Dryopteris pallida(Bory) Maire & Petitm.

WFO wfo-1200105066 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Dryopteris pallida, photographed by Andre Hosper
fig. a Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-04 / obs. 203290199
Dryopteris pallida, photographed by Ben Costamagna
fig. b Ben Costamagna, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205704971
Dryopteris pallida, photographed by Riccardo Guarino
fig. c Riccardo Guarino, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176466813
Dryopteris pallida, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. d Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 28592098
Dryopteris pallida, photographed by Todd Boland
fig. e Todd Boland, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 118607774
Dryopteris pallida, photographed by Ed Alverson
fig. f Ed Alverson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 101688600
Dryopteris pallida, photographed by fern Wildtruth
fig. g fern Wildtruth, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165129247
Dryopteris pallida, photographed by Ljaž
fig. h Ljaž, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 146853469

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Native range 6 botanical countries

Regions where Dryopteris pallida is native: Cyprus, Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Transcaucasus, Türkiye CyprusIranLebanon-SyriaPalestineTranscaucasusTürkiye
Native distribution of Dryopteris pallida, 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
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
Iran IRN
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Palestine PAL
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR

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 24 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.

  • Aspidium affine Reichb.
  • Aspidium libanoticum Rosenst.
  • Aspidium pallidum (Bory) Link
  • Aspidium rigidum var. australe Ten.
  • Dryopteris balearica (R.Litard.) E.Nardi
  • Dryopteris libanotica (Rosenst.) C.Chr.
  • Dryopteris pallida Fomin
  • Dryopteris pallida subsp. libanotica (Rosenst.) Fraser-Jenk.
  • Dryopteris pallida subsp. raddeana (Fomin) E.Nardi
  • Dryopteris raddeana (Fomin) Fomin
  • Dryopteris raddeana var. talyschensis Askerov & A.E.Bobrov
  • Dryopteris rigida var. balearica Litard.
  • Dryopteris talyschensis (Askerov & A.E.Bobrov) Askerov & Aktcay
  • Dryopteris villarii subsp. balearica (Litard.) O.Bolòs & Vigo
  • Dryopteris villarii subsp. pallida (Bory) Heywood
  • Lastrea nivalis T.Moore
  • Nephrodium aristatum C.Presl
  • Nephrodium libanoticum (Rosenst.) Bornm.
  • Nephrodium pallidum Bory
  • Nephrodium raddeanum Fomin
  • Nephrodium rigidum subsp. pallidum (Bory) Arcang.
  • Nephrodium villarii subsp. pallidum (Bory) Hayek
  • Polystichum pallidum (Bory) Tod.
  • Polystichum rigidum var. australe (Ten.) P.E.Fourn.

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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