- Family:
- Pteridaceae E.D.M.Kirchn.
- Genus:
- Acrostichum L.
Acrostichum aureum L.

[FWTA]
Adiantaceae, A. H. G. Alston. Flora of West Tropical Africa. Ferns and Fern-Allies Supplement. 1959
- Ecology
- Clumps in drier parts of mangrove swamps and on riverside and mudflats near the coast, rarely inland.
[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Colombia
[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
- carranconcha, chicharrón, chiguamacho, corocilla, corozo de ciénaga, helecho chiguamacho, helecho mano de tigre, madrevieja, matatigre, racancha, ranconcha
[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Andean, Caribbean, Pacific. Elevation range: 0–950 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Cauca, Chocó, Córdoba, Magdalena, Nariño, Sucre, Valle del Cauca.
- Habit
- Herb.
- Conservation
- IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
[UPFC]
- Use Animal Food
- Used as animal food.
- Use Environmental
- Environmental uses.
- Use Gene Sources
- Used as gene sources.
- Use Food
- Used for food.
- Use Materials
- Used as material.
- Use Medicines
- Medical uses.
Native to:
Andaman Is., Angola, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central American Pac, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Marianas, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Niue, Northern Territory, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Asplenium arifolium Burm.f.
- Aspidium emarginatum Willd.
- Polystichum dissimulans Maxon
- Polystichum emarginatum (Willd.) T.Moore
- Acrostichum aureum f. cristata Hahne
- Acrostichum aureum var. hirsutum (Fée) T.Moore
- Acrostichum aureum var. marginatum (Schkuhr) T.Moore
- Acrostichum cayennense C.Presl
- Acrostichum crassifolium Wall.
- Acrostichum emarginatum Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.
- Acrostichum fasciculatum (Fourn.) C.Chr.
- Acrostichum formosum C.Presl
- Acrostichum guineense Gand.
- Acrostichum inaequale Willd.
- Acrostichum juglandifolium Kaulf.
- Acrostichum marginatum Schkuhr
- Acrostichum obliquum Blume
- Acrostichum rigens C.Presl
- Acrostichum scalpturatum C.Presl
- Acrostichum spectabile Zoll.
- Acrostichum wightianum C.Presl
- Chrysodium aureum (L.) Mett.
- Chrysodium cayennense Fée
- Chrysodium fasciculatum E.Fourn.
- Chrysodium hirsutum Fée
- Chrysodium inaequale (Willd.) Fée
- Chrysodium scalpturatum Fée
- Chrysodium speciosum Fée
- Chrysodium vulgare Fée
- Gymnogramma arifolia (Burm.f.) Kuhn
- Hemionitis arifolia (Burm.f.) T.Moore
- Parahemionitis arifolia (Burm.f.) Panigrahi
Acrostichum aureum L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Forman, L.L. [586], Indonesia | K000427600 | No | |||
Anonymous. [s.n.], Indonesia | K000427601 | No | |||
Anonymous. [2425], Indonesia | K000427602 | No | |||
Hose, E.S. [200], Malaysia | K000427566 | No | |||
Hose, E.S. [200], Malaysia | K000427568 | No | |||
Keith [7223], Malaysia | K000490713 | No | |||
Keith [7223], Malaysia | K000490716 | No | |||
Widjaja, E. [6287], Indonesia | K000492254 | No | |||
Ramos, M. [31499], Philippines | K000427640 | No | |||
Marche, M. [s.n.], Philippines | K000427641 | No | |||
Elmer, A.D.E. [10294], Philippines | K000427644 | No | |||
Cuming, H. [280], Philippines | K000427647 | No | |||
Elmer, A.D.E. [18161], Philippines | K000427648 | No | |||
Johns, R.J. [8132], Indonesia | K000421772 | No | |||
Versteeg, G.M. [1565], Indonesia | K000421776 | No | |||
Johns, R.J. [8132], Indonesia | K000475410 | No | |||
Reynoso, E.J. [PPI7603], Philippines | K000427638 | No | |||
Lütjeharms, W.J. [5238], Indonesia | K000427592 | No | |||
Lütjeharms, W.J. [5238], Indonesia | K000427593 | No | |||
Iwatsuki, k. [S289], Indonesia | K000427595 | No | |||
Hose, E.S. [200], Malaysia | K000427571 | No | |||
Piggot, A.G. [2162], Malaysia | K000427574 | No | |||
Jaman, R. [PL112], Malaysia | K000427576 | No | |||
Lörzing, J.A. [11931], Indonesia | K000427590 | No | |||
Lütjeharms, W.J. [5238], Indonesia | K000427591 | No | |||
Synge, P.M. [627], Malaysia | K000427612 | No | |||
Palis, K. [20], Papua New Guinea | K000421779 | No | |||
Fitzgerald, W.V. [48], Papua New Guinea | K000421781 | No | |||
Sands, M.J.S. [3006], Papua New Guinea | K000421790 | No | |||
Sands, M.J.S. [3006], Papua New Guinea | K000421792 | No | |||
Merrill, E.D. [57], Philippines | K000427645 | No | |||
Croft, J.R. [499], Papua New Guinea | K000421782 | No | |||
Murata, G. [B89], Indonesia | K000427610 | No | |||
Pulsford, M. [2202], Papua New Guinea | K000421785 | No | |||
Dransfield, J. [SMHI1218], Philippines | K000427639 | No | |||
Cuming, H. [280], Philippines | K000427643 | No | |||
Sayers, C.D. [NGF18074], Papua New Guinea | K000421777 | No | |||
Piggot, A.G. [2162], Malaysia | K000427575 | No | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 31] | K001109058 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 31] | K001109060 | Yes | |||
Said, I.M. [BRUN15908], Brunei | K000427615 | No | |||
Keith [7223], Malaysia | K000490715 | No | |||
Anonymous [s.n.], Indonesia | K000427598 | No | |||
Ambriansyah [2383], Indonesia | K000427609 | No | |||
Croft, J.R. [2096], Papua New Guinea | K000421786 | No | |||
Hallier, J.G. [s.n.], Indonesia | K000427603 | No | |||
Keith [7223], Malaysia | K000490714 | No | |||
Johns, R.J. [8132], Indonesia | K000421774 | No | |||
Widjaja, E. [6287], Indonesia | K000492253 | No | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 31] | K001109059 | Yes | |||
Boden-Kloss, C. [14627], Indonesia | K000427588 | No | |||
Johns, R.J. [8132], Indonesia | K000421771 | No | |||
McDonald, J.A. [3356], Indonesia | K000427596 | No | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 31] | K001109061 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 31] | K001109065 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 31], India | K001109062 | Yes | |||
Croft, J.R. [2096], Papua New Guinea | K000421789 | No | |||
Widjaja, E. [6287], Indonesia | K000492256 | No | |||
Ambriansyah [2383], Indonesia | K000427608 | No | |||
Murata, G. [B89], Indonesia | K000427611 | No | |||
Floyd, A. [5661], Papua New Guinea | K000421780 | No | |||
Hose, E.S. [200], Malaysia | K000427572 | No | |||
Pulsford, M. [2202], Papua New Guinea | K000421794 | No | |||
Sands, M.J.S. [3006], Papua New Guinea | K000421791 | No | |||
Yapp, R.H. [352], Malaysia | K000427573 | No | |||
Alderwerelt van Rosenburgh, C.R.W.K. van [38], Indonesia | K000427589 | No | |||
Hose, E.S. [200], Malaysia | K000427569 | No | |||
Johns, R.J. [8132], Indonesia | K000475411 | No | |||
Anonymous [s.n.] | K000427565 | No | |||
Corner, E.J.H. [s.n.], Papua New Guinea | K000421778 | No | |||
Croft, J.R. [2096], Papua New Guinea | K000421788 | No | |||
Hose, E.S. [200], Malaysia | K000427570 | No | |||
Williams, R.S. [296], Philippines | K000427649 | No | |||
Croft, J.R. [499], Papua New Guinea | K000421784 | No | |||
Synge, P.M. [627], Malaysia | K000427613 | No | |||
Anonymous. [s.n.], Indonesia | K000427604 | No | |||
Croft, J.R. [499], Papua New Guinea | K000421783 | No | |||
Jaman, R. [PL112], Malaysia | K000427577 | No | |||
Cuming, H. [280], Philippines | K000427646 | No | |||
Widjaja, E. [6287], Indonesia | K000492255 | No | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 31] | K001109063 | Yes | |||
Lütjeharms, W.J. [5248], Indonesia | K000427594 | No | |||
McDonald, J.A. [3356], Indonesia | K000427597 | No | |||
Versteeg, G.M. [1914], Indonesia | K000421775 | No | |||
Hose, E.S. [200], Malaysia | K000427567 | No | |||
Sands, M.J.S. [3006], Papua New Guinea | K000421793 | No | |||
Anonymous [142], Indonesia | K000427599 | No | |||
Johns, R.J. [8132], Indonesia | K000421773 | No | |||
Kondo, Y. [38626], Philippines | K000427642 | No | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 31], India | K001109064 | Yes | |||
Croft, J.R. [2096], Papua New Guinea | K000421787 | No | |||
Said, I.M. [BRUN15908], Brunei | K000427614 | No | |||
Johns, R.J. [8132], Indonesia | K000421770 | No | |||
Jan 1, 1928 | Harris, W. [7158], Jamaica | Polystichum dissimulans | K000590419 | paratype | Yes |
Jaman, R. [PL 46], Malaysia | Hemionitis arifolia | K000516887 | No | ||
Matthew, C.G. [s.n.], Indonesia | Hemionitis arifolia | K000516890 | No | ||
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.], Indonesia | Hemionitis arifolia | K000516891 | No | ||
Merrill, E.D. [3259], Philippines | Hemionitis arifolia | K000516892 | No | ||
Loher, A. [848], Philippines | Hemionitis arifolia | K000516895 | No | ||
Vidal y Soler, S. [1894], Philippines | Hemionitis arifolia | K000516896 | No | ||
Ramos, M. [4660], Philippines | Hemionitis arifolia | K000516894 | No | ||
Dr. King's Collector. [4174], Malaysia | Hemionitis arifolia | K000516832 | No | ||
Ridley, H.N. [14243], Malaysia | Hemionitis arifolia | K000516831 | No | ||
Leiberg, B. [6113], Philippines | Hemionitis arifolia | K000516897 | No | ||
Cuming, H. [285], Philippines | Hemionitis arifolia | K000516888 | No | ||
Zollinger, H. [2875], Indonesia | Hemionitis arifolia | K000516889 | No | ||
Copeland, E.B. [45], Philippines | Hemionitis arifolia | K000516893 | No |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 1069 (1753)
Accepted by
- Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
- Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- Ebihara, A. (2016). The standard of ferns and lycophytes in Japan. Nihonsan shida shokubutsu hyojun zukan 1: 1-475. Gakken Plus, Tokyo.
- Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
- Meyer, J.-Y. (2017). Guide des plantes de Wallis et Futuna: 1-486. Au vent des iles, editions, Tahiti.
- 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.
- Velázquez Montes, E. (2018). Flora de Guerrero 82: 1-230. Facultade de Ciencias, UNAM.
Literature
Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Hook. Syn. Fil. 423 (1868)
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- Sp. Pl. 2 : 1069 (1753)
- Tard. Mém. I.F.A.N. 28 : 86 (1953).
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
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- Meyer, J.-Y. (2017). Guide des plantes de Wallis et Futuna: 1-486. Au vent des iles, editions, Tahiti.
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