Athyrium nigripes(Blume) T.Moore

WFO wfo-0001118691 Accepted WFO 2026-06 6 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–f · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 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 nigripes, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. a Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-10-10 / obs. 163456313
Athyrium nigripes, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. b 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32371941
Athyrium nigripes, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. c Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163456340
Athyrium nigripes, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. d 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32371946
Athyrium nigripes, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. e Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163456287
Athyrium nigripes, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. f 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32371950

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The specimen a real sheet, in a real collection

Herbarium
The New York Botanical Garden
Accession
4058408
Filed as
Athyrium nigripes (Blume) T.Moore
Det. by
not recorded on this sheet
Collected
not recorded
Origin
not recorded
The sheet
View the digitised specimen (CC BY 4.0)

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Native range 8 botanical countries

Regions where Athyrium nigripes is native: China South-Central, Taiwan, Tibet, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Vietnam China South-CentralTaiwanTibetJawaLesser Sunda Is.PhilippinesSulawesiVietnam
Native distribution of Athyrium nigripes, 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
Jawa JAW ASIA-TROPICAL
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Philippines PHI
Sulawesi SUL
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
Taiwan TAI
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 9 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.

  • Allantodia paludosa Zippel
  • Aspidium costale Mett. ex Kuhn
  • Aspidium nigripes Blume
  • Asplenium denticulatum J.Sm.
  • Asplenium incisum J.Sm.
  • Asplenium nigripes (Blume) Hook.
  • Asplenium paludosum T.Moore
  • Athyrium aristulatum Copel.
  • Athyrium purpureum Lowe

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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