Elaphoglossum conforme(Sw.) Schott

WFO wfo-0001108506 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Elaphoglossum conforme, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. a Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-01-06 / obs. 175801040
Elaphoglossum conforme, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. b Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 175373637
Elaphoglossum conforme, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. c Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 175428490
Elaphoglossum conforme, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. d Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 107595820
Elaphoglossum conforme, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. e Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 107594853
Elaphoglossum conforme, photographed by Chris Vynbos
fig. f Chris Vynbos, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 37527216
Elaphoglossum conforme, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. g Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15496792
Elaphoglossum conforme, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. h Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 181181021

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Elaphoglossum conforme is native: Cape Provinces, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Rwanda, St.Helena, Tanzania, Uganda Cape ProvincesGuineaGulf of Guinea Is.Ivory CoastKenyaLiberiaMadagascarRwandaTanzaniaUganda St.Helena
Native distribution of Elaphoglossum conforme, 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
Cape Provinces CPP AFRICA
Guinea GUI
Gulf of Guinea Is. GGI
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
Liberia LBR
Madagascar MDG
Rwanda RWA
St.Helena STH
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA

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 12 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.

  • Acrostichum conforme Sw.
  • Acrostichum conforme var. glandulosum (Carmich. ex Hook. & Grev.) Fée
  • Acrostichum conopodium van Houtte
  • Acrostichum glandulosum Carm ex Hook.
  • Acrostichum gorgoneum Blume
  • Acrostichum oblongum Desv.
  • Acrostichum viscosum var. rupestre Sim
  • Elaphoglossum conforme (Sw.) J.Sm.
  • Elaphoglossum conforme var. glandulosum Carmich. ex T.Moore
  • Elaphoglossum conopodium T.Moore
  • Elaphoglossum petiolatum var. rupestre (Sim) Sim
  • Olfersia conformis (Sw.) C.Presl

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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