Polypodiaceae
Pyrrosia

Pyrrosia lingua (Thunb.) Farw.

First published in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 302 (1931)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nepal to Korea and Indo-China, S.Korea, S. Central & S. Japan to Taiwan. It is an epiphyte or lithophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Japan, Korea, Laos, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Huang T.C. (ed.) (1994). Pteridophyta. Gymnospermae. Flora of Taiwan 1: 1-648. Editorial Committee of the Flora of Taiwan, Second Edition, National Taiwan University.
  • Lin Y.X. (ed.) in Ling, Y. Et Ge, X. (2000). Pteridophyta (Dipteridaceae-Azollaceae). Flora Reiublicae Popularis Sinicae 6(2): 1-404. Science Press.
  • Singh, S.K. & al. (2023). Pteridophytes of Meghalaya. A pictorial guide: 1-246. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Huang T.C. (ed.) (1994). Pteridophyta. Gymnospermae. Flora of Taiwan 1: 1-648. Editorial Committee of the Flora of Taiwan, Second Edition, National Taiwan University.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 31, 1981 Giles, G. [793] Malaysia K000548377 No
Leon, C.J.; Yu-Lin, L. [TCMK 654] China K001873818 No
Hu, S.Y. [8152] China K001872794 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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

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