Diplazium maximum(D.Don) C.Chr.

WFO wfo-0001122922 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 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.

Diplazium maximum, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. a 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / 2022-03-05 / obs. 181920493
Diplazium maximum, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. b 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 181922989
Diplazium maximum, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. c 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 181920477
Diplazium maximum, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. d 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 181922936
Diplazium maximum, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. e 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 181920479
Diplazium maximum, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. f 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 181922940
Diplazium maximum, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. g 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 181920485
Diplazium maximum, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. h 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 181922942

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Native range 16 botanical countries

Regions where Diplazium maximum is native: Afghanistan, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Taiwan, Tibet, Assam, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sulawesi, Vietnam, West Himalaya AfghanistanChina South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanJapanTaiwanTibetAssamEast HimalayaMyanmarNepalPakistanPhilippinesSulawesiVietnamWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Diplazium maximum, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
East Himalaya EHM
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
Philippines PHI
Sulawesi SUL
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Japan JAP
Taiwan TAI
Tibet CHT

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 35 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.

  • Allantodia austrochinensis Ching
  • Allantodia distans Ching
  • Allantodia elata Ching
  • Allantodia gigantea (Baker) Ching
  • Allantodia infraimpressa Ching
  • Allantodia laipoensis Ching
  • Allantodia longiloba Ching
  • Allantodia maxima (D.Don) Ching
  • Allantodia phaeolepis (Tagawa) Ching
  • Allantodia sunghsienensis Ching & Y.P.Hsu
  • Allantodia verruculosa Ching & W.M.Chu
  • Allantodia viridissima (Christ) Ching
  • Asplenium diversifolium Wall.
  • Asplenium frondosum Wall.
  • Asplenium latifolium var. frondosum C.B.Clarke
  • Asplenium latifolium var. polymorphum Blanf.
  • Asplenium maximum D.Don
  • Asplenium polymorphum Wall.
  • Asplenium polypodioides var. sublatifolium C.B.Clarke
  • Athyrium macrosorum Copel.
  • Athyrium maximum (D.Don) Copel.
  • Diplazium diversifolium (Wall.) J.Sm.
  • Diplazium flaccidum Christ
  • Diplazium frondosum J.Sm.

and 11 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.

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