000506224 No
Croft, J.R. [65] K000506482 No
Piggott, A.G. [3173] Malaysia K000506032 No
Paris, B.S.; Croxall, J.P. [8355] K000506473 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 83] Singapore K001109210 Unknown Type Material Yes
Croft, J.R.; Gideon, O.G.; Katik, P.; Obedi, S. [2094] K000506488 No
Paris, B.S.; Croxall, J.P. [4147] K000506483 No
Ma Nseima, J. [26] K000506475 No
Wiakabu, J. [LAE70372] K000506476 No
Koorders, S.H. [36973ß] Indonesia K000506054 No
Brass, L.J. [5818] K000506485 No

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0