Ctenitis subglandulosa(Hance) Ching

WFO wfo-0001107266 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Ctenitis subglandulosa, photographed by chiuluan
fig. a chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-03-12 / obs. 182560902
Ctenitis subglandulosa, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. b Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 130230664
Ctenitis subglandulosa, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. c Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 123582892
Ctenitis subglandulosa, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. d Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109300224
Ctenitis subglandulosa, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. e Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109260270
Ctenitis subglandulosa, photographed by Pieter Pelser
fig. f Pieter Pelser, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 29946222
Ctenitis subglandulosa, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. g 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32075775
Ctenitis subglandulosa, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. h 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32075761

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Native range 24 botanical countries

Regions where Ctenitis subglandulosa is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Kazan-retto, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan, Tibet, Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Fiji, Marianas, Vanuatu China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanJapanTaiwanTibetAssamBangladeshEast HimalayaJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesThailandVietnamFiji Nansei-shotoMarianasVanuatu
Native distribution of Ctenitis subglandulosa, 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
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
East Himalaya EHM
Jawa JAW
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Japan JAP
Kazan-retto KZN
Nansei-shoto NNS
Ogasawara-shoto OGA
Taiwan TAI
Tibet CHT
Fiji FIJ PACIFIC
Marianas MRN
Vanuatu VAN

Not drawn on the map: Kazan-retto, Ogasawara-shoto. We hold no public-domain boundary for these regions, so they are listed rather than guessed at.

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 31 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.

  • Alsophila subglandulosa Hance
  • Aspidium blumei Thwaites
  • Aspidium intermedium var. rhodolepis (C.B.Clarke) Christ
  • Aspidium lepigerum (Baker) Christ
  • Aspidium subtripinnatum Miq.
  • Ctenitis anyuanensis Ching & Chu H.Wang
  • Ctenitis calcarea Ching & Chu H.Wang
  • Ctenitis chungyiensis Ching & Chu H.Wang
  • Ctenitis costulisora Ching
  • Ctenitis holttumii Sarn.Singh & Panigrahi
  • Ctenitis lepigera (Baker) Tagawa
  • Ctenitis maolanensis P.S.Wang
  • Ctenitis membranifolia Ching & Chu H.Wang
  • Ctenitis rhodolepis (C.B.Clarke) Ching
  • Ctenitis subtripinnata (Miq.) H.Itô
  • Ctenitis yunnanensis Ching & Chu H.Wang
  • Cyathea subglandulosa Copel.
  • Dryopteris lepigera (Baker) Kuntze
  • Dryopteris maximowicziana var. rhodolepis (C.B.Clarke) Koidz.
  • Dryopteris oldhamii (Baker) C.Chr.
  • Dryopteris rhodolepis (C.B.Clarke) C.Chr.
  • Dryopteris subglandulosa (Hance) Hayata
  • Dryopteris subtripinnata (Miq.) Kuntze
  • Lastrea blumei (Thwaites) Bedd.

and 7 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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