Lepisorus thunbergianus (Kaulf.) Ching

Native to:

China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Hawaii, Japan, Korea, Kuril Is., Laos, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Homotypic Synonyms

Microsorum lineare Copel. in Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 16: 112 (1929), nom. superfl.
Niphobolus linearis Keyserl. in Polyp. Herb. Bunge: 39 (1873), nom. superfl.
Pleopeltis linearis Bedd. in Handb. Ferns Brit. India: 346 (1883), nom. illeg.
Pleopeltis thunbergiana Kaulf. in Wesen Farrenkr.: 113 (1827)
Pleopeltis wightiana Bedd. in Ferns S. India: t. 180 (1863), nom. superfl.
Polypodium lineare Thunb. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg., ed. 14.: 934 (1784), nom. illeg.
Polypodium lineare var. thunbergianum (Kaulf.) Takeda in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 8: 268 (1915), not validly publ.
Polypodium thunbergianum (Kaulf.) C.Chr. in Index Filic., Suppl. Tert.: 160 (1934)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Phymatodes elongata (Kaulf.) C.Presl in Tent. Pterid.: 196 (1836)
Drynaria elongata (Kaulf.) Brack. in U.S. Expl. Exped., Filic. 16: 42 (1854)
Drynaria subspathulata Hook. in Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 9: 356 (1857)
Lepisorus calcifer Ching & Z.Y.Liu in Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 4(4): 25 (1984)
Lepisorus chingii Khullar in J. Himal. Res. Dev. 7: 40 (1988)
Lepisorus elongatus (Kaulf.) Ching in Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. 4: 89 (1933)
Lepisorus linearifolius Ching & Z.Y.Liu in Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 3(4): 5 (1983)
Lepisorus mikawanus Sa.Kurata in Sci. Rep. Yokosuka City Mus. 11: 38 (1965)
Lepisorus mussooriensis Khullar in J. Himal. Res. Dev. 7: 59 (1988)
Lepisorus myriosorus Ching in Wuyi Sci. J. 1: 11 (1981)
Lepisorus pygmaeus Ching & Z.Y.Liu in Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 4(4): 24 (1984)
Lepisorus simulans Ching & Z.Y.Liu in Phytotaxa 205: 299 (2015)
Lepisorus stewartii Ching in Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 23 (1983)
Lepisorus thunbergianus var. subspathulatus (Hook.) Ching in Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. 4: 89 (1933)
Lepisorus thunbergianus var. tsutaei Akasawa & E.Yokote in Bull. Kochi Women's Univ., Ser. Nat. Sci. 27: 4 (1979)
Lepisorus tibeticus Ching & S.K.Wu in Fl. Xizang. 1: 311 (1983)
Niphobolus atropunctatus Keyserl. in Polyp. Herb. Bunge: 39 (1873)
Pleopeltis elongata Kaulf. in Enum. Filic.: 246 (1824)
Pleopeltis linearis T.Moore in Index Fil.: 346 (1862), nom. illeg.
Pleopeltis subspathulata T.Moore in Index Fil.: 348 (1862)
Pleopeltis tibetica (Ching & S.K.Wu) Panigrahi in Pl. Sci. Res. (India), Abstr. 23rd Ann. Conf. Khurda: 36 (1998)
Pleopeltis zeylanica T.Moore in Index Fil.: 349 (1862)
Polypodium coraiense Christ in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 5: 285 (1908)
Polypodium elongatum (Kaulf.) Goldm. in Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 454 (1843), nom. illeg.
Polypodium gladiatum Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 279 (1829)
Polypodium lineare var. subspathulatum (Hook.) Takeda in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 8: 270 (1915)
Polypodium loriforme Hook. in Gard. Ferns: t. 14 (1862)

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Subclass Polypodiinae
Order
Polypodiales

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Family
Polypodiaceae

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Genus
Lepisorus

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Species
Lepisorus thunbergianus

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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.
Ebihara, A. (2017). The standard of ferns and lycophytes in Japan. Nihonsan shida shokubutsu hyojun zukan 2: 1-507. Gakken Plus, Tokyo.
Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & Kandel, D.R. (2020). Ferns and Fern-Allies of Nepal 3: 1-191. Government of Nepal, Ministry of Forests and Environment, Department of Plant Resources.
Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2021). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 3: 1-450. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
Fraser-Jenkins, C.R., Shah, S.N. & Ullah, A. (2023). Ferns of Swat Revisited: 1-260. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun, India.
Hsu, T.C., Chen, C.W., Knapp, R. & Hung, H.C. (2019). Ferns and Lycophytes. 2 , Athyriaceae - Polypodiaceae. The illustrated flora of Taiwan. Tai wan yuan sheng zhi wu quan tu jian 8(2): 1-476. Tai bei shi : Mao tou ying chu ban : Jia ting chuan mei cheng bang fen gong si fa xing.
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

Barkalov, V.Y. (ed.) (1991). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 5: 1-388. Nauka, Leningrad.
Ebihara, A. (2017). The standard of ferns and lycophytes in Japan. Nihonsan shida shokubutsu hyojun zukan 2: 1-507. Gakken Plus, Tokyo.
Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2021). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 3: 1-450. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
Fraser-Jenkins, C.R., Shah, S.N. & Ullah, A. (2023). Ferns of Swat Revisited: 1-260. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun, India.
Hsu, T.C., Chen, C.W., Knapp, R. & Hung, H.C. (2019). Ferns and Lycophytes. 2 , Athyriaceae - Polypodiaceae. The illustrated flora of Taiwan. Tai wan yuan sheng zhi wu quan tu jian 8(2): 1-476. Tai bei shi : Mao tou ying chu ban : Jia ting chuan mei cheng bang fen gong si fa xing.

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IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Date	Reference	Identified As	Barcode	Type Status	Has image?
Jan 1, 1930	Bowring, J.C. [s.n.] Hong Kong		K000959562	Type	Yes
	Hance [1410] China		K000959560	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.] Japan		K000959561	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Harland [s.n.] Hong Kong		K000959559	Type	Yes
	Noton, B. [Cat. no. 279] India	Polypodium gladiatum	K001109698	Unknown Type Material	Yes

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Lepisorus thunbergianus (Kaulf.) Ching

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