Antrophyum plantagineumKaulf.

plantain lineleaf fern

WFO wfo-0001125082 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Antrophyum plantagineum, photographed by Jake Gross
fig. a Jake Gross, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2019-05-17 / obs. 45917571
Antrophyum plantagineum, photographed by Jake Gross
fig. b Jake Gross, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 45917548
Antrophyum plantagineum, photographed by Jake Gross
fig. c Jake Gross, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 45917531

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Native range 29 botanical countries

Regions where Antrophyum plantagineum is native: Assam, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Queensland, Caroline Is., Fiji, Marianas, Marquesas, New Caledonia, Niue, Samoa, Society Is., Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Is. AssamBismarck ArchipelagoBorneoEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.Sri LankaSulawesiSumateraQueenslandFijiNew Caledonia Caroline Is.MarianasMarquesasNiueSamoaSociety Is.Tokelau-ManihikiTongaTubuai Is.VanuatuWallis-Futuna Is.
Native distribution of Antrophyum plantagineum, 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
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bismarck Archipelago BIS
Borneo BOR
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Caroline Is. CRL PACIFIC
Fiji FIJ
Marianas MRN
Marquesas MRQ
New Caledonia NWC
Niue NUE
Samoa SAM
Society Is. SCI
Tokelau-Manihiki TOK
Tonga TON
Tubuai Is. TUB
Vanuatu VAN
Wallis-Futuna Is. WAL
Queensland QLD AUSTRALASIA

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.

  • Antrophyum angustatum Brack.
  • Antrophyum grevillei Balf. ex Grev.
  • Antrophyum lessonii Bory
  • Antrophyum plantagineum var. angustatum (Brack.) T.Moore
  • Antrophyum plantagineum var. lessonii (Bory) Hook. & Arn.
  • Hemionitis lessonii C.Presl
  • Hemionitis plantaginea Cav.
  • Hemionitis reinwardtiana C.Presl
  • Hemionitis stipitata Sm.
  • Polytaenium grevillei T.Moore
  • Polytaenium grevillii (Balf. ex Grev.) T.Moore

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. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol ANPL4. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.