Arthropteris palisotii(Desv.) Alston

WFO wfo-0001107754 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Arthropteris palisotii, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. a Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-03-20 / obs. 183895539
Arthropteris palisotii, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. b Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173746117
Arthropteris palisotii, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. c 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 159849634
Arthropteris palisotii, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. d 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158960224
Arthropteris palisotii, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. e 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158959535
Arthropteris palisotii, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. f Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 142542486
Arthropteris palisotii, photographed by chiuluan
fig. g chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 110670905
Arthropteris palisotii, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. h 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32075314

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Native range 47 botanical countries

Regions where Arthropteris palisotii is native: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Madagascar, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Borneo, Christmas I., India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, New South Wales, Queensland, Cook Is., Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Society Is., Tonga, Vanuatu AngolaCameroonCentral African RepublicDR CongoEquatorial GuineaGabonGhanaGuineaGulf of Guinea Is.Ivory CoastLiberiaMadagascarNigeriaSenegalTanzaniaUgandaChina South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTaiwanBorneoIndiaJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.Sri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamNew South WalesQueenslandFijiNew Caledonia ComorosNansei-shotoChristmas I.Cook Is.SamoaSociety Is.TongaVanuatu
Native distribution of Arthropteris palisotii, 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
Angola ANG AFRICA
Cameroon CMN
Central African Republic CAF
Comoros COM
DR Congo ZAI
Equatorial Guinea EQG
Gabon GAB
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Gulf of Guinea Is. GGI
Ivory Coast IVO
Liberia LBR
Madagascar MDG
Nigeria NGA
Senegal SEN
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Borneo BOR ASIA-TROPICAL
Christmas I. XMS
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
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
Cook Is. COO PACIFIC
Fiji FIJ
New Caledonia NWC
Samoa SAM
Santa Cruz Is. SCZ
Society Is. SCI
Tonga TON
Vanuatu VAN
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Nansei-shoto NNS
Taiwan TAI
New South Wales NSW AUSTRALASIA
Queensland QLD

Not drawn on the map: Santa Cruz Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

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.

Where it actually grows measured, from 183 observations

Condition 5th percentile Median 95th percentile
Coldest month, mean daily low 7.1 °C 12.0 °C 18.9 °C
Warmest month, mean daily high 24.7 °C 28.5 °C 31.0 °C
Annual rainfall 1,828 mm 3,318 mm 4,600 mm
Rainfall in the driest quarter 114 mm 390 mm 733 mm

It is barely found anywhere that freezes. This is not care advice and it is not a forecast. It is a measurement: we sampled the climate at every one of the 183 research-grade observations of Arthropteris palisotii that carry a coordinate, and this is the range those places actually span. The 5th and 95th percentiles are used rather than the minimum and maximum, because a single cultivated specimen in a heated conservatory should not widen a tropical plant's range to the Arctic.

This is not a hardiness zone. A USDA zone is the average annual extreme minimum temperature. The figure above is the mean daily minimum of the coldest month, which is a different quantity and is typically far warmer. Reading one as the other would place a plant several zones too warm, so we do not publish a hardiness zone, because we do not have one.

Also published as 19 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.

  • Adiantum sublobatum Schumach.
  • Arthropteris archboldiae Copel.
  • Arthropteris caudata Rosenst.
  • Arthropteris glabra Copel.
  • Arthropteris guinanensis H.G.Zhou & Y.Y.Huang
  • Arthropteris integra Copel.
  • Arthropteris oblanceolata Alderw.
  • Arthropteris obliterata (R.Br.) J.Sm.
  • Arthropteris ramosa (P.Beauv.) Mett.
  • Arthropteris repens (Brack.) C.Chr.
  • Aspidium palisotii Desv.
  • Aspidium ramosum P.Beauv.
  • Aspidium ramosum var. lineare F.M.Bailey
  • Aspidium subpectinatum Blume
  • Lepidoneuron trichomanoides (J.Sm.) Fée
  • Nephrolepis altescandens F.M.Bailey
  • Nephrolepis ramosa (P.Beauv.) T.Moore
  • Nephrolepis repens Brack.
  • Nephrolepis trichomanoides J.Sm.

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.

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.