Lepisorus thunbergianus

Lepisorus thunbergianus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Polypodiales

Familia: Polypodiaceae
Subfamilia: Microsoroideae
Genus: Lepisorus
Species: Lepisorus thunbergianus

Name

Lepisorus thunbergianus (Kaulf.) Ching, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. 4: 88 (1933).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Pleopeltis thunbergiana Kaulf., Wesen Farrenkr.: 113 (1827), nom. cons.
• Homotypic
  • Polypodium lineare var. thunbergianum (Kaulf.) Takeda, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 8: 268 (1915), nom. inval.
  • Polypodium thunbergianum (Kaulf.) C.Chr., Index Filic., Suppl. Tert.: 160 (1934).
• Heterotypic
  • Polypodium lineare Thunb. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg., ed. 14.: 934 (1784), nom. illeg. homonym. post.
  • Pleopeltis elongata Kaulf., Enum. Filic.: 246 (1824), nom. rej.
    • Phymatodes elongata (Kaulf.) C.Presl, Tent. Pterid.: 196 (1836).
    • Drynaria elongata (Kaulf.) Brack., U.S. Expl. Exped., Filic. 16: 42 (1854).
    • Polypodium elongatum (Kaulf.) Goldm., Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 454 (1843), nom. illeg. homonym. post.
    • Lepisorus elongatus (Kaulf.) Ching, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. 4: 89 (1933).
  • Polypodium gladiatum Wall., Numer. List: n.° 279 (1829), nom. inval.
  • Niphobolus linearis G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 418 (1830), nom. superfl.
  • Drynaria subspathulata Hook., Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 9: 356 (1857).
    • Pleopeltis subspathulata T.Moore, Index Fil.: 348 (1862).
    • Polypodium lineare var. subspathulatum (Hook.) Takeda, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 8: 270 (1915).
    • Lepisorus thunbergianus var. subspathulatus (Hook.) Ching, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. 4: 89 (1933).
  • Pleopeltis linearis T.Moore, Index Fil.: 346 (1862), nom. illeg. homonym. post.
  • Pleopeltis zeylanica T.Moore, Index Fil.: 349 (1862).
  • Polypodium loriforme Hook., Gard. Ferns: t. 14 (1862).
  • Pleopeltis wightiana Bedd., Ferns S. India: t. 180 (1863), nom. superfl.
  • Niphobolus atropunctatus Keyserl., Polyp. Herb. Bunge: 39 (1873).
  • Pleopeltis linearis Bedd., Handb. Ferns Brit. India: 346 (1883), nom. illeg.
  • Polypodium lineare var. glaucosorum Christ, Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot., sér. 3, 11: 209 (1902).
  • Polypodium coraiense Christ, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 5: 285 (1908).
  • Microsorum lineare Copel., Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 16: 112 (1929), nom. superfl.
  • Lepisorus mikawanus Sa.Kurata, Sci. Rep. Yokosuka City Mus. 11: 38 (1965).
  • Lepisorus thunbergianus var. tsutaei Akasawa & E.Yokote, Bull. Kochi Women's Univ., Ser. Nat. Sci. 27: 4 (1979).
  • Lepisorus myriosorus Ching, Wuyi Sci. J. 1: 11 (1981).
  • Lepisorus stewartii Ching, Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 1: 23 (1983).
  • Lepisorus tibeticus Ching & S.K.Wu, Fl. Xizang. 1: 311 (1983).
    • Pleopeltis tibetica (Ching & S.K.Wu) Panigrahi, Pl. Sci. Res. (India), Abstr. 23rd Ann. Conf. Khurda: 36 (1998).
  • Lepisorus linearifolius Ching & Z.Y.Liu, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 3(4): 5 (1983).
  • Lepisorus pygmaeus Ching & Z.Y.Liu, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 4(4): 24 (1984).
  • Lepisorus calcifer Ching & Z.Y.Liu, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 4(4): 25 (1984).
  • Lepisorus chingii Khullar, J. Himal. Res. Dev. 7: 40 (1988).
  • Lepisorus mussooriensis Khullar, J. Himal. Res. Dev. 7: 59 (1988).
  • Lepisorus simulans Ching & Z.Y.Liu, Phytotaxa 205: 299 (2015).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Russian Far East Kuril Islands. Regional: China China South-Central, Hainan, China North-Central, China Southeast, Tibet. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Philippines. Continental: Pacific Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaii. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Ching, R.-C. 1933. The studies of Chinese ferns IX. Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology 4(3): 56−89. Reference page.  88

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Lepisorus thunbergianus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 Aug 10. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2026. Lepisorus thunbergianus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Aug 2026. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Lepisorus thunbergianus. Published online. Accessed: 10 Aug 2026. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2026. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Lepisorus thunbergianus Accessed: 10 Aug 2026. Reference page.
• Lepisorus thunbergianus (Kaulf.) Ching – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Lepisorus thunbergianus – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• EOL: Lepisorus thunbergianus

Vernacular names

• English: weeping fern
• 日本語: ノキシノブ（軒忍）

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