Goniophlebium amoenum(Wall. ex Mett) J.Sm.

WFO wfo-1200105074 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 5 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 5 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.

Goniophlebium amoenum, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. a Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-10-10 / obs. 163420782
Goniophlebium amoenum, photographed by lansan
fig. b lansan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 141853036
Goniophlebium amoenum, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. c Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 135244275
Goniophlebium amoenum, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. d Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163420772
Goniophlebium amoenum, photographed by lansan
fig. e lansan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 141853062
Goniophlebium amoenum, photographed by 張家瑜
fig. f 張家瑜, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192778010
Goniophlebium amoenum, photographed by Cheng-Tao Lin
fig. g Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 45589636
Goniophlebium amoenum, photographed by Cheng-Tao Lin
fig. h Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 45589643

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Goniophlebium amoenum is native: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Taiwan, Tibet, Assam, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya China North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastTaiwanTibetAssamEast HimalayaLaosMyanmarNepalThailandVietnamWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Goniophlebium amoenum, 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
Laos LAO
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China North-Central CHN ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
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 33 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.

  • Goniophlebium amoenum (Wall. ex Mett.) J.Sm. ex Bedd.
  • Goniophlebium amoenum var. arisanense Rödl-Linder
  • Goniophlebium amoenum var. latedeltoideum (Christ) Rödl-Linder
  • Goniophlebium krameri Panigrahi & Sarn.Singh
  • Goniophlebium yunnanense var. pilosum Ching
  • Marginaria amoena C.Presl
  • Marginaria arisanensis (Hayata) Nakai ex H.Ito
  • Polypodiastrum amoenum (Wall. ex Mett.) Ching
  • Polypodiastrum amoenum f. pilosum (Rosenst.) Ching
  • Polypodiodes amoena (Wall. ex Mett.) Ching
  • Polypodiodes amoena f. pilosa (C.B.Clarke) Ching
  • Polypodiodes amoena var. duclouxii (Christ) Ching
  • Polypodiodes amoena var. duclouxii (Christ) Ching ex S.G.Lu
  • Polypodiodes amoena var. duclouxii (Christ) Ching ex P.S.Wang & X.Y.Wang
  • Polypodiodes amoena var. pilosa (C.B.Clarke) S.R.Ghosh
  • Polypodiodes amoena var. pinnatifida (Dhir) P.C.Pande
  • Polypodiodes amoena var. xerophytica (Mehra & Bir) P.C.Pande & H.C.Pande
  • Polypodiodes pinnatifida H.C.Pande & P.C.Pande
  • Polypodium amoenum Wall. ex Mett.
  • Polypodium amoenum Wall.
  • Polypodium amoenum f. pilosum C.B.Clarke
  • Polypodium amoenum var. duclouxii (Christ) Ching
  • Polypodium amoenum var. latedeltoideum Christ
  • Polypodium amoenum var. pilosum Rosenst.

and 9 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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