Cranfillia fluviatilis (kiwakiwa)

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Cranfillia fluviatilis, photographed by Joe Dillon — fig. a Joe Dillon, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-06 / obs. 203786786

Cranfillia fluviatilis, photographed by Christopher Stephens — fig. b Christopher Stephens, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 193576367

Cranfillia fluviatilis, photographed by Jon Sullivan — fig. c Jon Sullivan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195621074

Cranfillia fluviatilis, photographed by Lisa Bennett — fig. d Lisa Bennett, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190528441

Cranfillia fluviatilis, photographed by Oscar Dove — fig. e Oscar Dove, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188389137

Cranfillia fluviatilis, photographed by Emily Roberts — fig. f Emily Roberts, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191484397

Cranfillia fluviatilis, photographed by James K. Douch — fig. g James K. Douch, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 190569716

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Also published as 8 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.

Blechnum fluviatile (R.Br.) Lowe; Salom.
Blechnum nudius Copel.
Lomaria fluviatilis (R.Br.) Spreng.
Lomaria fluviatilis var. cristata West
Lomaria fluviatilis var. multifida T.Moore
Lomaria rotundifolia Colenso
Spicanta fluviatilis (R.Br.) Kuntze
Stegania fluviatilis R.Br.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

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