Polypodiaceae
Phymatosorus

Phymatosorus grossus (Langsd. & Fisch.) Brownlie

First published in Beih. Nova Hedwigia 55: 385 (1977)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Hainan, Vietnam, Borneo, New Guinea, N. & NE. Australia to S. Pacific. It is a perennial or epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Borneo, Fiji, Hainan, Marquesas, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Pitcairn Is., Queensland, Solomon Is., Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia

Introduced into:

Hawaii, India, Sri Lanka

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Whistler, A. (2018). Flora of Tokelau: 1-126. Isle Botanica, Honolulu.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • 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. [Cited as Microsorum grossum.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Chen, C.-W. & al. (2022). An annotated checklist of lycophytes and ferns of the Solomon islands. The Fern Gazette 21: 292-419.
  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2021). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 3: 1-450. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
  • Meyer, J.-Y. (2017). Guide des plantes de Wallis et Futuna: 1-486. Au vent des iles, editions, Tahiti.
  • 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.
  • Whistler, A. (2018). Flora of Tokelau: 1-126. Isle Botanica, Honolulu.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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

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