Aleuritopteris chusana(Hook.) Windham & Schuettp.

WFO wfo-1000079461 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Aleuritopteris chusana, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. a 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / 2021-10-16 / obs. 163768634
Aleuritopteris chusana, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. b 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163598956
Aleuritopteris chusana, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. c Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153872467
Aleuritopteris chusana, photographed by chiuluan
fig. d chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 105113976
Aleuritopteris chusana, photographed by Tatsutomo Chin
fig. e Tatsutomo Chin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 41987186
Aleuritopteris chusana, photographed by Meng-Ying Tsai
fig. f Meng-Ying Tsai, CC0 1.0 / obs. 36911917
Aleuritopteris chusana, photographed by Pieter Pelser
fig. g Pieter Pelser, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 29906653
Aleuritopteris chusana, photographed by Colin Meurk
fig. h Colin Meurk, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 1292138

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Native range 10 botanical countries

Regions where Aleuritopteris chusana is native: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Laos, Philippines, Sulawesi, Vietnam China North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastJapanTaiwanLaosPhilippinesSulawesiVietnam Korea
Native distribution of Aleuritopteris chusana, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
China North-Central CHN ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Japan JAP
Korea KOR
Taiwan TAI
Laos LAO ASIA-TROPICAL
Philippines PHI
Sulawesi SUL
Vietnam VIE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 11 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Adiantopsis fordii (Baker) C.Chr.
  • Cheilanthes bockii Diels
  • Cheilanthes boltonii Copel.
  • Cheilanthes chusana Hook.
  • Cheilanthes fordii Baker
  • Cheilanthes mysurensis var. chusana (Hook.) C.Chr.
  • Cheilanthes mysurensis var. giraldii Christ
  • Cheilanthes tenuifolia Hook.
  • Cheilosoria chusana (Hook.) Ching
  • Hemionitis chusana (Hook.) Christenh.
  • Oeosporangium chusanum (Hook.) Fraser-Jenk.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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