Pyrrosia confluens

Pyrrosia confluens

Pyrrosia confluens

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Polypodiaceae
Subfamilia: Platycerioideae
Genus: Pyrrosia
Species: Pyrrosia confluens
Varietiesː P. c. var. confluens – P. c. var. dielsii

Name

Pyrrosia confluens (R.Br.) Ching in Bull. Chin. Bot. Soc. 1: 49 (1935)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Cyclophorus confluens (R.Br.) C.Chr. in Index Filic.: 198 (1905)
  • Niphobolus confluens (R.Br.) Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(1): 44 (1827)
  • Polypodium confluens R.Br. in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 146 (1810)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continentalː Pacific Regionalː Southwestern Pacific Cook Is., Society Is., Tubuai Is., Vanuatu Continentalː Australasia Regionalː Papuasia New Caledonia Regionalː Australia New South Wales, Norfolk Is., Queensland References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Ching, 1935. Bulletin of the Chinese Botanical Society 1: 49

Additional references

• Aung, Y.L., Aung, M.H., Tan, Y. & Jin, X. (2025). An updated checklist of vascular plants of Myanmar. PhytoKeys 261: 135-364.
• Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Pyrrosia confluens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 August 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Pyrrosia confluens. Published online. Accessed: August 20 2026. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• English: horseshoe felt fern, robber fern

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