Polypodiaceae

Cyrtomium C.Presl

First published in Tent. Pterid.: 86 (1836)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cameroon, Ethiopia to S. Africa, Madagascar, Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Pacific.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Free State, Hawaii, India, Japan, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Introduced into:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Belgium, Bermuda, California, Canary Is., Connecticut, Czechia-Slovakia, Falkland Is., Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kentucky, Louisiana, Madeira, Maryland, Mississippi, Netherlands, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, Norfolk Is., NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Oregon, Palestine, Peru, Queensland, Romania, Sardegna, Selvagens, Sicilia, South Australia, South Carolina, Spain, Switzerland, Tennessee, Texas, Victoria, Virginia

Accepted Species

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.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. I: 114 (1990)
  • Tent. Pter.: 86, t. 2, fig. 26 (1836)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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