Taxon:
Nephrolepis hirsutula (G. Forst.) C. Presl
Summary
Place of publication:
Tent. pterid. 79. 1836
Verified:
04/13/1998
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1988. Flora of New Zealand. 4:16. URL: http://floraseries.landcareresearch.co.nz/pages/index.aspx Note: introd.
- Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
- Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
- FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/ Note: mentions
- Fosberg, F. R. et al. 1982. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae. Micronesica 18:63.
- George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
- Hoshizaki, B. J. & R. C. Moran. 2001. Fern grower's manual. Revised and expanded edition
- Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
- Mickel, J. T. & A. R. Smith. 2004. The pteridophytes of Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 88:1-1054.
- Nayar, B. K. & K. K. Geevarghese. 1993. Fern flora of Malabar.
- Palmer, D. D. 2003. Hawai'i's ferns and fern allies. University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu, Hawai‘i.
- Parham, J. W. 1972. Plants of the Fiji islands, revised ed.
- Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
- Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida Note: = Nephrolepis multiflora
Common names
English
Asian sword fern –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Ryukyu Islands | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Northern Territory | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Western Australia | |
1 | Native | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | Kermadec Islands | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Marshall Islands | | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Micronesia | | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Palau | | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | United States | Northern Mariana Islands | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Kiribati | Gilbert Islands | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Nauru | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Reunion | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Quintana Roo | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Tabasco | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Yucatán | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Bahamas | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | West Indies | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Central America | Belize | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Central America | El Salvador | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Central America | Honduras | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Central America | Nicaragua | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Central America | Panama | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Guangdong Sheng]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Ryukyu Islands]
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka
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INDO-CHINA:
Thailand
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MALESIA:
Malaysia
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland, Western Australia, Northern Territory]
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NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand [Kermadec Islands]
Pacific
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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau, United States [Northern Mariana Islands]
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji, Kiribati [Gilbert Islands], Nauru
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Mauritius, Reunion
Northern America
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
West Indies, Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Guyana, Venezuela
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/ Note: mentions |
Weed | | fide Invasive Pl Spec, as N. multiflora; F Florida, as N. multiflora | Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds |