Polypodiaceae

Nephrolepis Schott

First published in Gen. Fil. (Vindob.): t. 3 (1834)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Arizona, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Republic, Central American Pacific Is., Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Kermadec Is., Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Line Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Socotra, Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Turks-Caicos Is., Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Algeria, Argentina Northwest, Azores, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Eswatini, France, Georgia, Italy, Madeira, Morocco, New Zealand South, Pakistan, Paraguay, Portugal, Spain, St.Helena

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Balkrishna, A., Joshi, B., Sribastava, A., Shankar, R. & Shukla, B.K. (2019). Classification of extant Pteridophytes: a new approach. Indian Fern Journal 36: 311-341.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2004 Anonymous [144] Malaysia K000236709 No
Oct 1, 2004 Clemens, J.; Clemens, M.S. [27297] Malaysia K000236710 No
Oct 1, 2004 BCS; EFA; LM [SAN86728] Malaysia K000236711 No
Jan 1, 2003 Gay, H.J. [974] K000084587 No
Jan 1, 2003 Gay, H.J. [974] K000084586 No
Jan 1, 2003 Versteeg, G.M. [1001] Indonesia K000084584 No
Jan 1, 2003 Vink, W. [12082] Indonesia K000084583 No
Jan 1, 2003 Pulsford, M. [UPNG79] K000084851 No
Jan 1, 1994 Christensen, H. [33] Malaysia K000084566 No
Jan 1, 1994 Christensen, H. [33] Malaysia K000084565 No
Jan 1, 1966 Griffith, W. [s.n.] Malaysia K000083933 No
Price, M.G. [577] Philippines K000084482 No
Quesada, J. [1638] Costa Rica K001622021 Yes
Quesada, J. [1638] Costa Rica K001622022 Yes
Boerlage, J.G. [247] Indonesia K000084174 No
Zapfack, L. [536a] Cameroon K001604757 Yes
Zapfack, L. [551] Cameroon K000609781 Yes
Moseley, H.N. [s.n.] K000084853 No
Sands, M.J.S. [6629] Indonesia K000420171 No
Cheeseman, L.E. [15a] K000084852 No
Sands, M.J.S. [6629] Indonesia K000420169 No
Pulsford, M. [UPNG215] K000084854 No
Conklin, H.C.; Tintagan, B. [2545] Philippines K000376028 No
Ballard, F. [1064] Sri Lanka K:SPC-23262.000 No
Conklin, H.C.; Tintagan, B. [2544] Philippines K000376029 No
Sands, M.J.S. [6629] Indonesia K000420172 No
Said, I.M. [BRUN15879] Brunei K000376876 No
Nakamura, T.; Suzuki, K.; Yoshizawa, T. [668] Fiji K001092502 Isotype Yes
Sands, M.J.S. [6629] Indonesia K000420170 No
Awmack, C.S. [156] Indonesia K000375119 No

Sources

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • 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.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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