Athyrium drepanopteron(Kunze) A.Braun ex Milde

WFO wfo-0001118690 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, 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.

Athyrium drepanopteron, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. a Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-06 / obs. 202386571
Athyrium drepanopteron, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. b Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109726036
Athyrium drepanopteron, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. c Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109725962
Athyrium drepanopteron, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. d Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202386585
Athyrium drepanopteron, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. e Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109725969
Athyrium drepanopteron, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. f Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109726045
Athyrium drepanopteron, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. g Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202386597
Athyrium drepanopteron, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. h Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109726028

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Athyrium drepanopteron is native: China South-Central, Tibet, Assam, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya China South-CentralTibetAssamEast HimalayaMyanmarNepalPhilippinesSumateraThailandVietnamWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Athyrium drepanopteron, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
East Himalaya EHM
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Philippines PHI
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
Tibet CHT

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 15 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.

  • Aspidium drepanopteron (Kunze) Mett.
  • Aspidium drepanopteron var. decompositum Christ
  • Aspidium drepanopterum (Kunze) Mett.
  • Asplenium drepanopteron (Kunze) A.Braun
  • Asplenium drepanopterum (Kunze) A.Braun
  • Asplenium oxyphyllum Wall. ex Hook.
  • Asplenium oxyphyllum f. kulhaitense Atk. ex C.B.Clarke
  • Asplenium oxyphyllum var. kulhaitense Atk.
  • Athyrium dissitifolium var. kulhaitense (Atk. ex C.B.Clarke) Ching
  • Athyrium exindusiatum Ching
  • Athyrium oxyphyllum T.Moore
  • Polypodium drepanopteron Kunze
  • Polypodium drepanopterum Kunze
  • Polypodium kulhaitense Atk. ex C.B.Clarke
  • Polypodium oxyphyllum Wall.

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.