Crepidomanes bipunctatum(Poir.Lam.) Copel.

two-dotted bristle fern

WFO wfo-0001109776 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 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.

Crepidomanes bipunctatum, photographed by naturewatchwidow
fig. a naturewatchwidow, CC BY 4.0 / 2019-10-26 / obs. 55060424
Crepidomanes bipunctatum, photographed by naturewatchwidow
fig. b naturewatchwidow, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 55060406
Crepidomanes bipunctatum, photographed by naturewatchwidow
fig. c naturewatchwidow, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 54504664
Crepidomanes bipunctatum, photographed by naturewatchwidow
fig. d naturewatchwidow, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 54504668

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Native range 38 botanical countries

Regions where Crepidomanes bipunctatum is native: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, Queensland, Caroline Is., Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Society Is., Vanuatu MadagascarChina South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTaiwanAssamBangladeshBismarck ArchipelagoBorneoCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.Sri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamQueenslandFijiNew Caledonia ComorosMauritiusRéunionNansei-shotoAndaman Is.Caroline Is.SamoaSociety Is.Vanuatu
Native distribution of Crepidomanes bipunctatum, 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
Bismarck Archipelago BIS
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
Caroline Is. CRL PACIFIC
Fiji FIJ
New Caledonia NWC
Samoa SAM
Society Is. SCI
Vanuatu VAN
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Nansei-shoto NNS
Taiwan TAI
Comoros COM AFRICA
Madagascar MDG
Mauritius MAU
Réunion REU
Queensland QLD AUSTRALASIA

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 21 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.

  • Crepidomanes bipunctatum var. venulosum (Rosenst.) Croxall
  • Crepidomanes dilatatum Ching & Chu H.Wang
  • Crepidomanes griffithii (Bosch) R.D.Dixit & B.Ghosh
  • Crepidomanes liboense P.S.Wang
  • Crepidomanes sarawakense K.Iwats.
  • Crepidomanes venulosum (Rosenst.) Copel.
  • Didymoglossum alatum (Schkuhr) C.Presl
  • Didymoglossum bipunctatum (Poir.) E.Fourn.
  • Didymoglossum filicula Desv.
  • Didymoglossum griffithii Bosch
  • Hymenophyllum alatum Schkuhr
  • Hymenophyllum filicula Bory; Willd.
  • Taschneria filicula (Bory ex Willd.) C.Presl
  • Trichomanes bipunctatum Poir.
  • Trichomanes bipunctatum var. venulosum Rosenst.
  • Trichomanes filicula (Bory ex Willd.) Bory
  • Trichomanes griffithii (Bosch) Panigrahi
  • Trichomanes longisetum Wall.
  • Trichomanes pseudocapillatum Alderw.
  • Trichomanes sarawakensis (K.Iwats.) Croxall
  • Trichomanes venulosum (Rosenst.) Copel.

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. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol TRBI10. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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