Bolbitis appendiculata(Willd.) K.Iwats.

WFO wfo-0001114885 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Bolbitis appendiculata, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. a 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / 2021-10-17 / obs. 166098307
Bolbitis appendiculata, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. b Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109850534
Bolbitis appendiculata, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. c Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 106372595
Bolbitis appendiculata, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. d Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60829469
Bolbitis appendiculata, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. e Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 65483287
Bolbitis appendiculata, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. f 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 187282544
Bolbitis appendiculata, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. g 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158845329
Bolbitis appendiculata, photographed by Cheng-Te Hsu
fig. h Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 34502723

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Bolbitis appendiculata is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTaiwanAssamBangladeshCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosMalayaMyanmarNepalPhilippinesSri LankaSumateraThailandVietnam Nansei-shotoAndaman Is.Nicobar Is.
Native distribution of Bolbitis appendiculata, 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
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Nansei-shoto NNS
Taiwan TAI

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 29 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.

  • Acrostichum alatum Roxb.
  • Acrostichum alatum f. minutum Kuhn
  • Acrostichum appendiculatum Willd.
  • Acrostichum hamiltonianum Wall.
  • Acrostichum setosum Wall.
  • Acrostichum wightianum Wall.
  • Bolbitis appendiculata var. kummatta B.K.Nayar & Geev.
  • Egenolfia appendiculata (Willd.) J.Sm.
  • Egenolfia appendiculata var. moniliformis (Tardieu & C.Chr.) Tardieu & C.Chr.
  • Egenolfia appendiculata var. montana (Gaudich.) Tardieu & C.Chr.
  • Egenolfia aspleniifolia var. moniliformis Tardieu & C.Chr.
  • Egenolfia aspleniifolia var. montana (Gaudich.) Tardieu & C.Chr.
  • Egenolfia crenata Ching & P.S.Chiu
  • Egenolfia gaudichaudiana Fée
  • Egenolfia hamiltoniana Schott
  • Egenolfia helferiana var. incisa Ching
  • Egenolfia keralensis B.K.Nayar & S.Kaur
  • Egenolfia marginata Fée
  • Egenolfia montana Fée
  • Egenolfia montana (Gaudich.) Fée
  • Egenolfia schottii Fée
  • Gymnogramma auriculata Kaulf.
  • Lacaussadea appendiculata (Willd.) Gaudich.
  • Lacaussadea montana Gaudich.

and 5 more.

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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