Taxon:
Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C. Presl
Summary
Place of publication:
Tent. pterid. 79. 1836
Comment:
based on Polypodium cordifolia L., which is conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Shenzhen ICN 14.9 & App. IV)
Verified:
11/12/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
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Common names
English
erect sword fern – fishbone fern – ladder fern – tuber fern – tuberous sword fern – Japanese Rōmaji
tama-shida – Swedish
fjäderbräken –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Ciudad de México | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | México | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Puebla | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | |
1 | Native | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Paraná | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rio Grande do Sul | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Honduras | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Nicaragua | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Buenos Aires | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Catamarca | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Córdoba | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Corrientes | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Jujuy | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Salta | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Santa Fe | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Tucumán | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | Central | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Carchi | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Cotopaxi | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Esmeraldas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Galápagos | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Guayas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Imbabura | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Morona Santiago | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Napo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Pastaza | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Pichincha | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Sucumbíos | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Tungurahua | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Zamora Chinchipe | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Amazonas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Ayacucho | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Cajamarca | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Cusco | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Huánuco | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Junín | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Loreto | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Pasco | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Puno | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | San Martín | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Ucayali | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
6 | Other | | | | | exact native range obscure |
Native
Northern America
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chiapas, México, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Ciudad de México]
Pacific
-
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul]
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Ecuador [Galápagos, Carchi, Cotopaxi, Esmeraldas, Guayas, Imbabura, Morona Santiago, Napo, Pastaza, Pichincha, Tungurahua, Zamora Chinchipe, Sucumbíos], Peru [Amazonas, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Cusco, Huánuco, Junín, Loreto, Pasco, Puno, San Martín, Ucayali]
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina [Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Córdoba, Corrientes, Jujuy, Salta, Santa Fe, Tucumán], Paraguay [Central]
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania
Asia-Temperate
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka
Australasia
-
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
-
NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Other
(exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Environmental | ornamental | | Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan. |
Environmental | ornamental | | Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds |
Environmental | ornamental | fide not this, so check | Hoshizaki, B. J. & R. C. Moran. 2001. Fern grower's manual. Revised and expanded edition |
Weed | | | Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds |