Taxon:
Lygodium microphyllum (Cav.) R. Br.
Summary
Place of publication:
Prodr. 162. 1810
Verified:
11/20/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
climbing-maidenhair fern – Old World climbing fern – small-leaf climbing fern – snake fern –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | incl. Pemba, Zanzibar |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Côte D'Ivoire | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea-Bissau | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Liberia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Sierra Leone | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Burundi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Gabon | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Fujian Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Ryukyu Islands | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Brunei Darussalam | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Papua New Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | New South Wales | n.e. |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Northern Territory | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Western Australia | n. |
1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Micronesia | | Caroline & Marianas Islands |
1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | United States | | s.e. |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | West Indies | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania (incl. Pemba, Zanzibar), Uganda
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal]
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Nepal
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PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
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INDO-CHINA:
Myanmar, Thailand
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MALESIA:
Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [New South Wales (n.e.), Queensland, Western Australia (n.), Northern Territory]
Pacific
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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia (Caroline & Marianas Islands)
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
Northern America
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REGION:
United States (s.e.)
Southern America
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Zhong Guo & Hua Jing. 1993. China floral encyclopaedia. |
Environmental | ornamental | | Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds |
Weed | | | Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds |