- Family:
- Dennstaedtiaceae Pic.Serm.
- Genus:
- Pteridium Gled. ex Scop.
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn

[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Colombian departments: Bogotá DC.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, native grassland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
- Vernacular
- Caramo, Milile, Mililí, Pata de cuervo
[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- helecho de marrano, helecho liso, helecho marranero
[UPFC]
- Use Animal Food
- Used as animal food.
- Use Gene Sources
- Used as gene sources.
- Use Food
- Used for food.
- Use Materials
- Used as material.
- Use Medicines
- Medical uses.
- Use Poisons
- Poisons.
- Use Social
- Social uses.
Native to:
Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Antipodean Is., Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Chatham Is., Chita, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kermadec Is., Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Magadan, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Selvagens, Sicilia, Socotra, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Tuva, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Egypt, South Australia
- Asplenium aquilinum (L.) Bernh.
- Cincinalis aquilina (L.) Trevis.
- Cincinalis gleditschii Gueldenst.
- Cincinalis lanuginosa Trevis.
- Eupteris aquilina (L.) Newman
- Filix-foemina aquilina (L.) Farw.
- Filix-foemina vulgaris Hill
- Ornithopteris aquilina (L.) J.Sm.
- Paesia aquilina (L.) Keys.
- Pteridium aquilinum subsp. atlanticum C.N.Page
- Pteridium aquilinum subsp. brevipes (Tausch) E.Wulff
- Pteridium aquilinum subsp. fulvum C.N.Page
- Pteridium aquilinum subsp. heredia (Colmeiro) Jermy
- Pteridium aquilinum var. osmundaceum Christ
- Pteridium aquilinum subsp. osmundaceum (Christ) P.D.Sell
- Pteridium aquilinum f. pubescens Hieron.
- Pteridium aquilinum subsp. tauricum (C.Presl) Gureeva & C.N.Page
- Pteridium aquilinum subsp. typicum R.M.Tryon
- Pteridium aquilinum var. umbrosum Luerss.
- Pteridium ceheginense Joaquin
- Pteridium heredia (Colmeiro) Joaquin
- Pteridium pinetorum subsp. osmundaceum (Christ) C.N.Page
- Pteridium pinetorum subsp. sajanense C.N.Page & R.R.Mill
- Pteridium pinetorum subsp. sibiricum Gureeva & C.N.Page
- Pteridium tauricum V.I.Krecz. ex Grossh.
- Filix aquilina (L.) Woyn.
- Polypodium austriacum Jacq.
- Allosorus acutifolius C.Presl
- Allosorus aquilinus (L.) C.Presl
- Allosorus capensis (Kaulf.) C.Presl
- Allosorus tauricus C.Presl
- Allosorus villosus C.Presl
- Onychium capense Kaulf.
- Pteris aquilina L.
- Pteris aquilina var. glabra Hook.
- Pteris aquilina f. transcaucasica Rupr.
- Pteris auriculata Goldm.
- Pteris borealis Salisb.
- Pteris brevipes Tausch
- Pteris firma Wall.
- Pteris foemina Gray
- Pteris gardneri Ettingsh.
- Pteris heredia Colmeiro
- Pteris nudicaulis Gueldenst.
- Pteris recurvata Wall.
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 1994 | DuPuy D.J. [2375], Madagascar | K000215027 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1981 | Croat, Thomas B. [28487], Madagascar | K000215025 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1981 | Croat, Thomas B., Madagascar | K000215026 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1965 | Olsen, S. [900], Philippines | K000516169 | No | ||
Jul 8, 1959 | Quisumbing, E. [M68], Philippines | K000516154 | No | ||
Jul 8, 1959 | Quisumbing, E. [M68], Philippines | K000516156 | No | ||
Jul 8, 1959 | Quisumbing, E. [M68], Philippines | K000516158 | No | ||
Jul 8, 1959 | Quisumbing, E. [M68], Philippines | K000516159 | No | ||
Jul 8, 1959 | Quisumbing, E. [M68], Philippines | K000516157 | No | ||
Jul 8, 1959 | Quisumbing, E. [M68], Philippines | K000516155 | No | ||
Jul 6, 1959 | Quisumbing, E. [M525], Philippines | K000516153 | No | ||
Jul 6, 1959 | Quisumbing, E. [M525], Philippines | K000516152 | No | ||
Melville, R., United Kingdom | 24342.000 | No | |||
Cuming, H. [100], Philippines | K000516164 | No | |||
Elmer, A.D.E. [8259], Philippines | K000516165 | No | |||
Conklin, H.C. [78615], Philippines | K000516167 | No | |||
Cuming, H. [353], Philippines | K000516171 | No | |||
Elmer, A.D.E. [10349], Philippines | K000516172 | No | |||
Edaño, G.E. [21242], Philippines | K000516173 | No | |||
Leaño, I. [35558], Philippines | K000516168 | No | |||
Parris, B.S. [5662], Philippines | K000516161 | No | |||
Carr, C.E. [13228], Papua New Guinea | K000519195 | No | |||
Croft, J.R. [1931], Papua New Guinea | K000519194 | No | |||
Mendoza, D.R. [17220], Philippines | K000516166 | No | |||
Parris, B.S. [5662], Philippines | K000516162 | No | |||
Cuming, H. [353], Philippines | K000516170 | No | |||
Croft, J.R. [1931], Papua New Guinea | K000519192 | No | |||
Brass, L.J. [30771], Papua New Guinea | K000519196 | No | |||
Parris, B.S. [5662], Philippines | K000516160 | No | |||
Croft, J.R. [1931], Papua New Guinea | K000519193 | No | |||
Cope, T.A [RBG 182], Great Britain | K000914002 | Yes | |||
Mendoza, D.R. [40924], Philippines | K000516163 | No | |||
McGillivray [s.n.], Papua New Guinea | K000519197 | No | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 100], Myanmar | Pteris firma | K001109251 | Yes | ||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 113], Nepal | Pteris recurvata | K001109305 | Yes | ||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 113], Nepal | Pteris recurvata | K001109306 | Yes |
First published in C.C.von der Decken, Reisen Ost Afr. 3(3): 11 (1879)
Accepted by
- Abdulina, S.A. (1999). Spisok Sosudistykn Rastenii Kazakhstana: 1-187. Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
- Allan, H.A. (1961). Flora of New Zealand 1: 1-1085. Botany division, D.S.I.R., Christchurch.
- Barkalov, V.Y. (ed.) (1991). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 5: 1-388. Nauka, Leningrad.
- Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & Parris, B.S. (2020). Pteridophytes of Turkey - A revised check-list and their relationship to Europe and the West Himalaya Indian Journal of Forestry 43: 263-284.
- Gonggrijp, S. & al. (2021). Nova Flora Neerlandica, Lycopodiopsida & Polypodiopsida: 1-275. KNVV uitgeverij.
- Gorchakovskii, P.L. & al. (1994). Opredelitel' sosudistykkhrastenii srednego Urala: 1-524. Nauka, Moscow.
- Güner, A. (ed.) (2018). Resimli Türkiye Florasi (Illustrated Flora of Turkey) 2: 1-1054. ANG Vakfi/Nezahat Gökyigit Botanik Bahçesi, Istambul.
- Krasnoborov, I.M. (ed.) (2000). Flora of Siberia 1: 1-189. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
- Litvinskaya, S.A. & Murtazaliev, R.A. (2013). Flora of the Northern Caucasus: An Atlas and Identification Book: 1-688. Fiton XXI.
- Malyschev, L.I., Peshkova, G.A. & Baikov, K.S. (eds.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 14: 1-210. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
- Merryweather, J. (2020). Britain's Ferns. A field guide to the clubmosses, quillworts, horsetails and ferns of Great Britain and Ireland: 1-280. Princeton University Press.
- Mickel, J. T. & Smith., A. R. (2004). The Pteridophytes of Mexico Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 88: 1-1054.
- Mirek, Z., Piekos-Mirkowa, H., Zajac, A. & Zajac, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
- 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.
- Prelli, R. & Boudrie, M. (2021). Les Fougères et plantes alliées d'Europe: 1-528. BIOTOPE.
- Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Abdulina, S.A. (1999). Spisok Sosudistykn Rastenii Kazakhstana: 1-187. Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
- Allan, H.A. (1961). Flora of New Zealand 1: 1-1085. Botany division, D.S.I.R., Christchurch.
- Barkalov, V.Y. (ed.) (1991). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 5: 1-388. Nauka, Leningrad.
- Krasnoborov, I.M. (ed.) (2000). Flora of Siberia 1: 1-189. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
- Litvinskaya, S.A. & Murtazaliev, R.A. (2013). Flora of the Northern Caucasus: An Atlas and Identification Book: 1-688. Fiton XXI.
- Merryweather, J. (2020). Britain's Ferns. A field guide to the clubmosses, quillworts, horsetails and ferns of Great Britain and Ireland: 1-280. Princeton University Press.
- von Raab-Straube, E. (ed.) (2005-continuously updated). The Euro+Med PlantBase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/query.asp.
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