Dicranopteris linearis(Burm.f.) Underw.

false staghorn fern

WFO wfo-0001107285 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Dicranopteris linearis, photographed by Augustin Soulard
fig. a Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-29 / obs. 204338585
Dicranopteris linearis, photographed by 雲一百香果
fig. b 雲一百香果, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203431130
Dicranopteris linearis, photographed by Lexi Amico
fig. c Lexi Amico, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205054754
Dicranopteris linearis, photographed by Lexi Amico
fig. d Lexi Amico, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205478485
Dicranopteris linearis, photographed by Don Loarie
fig. e Don Loarie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203109037
Dicranopteris linearis, photographed by Tyler Bishop
fig. f Tyler Bishop, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198431119
Dicranopteris linearis, photographed by 胡正恆(Jackson Hu)
fig. g 胡正恆(Jackson Hu), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199927015
Dicranopteris linearis, photographed by Tyler Bishop
fig. h Tyler Bishop, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198485250

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Also published as 77 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.

  • Dicranopteris caudata (Copel.) H.St.John
  • Dicranopteris crassifolia (C.Presl) Ching
  • Dicranopteris crassifolia Nakai
  • Dicranopteris discolor (Schrad.) Nakai
  • Dicranopteris emarginata W.J.Rob.
  • Dicranopteris ferruginea (Blume) Hosok.
  • Dicranopteris glabra (Brack.) Underw.
  • Dicranopteris hawaiensis (Nakai) Ching
  • Dicranopteris hawaiicola Nakai
  • Dicranopteris hermannii (R.Br.) Nakai
  • Dicranopteris klotzschii (Hook.) Ching
  • Dicranopteris linearis f. emarginata (Brack.) W.H.Wagner
  • Dicranopteris linearis var. bidentata Alderw.
  • Dicranopteris linearis var. brevis Manickam & Irudayaraj
  • Dicranopteris linearis var. crassifrons (Alderw.) Holttum
  • Dicranopteris linearis var. inaequiloba B.K.Nayar & Geev.
  • Dicranopteris linearis var. linearis
  • Dicranopteris linearis var. longicauda (Christ) Nakai
  • Dicranopteris linearis var. major (T.Moore) Nakai
  • Dicranopteris linearis var. stipulosa Christ
  • Dicranopteris linearis var. tenuis Manickam & Irudayaraj
  • Dicranopteris sandwicensis Degen.
  • Dicranopteris speciosa var. rigida (Blume) Holttum
  • Dicranopteris speciosa var. subferruginea (Hieron. ex Brause) Nakai

and 53 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.

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.